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Carrots, upon the fame Ground, and 

 draw off their Carrots in the Sum- 

 mer-time for- the Market, before the 

 Beets have grown very large ; and, 

 when the Carrots are gone, there will 

 be room for the Beets to grew, fo 

 that they have a double Crop ; and, 

 if their Beets mould happen to fail, 

 they plant a Crop of Savoys for the 

 Winter, fo that theirGround feldom 

 lies idle. 



BETONICA, Betony. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are green, rough , and 

 trenated on the Edges ? the Flowers 

 are difpejed in a Spike : the upper Crejl 

 of the Fhwcr is ad-vanced, and divi- 

 ded into tivo Segments : the Beard, or 

 lower Fart of the Flower, is divided 

 into three, and the middle Segment is 

 bifid : each Flower is, for the tnojl 

 part, fucceeded by four naked Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Betonica purpurea. C.B. The 

 Common or Wood-beiony. 



2. Betonica alba. C. B.P. Be- 

 tony with a white Flower. 



3. Betonica major Danica. Park. 

 Theat. Greater Danijh Betony. 



4. Betonica minima Alpina Hel- 

 vetica. Park. Theat. The leaft Be- 

 tony of the Helvetian Alps. 



5. Betonica Alpina incana pur- 

 purea. Barcll. Icon. Hoary Alpine 

 Betony, with purple Flowers. 



6. Betonica Orientalis, folio an- 

 gufijjimo Cf longijjimc, fpica forum 

 craffiore. Tcum. Cor. Eaftern Be- 

 tony, with a long narrow Leaf, and 

 a thick Spike of Flowers. 



7. Betonica rubicundifjimo fore, 

 Montis Aurei. H. R. Par. Betony 

 with a very red Flower, of Mont a"Or 

 in Auvergne. 



8 . Betonica Orientalis I at if Ua, 

 taule brevi,fsre maximo. '7 cum. Cor. 

 \Broad-leav\l Ealtern Betony, with 

 a ihort Stalk, and a very large 

 flower. 



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9. Betonica ar<vcnfis annua, fiorc 

 ex albo favejeente. Toum. Annual 

 FieW Betony, with a yellowifh-white 

 Flower. 



10. Betonica Alpina lati folia 

 major e villofa > fore luteo. H. R. Par. 

 Great broad-leavM hairy Betony of 

 the Alps, with a yellow Flower. 



The firft Sort is very common in 

 Woods and fiiady Places in molt 

 Parts of England : it may be propa- 

 gated in fliady Borders in a Garden, 

 by either fowing the Seeds in Spring, 

 or by parting the R^ots, which may 

 be taken out of the Woods: the Soil 

 mould be rather moift than dry, and 

 not over-rich. 



The other Sorts are all hardy 

 Plants, and may be propagated either 

 by fowing of their Seeds in the 

 Spring, or by parting of their Roots ; 

 the latter is molt commonly pra- 

 ctifed ; but this mould be done in 

 Autumn : they mould have a Ihady 

 Situation, and a moift Soil. Thefe 

 are preferved in Botanic Gardens for 

 Variety ; but. as they have no great 

 Beauty, they are rarely preferved in 

 other Gardens. 



The firit Sort is ufed in Medicine, 

 and is greatly efteemed as a vulne- 

 rary Herb. Antonius Mufa, Phyfi- 

 cian to che Emperor Augustus, wrote 

 a whole Book concerning the Vir- 

 tues of this Plant ; from whence it 

 came to be fo much in Efteem, that 

 they have a Proverb in Italy to this 

 Purpofe ; Vende la Tonica, e compta 

 la Betonica ; Sell your Coat, and buy 

 Betony. And when they would praife 

 any Perfon very much, they fay, He 

 has more Virtue than Betony. 



BETONICA AQUATICA.riV* 

 Scrcphularia. 



BETONICA PAULI. /^Ve- 

 ronica. 



BETULA, The Birch-tree. 



The Characters are ; 

 Ihe Leaves are like thofe of the 

 Poplar z 



