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To the laft might alfo be re-addcd 

 mint 5 but that is already treated of in 

 this fedion. 



Fenugreek, or f£nimgr£cum, by the 0/ fanu- 

 Greeks called yji^ooTiq {quia Jiliqu£ funt greet 

 corniculis fimiles) is an herb admitted 

 into our little phyfick garden, for many 

 ufes too long here to name ; and is cal- 

 led fanum gr^ctm by Gerard^ p. 1196. 

 and f£num fativum, by Tarkinfon, p, 



I09<5. 



Next to this, let us alfo add the dill, o/^///: 

 the anethum of antiquity, a curious aro- 

 matick, very much ufed by the cook in 

 pickling 5 as alfo by the houfe-keeper 

 and phyfician, in very many cafes that 

 lie within their refpeclive provinces j fo 

 called from cli'yj^zt'/j, coitio Deneveay to 

 which the antients flippos'd it was a 

 great inciter 5 neverthelefs, fuch was the 

 ill efFeds of it, that the too frequent ufe 

 of it was very prejudicial to thofe that 

 ufed it. There is but one kind that 

 our Herbals have taken notice of, tho' 

 it paffes under two names (fomething 

 different and enlarged) by our Englijh 

 writers of herbs, Gerard, 1033. cal- 

 ling it only anethtm 5 but TarkinfoUy 

 p, 8 8(5. anetktimhortenfe fivevulg, com- 

 mon garden dill, X 4 The 



