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Thefe Plants grow wild about 

 •Montpelier, and in moft Places in the 

 South of France-, they feldom grow 

 above fix Inches high, and fpread 

 near the Surface of the Ground like 

 Heath ; and in June, when ihey are 

 full of Flowers, they make a very 

 pretty Appearance. 



They may be propagated by fow- 

 ing their Seeds in the Spring, on a 

 Bed of frefh Earth ; and when the 

 Jplants are about an Inch high, they 

 Should be transplanted, fame of them 

 into Pots filled with frefh light Earth, 

 that they may be flickered in in- 

 ter ; and the others into a warm 

 ^Border, where they will endure the 

 '.Cold of our ordinary Winters very 

 well ; but in fevere Froft they are 

 generally deftroyed : for which Rea- 

 son, it will be proper to have fome 

 Plants of each Sort in Pots, which 

 may be put under a common Hot- 

 bed-fraine in Winter, where they 

 may be covered in frofty Weather : 

 but when it is mild, they fhould have 

 a great Share of free Air. Thefe 

 Plants rarely produce ripe Seeds in 

 England; therefore it will be proper 

 to increafe them from Slips and Cut- 

 tings ; which will take Root, if 

 planted in Augufl on a very gentle 

 Hot-bed, and lhaded from the Sun, 

 and duly watered. 



CORISPERMUM, Tick-feed. 

 The Characters are ; 



The fl^-r hath no Petals: the 

 EmpalenW^s of two Leaves, which 

 are equal and compreffed : in the 

 Centre is one long recurved Stamen, 

 and a round comprejfed Pointal, which 

 afterward turns to a fat Vtffel,have- 

 ing two Cells, each containing one 

 oblong Seed, Jhaped like a 'Tick. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Cor#ermum foliis alternis. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Tick - feed with 

 Leaves growing alternate. 



V o l. I. 



2. CORISPERMUM foliis Oppofitisl 



Lin. Hort. Cliff. Starry Ducks- 

 meat. 



The firft Sort grows in Tartary, 

 where there are fome other Varieties 

 of this Genus. The fecond is com- 

 mon upon Standing-waters, and in 

 low marmy Grounds, where the 

 "Waters ftand in Winter in divers 

 Parts of England. 



Thefe Plants are preferved in Bo- 

 tanic Gardens for the fake of Variety; 

 but they have no Beauty ; fo are fel- 

 dom cultivated in other Gardens. 



The nrft Sort is an annual Plant, 

 which if fuffered to fcatter its Seeds, 

 theGround will be plentifully ftock'c! 

 with the Plants ; which will require 

 no other Care, but to prevent the 

 Weeds from over growing them. 



The fecond will not grow but 

 in marihy Places, where there is 

 Standing-water ; over the Surface of 

 which this Plant will foon extend, 

 when once it is cftabliflied. 



As we had no EngUJh Name to 

 this Genus, I have given it this of 

 Tick-feed ; which correfponds with 

 the Latin Name. 



CORK-TREE. Vide Stuber. * 



CORN-FLAG. Vide Gladiolus." 



CORN MARIGOLD. Vide 

 Chryfanthemum. 



CORN-SALLAD. Vide Vale- 

 rianella. 



CORN US, The Cornelian 



Cherry. 



The Characlers are ; 

 The Calyx, or Flower-cup, cenfifis 

 of f our f mall rigid Leaves, which are 

 expanded in form of a Crofs : from the 

 Centre of which are produced many 

 fnall yellowijh Flowers, each con- 

 fifing of four Leaves, which are dif 

 pofed almofi in form of an Umbrella : 

 thefe Flovjers are fucceeded by Fruit, 

 which are oblong, or of a cylindrical 

 Form, fomtwhat like an Olive, con* 

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