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mitted to them, in proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon, and muft be 

 duly watered ; for as they naturally 

 grow on fwampy Grounds, they re- 

 quire a pretty large Share of Moilt- 

 ure in warm Weather. 



In Winter thefe Plants muft be re- 

 moved into the Stove, and plunged 

 into the Bark-bed ; for they do not 

 thrive well, if they are placed on 

 Boards in a dry Stove ; becaufe the 

 Fibres of the Roots, which are to- 

 ward the Side and Bottom of the 

 Pots, will dry, and retard the Growth 

 of the Plants, if the Pots are not 

 furrounded with Tan, which always 

 retains fome Moifture, which keeps 

 the Fibres of the Plants ductile, and 

 thereby is greatly beneficial to th( m. 



In Summer thefe Plants may h'.vc 

 a large Share of Air, by opening the 

 Glaiies of the Stove ; but they will 

 not thrive if they are taken out of 

 the Stove, and placed in the open 

 Air; fo that they mould always be 

 kept in the Bark-rtove, obfen ing to 

 fhift them into larger Pots, as they 

 advance in their Growth. With this 

 Management, they may be preferved 

 many Years, and brought to a large 

 Size ; when they will make a fine 

 Appearance amonglt tender Exotic 

 Plants in the Stove ; for they retain 

 their Leaves throughout the Year. 



CUMINOIDES. /7^Lagoecia. 



CUMINUM, Cumin. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Root is annual: the Leaves are 

 like thofe of Fennel : the Se-ds arc 

 {mall, long, narrow, and crooked: two 

 of which jucceed each Flower, as in 

 the other umbelliferous Plants. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant at prefent known in England-, 

 whic h is, 



Co m i n u m. Mor. Vmh. Cumin. 



This Plant is propagated for Sale 

 in the Ifiar.d of Malta, where it is 

 called Cianino aigro y \. e. hot Cumin. 



But Antfe t which they alfo propagate 

 in no lets Quantity, they call Cumino 

 dolce, i. e. fweet Cumin : fo that 

 many of the old Botanifts were mif- 

 taken, when they made two Species 

 of Cumin, <viz. acre and dulee. 



The Seeds of this Plant are ufed 

 in Medicine, which are brought 

 from the above-mentioned Place ; 

 for the Plant is too tender to be cul- 

 tivated to any Advantage in Eng- 

 land : I have fown the Seeds feveral 

 times in the Phyfic-garden, which 

 have come up very well, and grown 

 to be four or five Inches high ; but 

 ha\e conftantly decay 'd,without pro- 

 ducing any good Seeds. If any Per- 

 fon is inclined to cultivate a little of 

 this Plant for Curiofity, the belt Me- 

 thod i«, to fovv the Seeds early upon 

 a very moderate Hot-bed ; and when 

 the Plants are come up pretty ftrong, 

 they ma) r be tranfplanted into a light 

 Soil, at about four or five Inches Di- 

 ftancc, where they will produce good 

 See<l-, if the Seafon is warm. 



CUNTLA, Baltard Horehound. 



This Genus of Plants was tilled 

 Marrubiafirum by Dr. To::mcfcrt, 

 and fome other Botanifts ; but, be- 

 ing a compound Name, Dr. Linnaeus 

 has altered it to this of Cuni la } which 

 is an old Name that has been ap- 

 plied to feme other Plants of tins 

 Clafs. 



The Characters are ; 



The Flower is of one Leaf, and is 

 of the laliated Kind ': the Upper-lip is 

 creel and forked ; the lower one is 

 fight ly cut into three Farts : the Em- 

 pali went is of one Leaf, and cylindri- 

 cal, and cut into fve acute Scgnients, 

 each ending in a Spine : in the Centre 

 of the Flower is filiated the quadri- 

 fd Pointal, attended by four Stamina : 

 after the Flower is paf, there are 

 four oval Seeds included in the E?n- 

 palt mcnt* 



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