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Thefe fliould be taken up and 

 tranfplanted under an Hedge or Pale 

 at about eighteen Inches diftant, in 

 cne Row about fix Inches from the 

 Hedge, &c. This Work mould be 

 done the Beginning of March, if 

 the Seafon is mild, otherwife it may- 

 be deferred a Fortnight longer. 

 When the Flower - items begin to 

 advance, they mould be fupported 

 with a Packthread, which mould be 

 fattened to Nails driven into the Pale, 

 or to the Stakes of the Hedge, and- 

 run along before the Stems, to draw 

 them upright clofe to the Hedge or 

 Pale ; otherwife they will be liable 

 to break with the ftrong Winds. 

 Obferve alfo to keep them clear 

 from Weeds, and about the Begin- 

 ning of July your Seeds will begin 

 to ripen: therefore, as foon as you 

 Jind the Seeds are quite ripe, you 

 mull: cut off the Stalks, and expofe 

 them to the Sun upon a coarfe Cloth 

 to dry ; and then beat out the Seeds, 

 which muft be dried, and put up 

 in Bags of Paper, and preferred 

 for Ufe in fome dry Place. But I 

 %vould here caution you, not to wait 

 for all the Seeds upon the fame 

 Plant ; for if fo, all the firft ripe 

 and beft of the Seeds will fcatter 

 and be loft before the other are near 

 ripe ; fo great a Difference is there 

 in the Seeds of the lame Plant being 

 ripe. 



The wild Succory, of which there 

 are fome Varieties in the Colour of 

 the Flowers, is feldom propagated 

 in Gardens ; it growing wild in un- 

 frequented Lanes and Dunghils in 

 divers Parts of England, where the 

 Herb-women gather it, and fupply 

 the Markets for medicinal Ufe. 



CICUTA, Hemlock. 

 The Characlers are ; 



The Leaves are cut into many mi' 

 nute Segments : the Petals of the 

 Flower ere bifid, heart-fhaped, and 



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unequal: the Flower is fueceeded by 

 t<wo Jhort ch end led Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cicuta major. C B. Com- 

 mon or Greater Hemlock. 



2. CiCUTA minor, petrcfelino fimi- 

 lis. C. B. Leffer Hemlock, or 

 FoolVparfley. 



There are fome other Varieties 

 of this Plant, preferved in curious 

 Botanic Gardens ; but the two Sorts 

 here mentioned are what we find 

 wild in England. 



The firit Sort grows to a confider- 

 able Height, and is chiefly found 

 upon the Side? of dry Banks in many 

 Parts of England: the Leaves of this 

 Plant are of a fliining green Colour, 

 and the Stalks are full of purple 

 Spots; by which it is eafily diftin- 

 guifhed from any Plants that refem- 

 ble it k This Sort is fometimes ufed 

 in Medicine; tho' by many People 

 it is thought to have a noxious Qua- 

 lity : bat the Hemlock of the An- 

 tients, which was fuch deadly Poifon, 

 is generally fuppofed to be very dif- 

 ferent from this. 



This fecond Sort is of a fmaller 

 Growth, and fo like Parfley, that 

 fome unfkilfulPerfons have gathered 

 it, and ufed it as fuch ; by which 

 feveral Perfons have fufFered in their 

 Health, and fome have been de- 

 ftroyed thereby, which occafioned 

 the Name of Fools-parfley. 



Thefe Plants are never propagated 

 in Gardens for Ufe, but are gathered 

 by the Herb women in the Fields. 



CICUTARIA. Ligufticum. 



CINARA, The Chardon. 



Cinara fpinofa, cujus pediculi 

 efitantur. C. B. P. 383. Chardon 

 or Cardoon, -vulgo. 



The other Species of this Genus 

 are treated under the Title Arti- 

 choke. 



This Plant is propagated by Seeds, 

 which fliould be fown on an open 



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