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from Weeds all the Summer ; and in 

 Winter they ihould be iheltered from 

 Frolt under a common Frame ; the 

 following Spring they muftbe again 

 plunged into the Hot-bed, which 

 will bring the Plants up very foon. 

 When the Plants are come up, they 

 mud be conftantly kept clear from 

 Weeds, and frequently watered in 

 warm Weather ; and toward the 

 End of May they mould be enured to 

 the open Air by degrees ; and in June 

 they may be removed out of the Bed, 

 and placed abroad in a iheltered Si- 

 tuation, where they ihould remain 

 till the Frolt comes on in Autumn ; 

 when they mull be removed into 

 Shelter. Thefe Plants ihould remain 

 untranfpknted in the Seed-pots, till 

 the following Spring, when they 

 Ihould be turned out of the Pots, and 

 carefully feparated : the tender Sorts 

 ihould be i lanted in Pots fill'd with 

 frefh Earth ; and if they are plunged 

 into a very temperate Hot- bed, it 

 will caufe them to take new Root 

 very foon, and greatly ilrengthen 

 the Plants. But the hardy Kinds 

 may be planted abroad under 

 Trees, where (if they are kept clear 

 from Weeds, until they have obtain- 

 ed fufricient Strength to overbear the 

 Weeds) they will make an agreeable 

 Variety, amongft other hardy Wood- 

 plants. 



The eighteenth Sort dies to the 

 Root every Year, and rifes in the 

 Spring : it is a very humble Plant, 

 feldom rifmg above four Inches high : 

 this increafes by its creeping Root ; 

 for it rarely produces Seeds in this 

 Country. Jt is a very hardy Plant, 

 and grows in Woods; but it is not 

 a Native of England. I obferved it 

 growing plentifully in a Wood near 

 the Hague, in a moift lrght fandy 

 Soil ; fo that whoever would culti- 

 vate this Plant, fnould plant it in 

 (uch Situations. The bell time to 



tranfplant this Plant is in the Au- 

 tumn, when the Leaves are decay'd. 



SMYRNIUM, Alexanders. 

 The Characters are ; 



the Flowers are produced in Um- 

 bels, con f ft in g of federal Leaves, 

 which are placed orbicularly, and ex- 

 pand in form of a Rofe : thefe reft up' 

 on the Empalement, which afterward 

 becomes an almoji globular Fruit, com- 

 pofed of two pretty thick Seeds, fome- 

 times Jhaped like a Crefcent, gibbous, 

 and freak" d on one Side, and plain on 

 the other. 



The Species are ; 



1. Smyrnium. Matth. Common 

 Alexanders. 



2 . Smyrnium peregrinum, rot un- 

 do folio. C. B. P. Foreign Alex- 

 anders, with a round Leaf. 



3. Smyrnium peregrinum, folio 

 oblongo. C. B. P. Foreign Alexan- 

 ders, with an oblong Leaf. 



4. Smyrnium Creticum, paludapii 

 foliis. T. Cor. Candy Alexanders, 

 with a Smallage-leaf. 



The firft of thefe Sorts (which is 

 that order'd by the College for me- 

 dicinal Ufe) grows wild in divers 

 Parts of England, and at prefent is 

 feldom cultivated in Gardens ; tho* 

 formerly it was greatly ufed in the 

 Kitchen, before Celery was fo much 

 cultivated, which hath taken place 

 of Alexanders, in moil Peoples Opi- 

 nion. The other Sorts are preferv- 

 ed in Botanic Gardens for Variety ; 

 but may either of them be cultivated 

 for the Ufe of the Kitchen. The 

 fecond Sort is much preferable to 

 the firft for blanching, as I have 

 tried ; and will be tenderer, and not 

 quite fo ftrong. 



All thefe Plants may be propaga- 

 ted by fowihg their Seeds upon an 

 open Spot of Ground in Jiugufl, as 

 foon as they are ripe; for if they are 

 preserved till Spring, they often mii- 

 cairv. or at leafl; do not come up ufit- 



