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propagated, by Cuttings in any of 

 the Summer-months; and will re- 

 quire to be Iheltered in Winter, 

 otherwife the Plants will not live 

 thro' the Winter in England. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 low fhrubby Plants : thefe were 

 brought from the Levant by Dr. 

 Toumefort : the fecond he ranges 

 with the Docks, and the third 

 with the Orraches; but they agree 

 very well in their Characters ; fo 

 fhould be ranked in the fame 

 Genus. 



Thefv? may be propagated either 

 by Cr.ttirgs in the Spring, or by 

 fowing the Seeds upon a Ibady Bor- 

 der in March : they are both pretty 

 hardy, and will live abroad in miid 

 WinterSjif they are planted in a warm 

 Situation ; but one or two Plants 

 may be houfcd, for fear thofe which 

 are expofcd mould be deftroyed. 



ARTEMISIA, Mugwort. 

 The Characters are ; 



*IheFlov:ers and Fruit cf this Plant 

 ere very like thofe of the Wormwood, 

 but grow ere 61 upon the Branches : 

 the Florets are of a purplijh Colour ; 

 end the Leaves, for the moft fart, 

 terminate in a fharp Point, are cut 

 into many Segments, and are of a 

 dark- green on the Upper -fide, and 

 hoary on the other Side. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Artemisia vulgaris major, 

 caule iff fore pwpurafcentibus. C. B. 

 Common great Mugwort, with pur- 

 plilh Stalks and Flowers. 



2. Artemisia vulgaris major, 

 caule ex viridi albicante. Tourn. 

 Common great Mugwort, with whi- 

 tifti-green Stalks. 



3. Artemisia foliis ex luteo va- 

 riegatis. H. R. P. The yellow- 

 itriped Mugwort. 



4. Artemisia foliis ex albo 

 variegatis. The white-ftriped Mug- 

 won, 



The firft of thefe Species is very 

 common upon dry Banks and Dung- 

 hils in divers Parts of Englajid, 

 and is rarely admitted into a Gar- 

 den. The fecond Sort is a Variety 

 of the firft, which is rarely found 

 in England: but the third and fourth 

 Sorts are only preferved in Gardens, 

 for the Beauty of their variegated 

 Leaves. Thefe Sorts may all be 

 propagated by parting of their Roots 

 either in Spring or Autumn, and will 

 grow in almoft any Soil or Situation ; 

 but, as they are fubject to fpread 

 very far, and fcon over-run a large 

 Spot of Ground, they mould be 

 confined, by cutting off their Side- 

 moots, to keep them within Com- 

 pafs ; nor mould they be planted 

 too near to other Plants, left, by 

 their fpreading Roots, they Ihould 

 overbear and deftroy them. 



The firft Species of this Plant is 

 ufed in Medicine : the Plant is com- 

 monly gathered by the Herb-women 

 in the Fields, and brought to the 

 Markets r it is from one Species of 

 Mugwort, and not improbably the 

 firft, that the famous Moxa, which 

 is ufed to burn for curing the Gout, 

 is taken, it being the Lanugo, or 

 downy Subftance, which adheres to 

 the Under- part of the Leaf. 



ARTICHOKE is calPd by the 

 Latins Cinara. 



The Characters are ; 



It is very like the Thifle ; but hath 

 large fcaly Heads, nuhich are Jhafd 

 fomevohat like the Cone of the Pine- 

 tree : the Bottom of each Scale, as 

 alfo at the Bottom of the Florets, is a 

 thick flefiy eatable Subjlance. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cinara hortevfs, foliis acule- 

 atis, iff non aculeatis. C.B. The Gar- 

 den - artichoke, with prickly and. 

 fmooth Leaves. 



2. Cinara hortenfs, non acule- 

 ata, capite Jubrubente. H. R. P. Gar- 

 den- 



