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gure in the parterre, tho' of little ufe 

 here. 



The carraway, called alfo by the La- ofthecar- 

 tins"^ carum, from carta, a country ^^^^J' 

 where it grows fpontaneoufly, ^s^iof-^^^^' 

 corides witneffes, is an herb that the di- 

 ligent houfewife and houfekeeper ufe in 

 all their comfits, as the feed docs indeed 

 adminifter the moft refined aromatick 

 tafte of any herb or feed yet men- 

 tion'd. 



It is raised of feed fow'd in March or 

 jipril, as other plants of this kind are. 

 And to this may be alfo added, the a- 

 nife, qtiia folia profert admodum inequa- 

 lia, fay the botanifts. 



The coriander, or yLo^m of the anti- Of cori- 

 ents, quia folia & caules ejus cimicem 

 olentj qui tcc^vg vocatur, fay the ingeni- 

 ous editors of the Oxford catalogue. 



Wormwood, abfinthiumy called a^-Of worm' 

 'il^lvdiov, quajt cl7riv6iovy by the antients, be-^'^^^- 

 caufe of its ungrateful tafte 5 from whence, 

 fay our oft-quoted authors f Stephens 



* Carum ab infula caria derivatur, ut vult ^ Plinius^ 

 lib. 19. cap. 8. 



f Quanquam pofterioribus feculis abfinthium venit in 

 ufum. yid. Cat. Hort. Botan. Oxm. p. z. Juh titulo A. 



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