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Infufion of G«/»0'-P e PP er » anotn£r 

 of Brimftone, and af terwards of ma- 

 ny other Things, needlefs to repeat ; 

 but found thefe Things were of lit- 

 tle or no Ufe ; nor could I, by any 

 Warning or Cleaning, get the bet- 

 ter of thefe Infe&s ; and, feeing the 

 Plants daily decline, I began to fu- 

 fpect, that the Caufe of this great In- 

 creafe of the Infe&s was from a 

 Weaknefs and Diftemper in the 

 Plants : therefore I applied myfelf 

 to remedy this, by taking all the 

 Plants out of the Pots, planting them 

 in better Earth, removed the old Tan 

 out of the Bark-bed, and put in new ; 

 then warned the Plants with com- 

 mon Water, to get off as many of 

 the Infects as I could, and plunged 

 them into the new Tan : by this Ma- 

 nagement I recovered the Plants to 

 a vigorous State, when the Infects 

 left them ; and this I have often re- 

 peated with the fame Succefs ; and 

 have frequently obferved, that,when 

 Plants of the fame Kind grow near 

 each other, if one has been fickly, 

 the Infects have fpread over it,while 

 the healthy Plants have efcaped 

 them : and, from all the repeated 

 Trials I have made upon the Growth 

 of Plants, I have been fully convin- 

 ced, that thefe Infe&s are not the 

 Caufe, but the Effect, of the Sick- 

 nefs of Plants ; fo that, inrtead of 

 applying ourfelves to deihoy the In- 

 fects, we mould rather endeavour to 

 recover the Fiants to Health ; for 

 no healthy Plant is ever feized by 

 thefe Infects ; but, whenever the Per- 

 fpiration of the Plant is Hopped, they 

 immediately attack it ; and, by their 

 fudden and numerous Increafe, foon 

 overfpread the whole Surface of the 

 Plant. 



ASARUM, Afarabacca. 



The Characters are; 

 7 "he Calyx (or Flower -cup) is di- 

 vided into four Parti : the Fruit it 



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divided into fix Cells , which are filf > 

 ed with oblong Seeds : to which may 

 be added, The Leaves are roitidifo 9 

 thick , and almojt of the Colour of thofc 

 of the l<vy-trte. 



T here are two Species of this Plant 

 in the Englijb Gardens ; viz. 



x. Asarum. C. B. The common 

 Afarabacca. 



2. Asarum Canadenfe. Cor nut. 

 The Canada Afarabacca. 



The firil of thefe Sorts is very com- 

 mon, and hath been found wild, in 

 fome Parts of England, though but 

 rarely ; it delights in a moift fhady 

 Place ; and is increafed by parting 

 the R.cots in Autumn. This is the 

 Sort which is ufed in Medicine. 



It is chiefly ufed in green Eme- 

 tics for Madnefs ; and it is a great 

 Sternutatory ; a fmall Quantity of 

 the Powder of the Leaves, being 

 mixed with Snuff, will occafion vio- 

 lent Sneezings. 



The Powder of this Herb ha; 

 been ftrongly recommended by the 

 Inhabitants of Norfolk, to be ufed on 

 Cattle when troubled with the late 

 raging Diltemper, which, if blown 

 up the Noftrils of the fick Cattle, 

 will occafion a violent Difcharge 

 from the Head by the Noftrils ; and 

 this, they have affirmed, has cured 

 great Numbers of Cattle, which were 

 at the laft Stage of the Diftemper. 



The Canada Sort is tolerably 

 hardy, and will endure our common 

 Winters in the open Ground, being 

 rarely hurt but by great Frofts, or 

 planting it in a wet Soil. This is 

 propagated as the other. 



Both thefe Sorts preferve their 

 green Leaves in Winter, which de- 

 cay as their new ones are produced : 

 their Flowers appear in Jprit, which 

 grow fo clofe to the Ground, as not 

 to be feen, unlefs you put away the 

 Leaves with your Hand : the firft 

 Sort produces ripe Seeds j but it is 



not 



