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this refpecl like the Acajou, which 

 generally makes great Progrefs du- 

 ring the firft Summer from Seeds, but 

 afterward remains for a long time 

 without making any Shoots : they 

 are alfo difficult to tranfplant j for 

 they feldom have many Fibres to 

 their Roots ; fo that in mifting them 

 Care muft be taken not to divert 

 their Roots of the Earth, as alfo not 

 to put them in Pots too large, in 

 both which Cafes they are often de- 

 ll royed. 



COWSLIP. Vide Primula Veris. 



CRAB-TREE. Vide Malus. 



CRAMBE, Sea cabbage. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath f.e/hy Leaves like thofe of 

 the Cabbage : the Flowers are white, 

 conf fling of four Leaves : the Pointal 

 afterward turns to a roundi/b Fruit, 

 which terminates in a Point, having 

 hut one Cell, in which is contained one 

 oblong Seed. 



The Species are ; 



1. Crambe mar it im a, braftcse fo- 

 lio. Toum. Sea-colcwort or Cabbage, 

 or Sea-kale. 



2. Crambe Orient alis, dentis bo- 

 nis folio, erucaginis facie. T. Cor. 

 Ealtern Sea-colewort, with a Dande- 

 lion-leaf, and the Face of Wild- 

 locket. 



3. Crambe Orient alis, acanthi 

 folio. Cor. Infi. Eaftern Sea-cabbage, 

 with a BearYbreech-leaf. 



The firft of the Species is found 

 wild upon Sea-mores in divers Parts 

 of England ; but particularly in Suf- 

 fex and Dorfetjhire in great Plenty, 

 where the Inhabitants gather it in 

 the Spring to eat, preferring it to 

 any of the Cabbage Kind, as it ge- 

 nerally grows upon the gravelly 

 Shore, where the 'Fide flows over it; 

 fo the Inhabitants obferve where the 

 Gravel is.thruft up by the Shoots of 

 this Plant, and open the Gravel, and 

 cut the Shoots before they come out, 



and are expos'd o the open Air, 



whereby the Shoots appear as if they 

 were blanched ; and when they are 

 cut fo young, they are very tender 

 and fweet ; but if they are fuffcred 

 to grow till they are green, they be- 

 come tough and bitter. 



This Plant may be propagated in 

 a Garden, by fowing the Seeds, foon 

 after it is ripe, in a fandy or gra- 

 velly Soil, where it will thrive ex- 

 ceedingly, and increafe greatly by 

 its creeping Roots, which will foon 

 overfpread a large Spot of Ground, 

 if encouraged ; but the Heads will 

 not be fit to cut until the Plants have 

 had one Year's Growth; and, in or- 

 der to have it good, the Bed in 

 which the Plants grow, mould, at 

 Michaelmas, be covered over with 

 Sand or Gravel about four or fiv 

 Inches thick, which will allow a pro- 

 per Depth for the Shoots to be cut 

 before they appear above-ground ; 

 and if this is repeated everyAutumn, 

 in the feme manner as is practifed in 

 earthing of Afparagus - beds, the 

 Plants will require no other Culture. 

 This may be cut for Ufe in Apri 

 and May, white it is young ; but i 

 the Shoots are fufFered to remain, 

 they will produce fine regular Heads 

 of white Flowers, which appear very 

 handfome, and will perfect their 

 Seed-s by which they may be propa- 

 gated. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 only prcferved in curious Gardens of 

 Plants for Variety ; but are not of 

 any Ufe or Beauty. 



CRANE's-BILL. Vide Gera- 

 nium. 



CRASSULA, Letter Orpine or 

 Houfleek. This Name was formerly 

 applied to the Anacampjerot or Or- 

 pine. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath the Appearance of Hovjleek 

 or Navel-wort : from the frfl it dif 



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