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fcfteemed by the Joiners for Inlay- 

 ings, ts'e. and alto, for the Light- 

 neis of the Wood, it is often em- 

 ploy'd by thofe that make mufical 

 Inftruments ; and for the Whitenefs 

 of its Wood, is in great Reauelt for 

 Tables, &c. 



ACETOSA, Sorrel. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Plant agrees 'with the Dock in 

 nil its Characters , and only differs in 

 having an acid lafie. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . Ace t o.s a pratenjis. C. B. The 

 common or Meadow Sorrel. 



2. Acetosa MufcOfVitica fieri lis. 

 M. H. The Northern barren Sor- 

 jrel. 



3. Acetosa rot undi folia horten- 

 fts. C B. The round leav'd or French 

 Sorrel. 



4. Acetosa foliis crifpis. C. B. 

 P. Sorrel with curled Leaves. 



5. Acetosa montana maxima. C. 

 2>. P. Greater! mountain Sorrel. 



6. Acetosa Pyrenaica, anguflif- 

 fimo & longiffmo folio. Schol. Bat. 

 "Pyrenean Sorrel, With very long nar- 

 row Leaves. 



7. Acetosa montana, lato art ro- 

 tunda folio. Bocc. Muf. Mountain 

 Sorrel, with a broad Arum-leaf. 



8. Acetosa montana pumila, fa- 

 gopyri folio. Bocc. Muf. Dwarf 

 mountain Sorrel-, with a Buckwheat- 

 leaf. } 



q, Acetosa tuberofa radice. C. 

 B. P. Sorrel with a tuberofe Root. 



10. Acetosa caltha folio, perc- 

 grina. C. B. P. Foreign Sorrel, with 

 a Marigold-leaf. 



n. Acetosa lucida, foliis atri- 

 plicis. II. R. Par. Shining Sorrel, 

 with Orach-leaves. 



12. Acetosa major Italica, fe- 

 tnine rotundiore & ghmerato. H. R. 

 Par. Greater Italian Sorrel, with 

 a round gloip.^rated Seed. 



13. Acetosa arnjenfs lanceoiaia, 

 C. B. P. 1 24. Sheeps Sorrel. 



14. Acetosa lanceolata angufli- 

 folia elatior. Mor. Hifi. Taller nar- 

 row- leavM fpear pointed Sorrel. 



15. Acetosa ocymi folio, Nea- 

 politans. C. B. P. Neapolitan Sor- 

 rel, with a Baiil-leaf. 



16. Acetosa Americana, foliis 

 longifftmis pediculis donatis. C. B. P. 

 American Sorrel, with Leaves grow- 

 ing on long Pedicles. 



17 Acetosa rotund/folia rep ens 

 Eboracenfs, Jolio in medio deliquium 

 putiente. Mcr.Hift. Creeping round- 

 leav'd Sorrel of the North. 



18. Acetosa arbor efcens, fubro- 

 tundo folio, ex Infulis Fortunatis. 

 Piuk. Almag. Shrubby Sorrel, with 

 a round Leaf, from the Fortunate 

 .(/lands. 



The firft of thefe Sorts, tho' but 

 fmall in the Fields, yet, when fown 

 in Gardens, v/ill produce fair large 

 Leaves, and is the fame Sort which 

 is commonly cultivated in Gardens. 

 It mud be fown «arly in the Spring, 

 in a lhady moil! Border ; and if the 

 Piants are afterward planted out in 

 another fhady Border, four or fix 

 Inches fquare, it will produce larger 

 Leaves arj d continue longer. This 

 is the common Sorrel ufed in Medi- 

 cine ; but the Northern barren Sor- 

 rel is preferred to it in the Kitchen- 

 garden, becaufe it rarely runs to 

 Seed, but is increafed by parting the 

 Roots either in Spring or Autumn* 

 and is fit for Ufe all the Year round. 



The round-leav'd (or French) 

 Sorrel is the moil grateful Acid, and 

 is preferr'd to the other two Sorts 

 for Kitchen-ufe : if is alfo a medi- 

 cinal Plant, and fhonld not be want- 

 ing in any good Garden : it is a great 

 Runner at the Root, by which means 

 it is eafily propagated, .and muft be 

 planted at a large Diilance, a Foot 



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