C A 



C A 



Cat-mint with a fpiked Flower, hav- 

 ing a Lavender-fcent. 



10. Cataria Cretica humilis 

 fcordioides. Cor. Injl. Dwarf Cat- 

 mint of Crete, refembling Scor- 

 dium. 



11. Cataria Cretica, meliffsE 

 folio, afpbodeli radice. Cor. Lift. 

 Cat-mint of Crete, with a Ealm- 

 leaf, and an Afphodel-root. 



12. Cataria Orientalis, teucrii 

 folio, lavendul<e odore, vcrticillis 

 jlorumcrajfijfmiis. Cor. Injl. Eaitern 

 Cat-mint, with a Tree-germander- 

 leaf fmelling like Lavender, and 

 very thick Spikes of Flowers. 



All thefe Sorts of Cat-mint are 

 propagated by lowing their Seeds in 

 February or March, in Beds or Bor- 

 ders of common Earth, and may 

 be tranfplanted into Beds at about 

 two Feet fquare from each other, 

 leaving a Path between every Bed, 

 and an Alley of three Feet to go 

 between, to clear them from Weeds, 



The firft Sort mentioned is ufed 

 in Medicine : this may alfo be pro- 

 pagated by parting the Roots, either 

 in Spring or Autumn, and will grow 

 in almoli any Soil or Situation : it 

 flowers in "June, and the Seeds are 

 ripe in Jugujf. This Plant grows 

 wild upon dry Banks in many Parts 

 of England: but if this is tranf- 

 planted into a Garden, the Cats will 

 iurely deftroy it, unlefs it is fenced 

 round with Thorns to prevent their 

 coming to it. The fame will hap- 

 pen to thofe Plants which are tranf- 

 planted from one Part of the Garden 

 to the other ; and at the fame time, 

 thofe Plants which have come up 

 from Seeds, which either dropp'd 

 of themfelves, or were fown, will 

 remain untouched by the Cats, as I 

 have frequently obferved ; and many 

 dmes the Seedling-plants have grown 

 within two Feet of thofe which 



were tranfplanted, and the latter 

 have been quite deftroyed, when the 

 former has been untouched : which 

 verifies the old Proverb ; viz. If 

 you fet it, the. Cats will eat it ; if 

 you fow it, the Cats won't know it. 

 The Cats ufually roll themfelves 

 upon the Plant, till they have broken 

 it down ; then they gnaw it, and 

 eat the Tops; which occafions a 

 Sort of Drunkennefs : afterward 

 they tear it to Pieces with their 

 Claws ; and when the whole Plant 

 is deftroyed, they will roll upon the 

 Ground till they have fmoothed and 

 prefled the Surface, as if a Roller 

 had palled over it. 



The other Sorts are alfo very 

 hardy, and may be propagated in 

 the lame manner; but require a dry 

 Soil in Winter, otherwife they are 

 fubjecl to rot. Thefe all ripen their 

 Seeds in England very well ; and 

 altho' there is no great Beauty in 

 them, yet, for Variety, the two 

 Portugal Sorts may have a Place 

 amongll Plants of the lower Clafs ; 

 where, if they are kept in Compafs, 

 and tied up to Sticks, they will make 

 a tolerable Appearance for a long 

 time. All the other Sorts are pro- 

 per Furniture for Botanic Gardens; 

 but they are feldom admitted into 

 other Gardens. 



CATCH- FLY. Vide Lychnis. 



CATESB-EA, The Lily-thorn. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Empalement is divided into 

 four fmall Segments : the Flower co?i- 

 fjis of one Leaf, is funnel Jhaped, 

 halving a very long Tube, which is 

 narrow and thin at Bottom, but lar- 

 ger and thicker upward : the Top is 

 divided into four Segments, and fpread 

 open : the Point al is fixed in the Centre 

 of the Flower, furrcunded by four 

 Stamina: the Point al afterward be- 

 comes an oval Berry, opening in one 

 Cell, indofing many angular Seeds. 



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