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6. Cachrys /bliis peucedani, fe~ 

 mine Ju?igofo fulcato afpero minori. 

 Town. Cachrys with Hogs-fennel- 

 leaves, and a fmall rough fungous 

 Seed. 



7. Cachrys Q-etica, angelica? fo- 

 lio, afpkodeli radice. Tcv.rn. Candy 

 Cachrys, with an Angelica-leaf, and 

 an Afphodel-root. 



8. Cachrys Orient alls, ferula 

 folio, fruclu alato piano. Town. Cor. 

 Eaftern Cachrys, with a Fennel- 

 giant-leaf, and a plain winged Seed. 



Thefe Plants are all propagated 

 by Seeds, which fhould be foon af- 

 ter they are ripe ; for if they are 

 kept out of the Ground until the 

 following Spring, they often mif- 

 carry ; and when they fucceed, they 

 never come up until the Spring after ; 

 fo that by fowing them in Autumn 

 a whole Year is laved, and the Seeds 

 feldom mifcarry. Thefe Seeds mould 

 be fovvn on a fliady Border, where 

 the Plants are to remain ; for the 

 Plants, having long Tap roots, will 

 cot bear tranfplanting fo well as 

 many other Kinds. The Diftance 

 to be obferved for the fowing of 

 their Seeds mould be two Feet apart; 

 fo that if each Kind is fown in a 

 Drill, when the Plants are come up, 

 they may be thinned ; leaving two 

 or three of the moll promifing Plants 

 of each Kind to remain. Thefe 

 Plants will begin to appear early in 

 April, when they muft be carefully 

 cleared from Weeds ; and in dry 

 Weather they fhould be gently wa- 

 tered, which greatly promotes their 

 Growth the firft Year; after which 

 time, they will require no farther 

 Care but to keep them clean from 

 Weeds, and every Spring to dig the 

 Ground carefully between them. 



Thefe Plarits decay to the Ground 

 every Autumn, and come up again 

 in the Spring : they commonly flow- 

 er in the Beginning of ifc%,and their 



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Seeds are ripe in Auguft : their Root* 

 fometimes run down three or four 

 Feet deep in the Earth, provided the 

 Soil be light, and are often as large 

 as Parfneps: they will continue ma- 

 ny Years ; and if the Soil is moift 

 and rich, they will annually pro- 

 duce good Seeds : but when they 

 grow on a dry Soil, the Flowers 

 commonly fall away, and are not 

 fucceeded by Seeds. 



There is but little to be faid of 

 the Ufesof this Genus of Plants: the 

 Hungarians in the Neighbourhood 

 of Erlaw, and thofe who border on 

 Tranfylvania, Serbia, &c. eat the 

 Root of the fifth Species, in a Scar- 

 city of Corn, for want of other 

 Bread. 



CACTUS, Melon-thiftle, vulgo. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flower rcfis upon the Embryo, 

 and is tubulous, being divided at the 

 Brim into federal Segments : thffe are 

 fpread open : the Empalemcnt conjijis 

 of one Leaf: in the Centre of the 

 Flower are placed fx long Stamina, 

 which reach to the Upper-part of the 

 Flower : the Embryo afterward be- 

 comes a taper pulpy Berry, which is 

 narrowed at the Bafe ; hawing one 

 Cell, which is filled with fmall 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Cactus quaiuordecim-angula- 

 ris fubrotundus . Lin. Hort. Cliff. The 

 large roundilli Melon-thiftle, with 

 fourteen Angles. 



2. Cactus quinquedechn- angula- 

 ris, angulis in fpiram contortis, fpinis 

 ercclus. Large Melon-thiftle, with 

 fifteen Angles, which are twilled like 

 a Screw, and the Thorns growing 

 upright. 



3. Cactus -quituordecim- angula- 

 ris fubrotundus, fpinis longis recur<vis 

 albidis. Large Melon-thiftle, with 

 fourteen Angles, and long white 

 Thorns, which are recurved. 



4. Ca- 



