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agreeable acid Flavour than thofe of 

 the firft Sort. This Fruit is fre- 

 quently us'd for Tarts in feveral.of 

 the Northern Counties, where the 

 Plants grow wild upon the Moors. 



The third Sort produces long 

 flender Branches, not bigger than 

 Thread, which trail upon the mofiy 

 Bogs ; fo are often hid by the Mofs. 

 Thefe Branches are thinly garnim'd 

 with fmall Leaves, about the Size 

 and Shape of thofe of Thyme ; have- 

 ing their upper Surface of a Ihining- 

 green Colour, but are white under- 

 neath. The Flowers are generally 

 produced toward the Extremity of 

 the Shoots, which are in Shape like 

 thofe of the former Sorts ; but are 

 fmaller, and of a red Colour. Thefe 

 grow upon long flender Footftalks, 

 and are fucceeded by round red fpot- 

 ted Berries, of a (harp acid Flavour; 

 which are much efteem'd by the In- 

 habitants of the Places near the Bogs 

 where they grow. Some ufe them 

 for Tarts, and others eat them with 

 Milk or Cream. 



This Sort is a Native of Bogs; 

 therefore cannot by any Art be pro- 

 pagated upon dry Land: but where 

 there are natural Bogs, the Plants 

 may be taken up carefully, preferv- 

 ing fome of the Soil to their Roots, 

 and tranfplanted into the Bogs in the 

 Autumn : and if they are once fix'd 

 in the Place, they will fpread, and 

 propagate themielves in great Plen- 

 ty, and require no farther Care. 



The two Sorts firfi- mentioned alfo 

 propagate very fall by their creeping 

 Roots ; fo that when they are fixed 

 in a proper Soil, they will foon over- 

 fpread the Ground ; as the Heaths 

 upon which they naturally grow, are 

 generally cover' d with the Plants. 

 The firit Sort grows with the Heath, 

 their Roots intermixing together, and 

 frequently is found upon fandy 



Heaths in divers Parts of England ; 

 but the fecond Sort grows only upon 

 moorihh Land, where, by its creep- 

 ing Roots, the Ground is fooa co- 

 ver'd with the Plants. 



There are feveral other Species of 

 this Genus, fome of which are Na- 

 tives of Spain and Portugal, others 

 of Germany and Hungary, and fome 

 of the Northern Parts of America, 

 from whence thofe large Fruit are 

 brought to Evgland, which are us'd 

 by the Paftry-cooks of London, da- 

 ring the Winter-feafon, for Tarts: 

 but as all thefe Sorts naturally grow 

 upon Swamps and Bogs, they arc 

 not eafy to transplant into Gardens, 

 fo as to thrive, or produce Fruit ; 

 therefore there can be little Hopes of 

 having thofe Sorts in England. 

 VALERIANA, Valerian. 



The Characters are ; 

 'The Leaves grow by Pairs, oppafite 

 upon the Stalk : the Flower confifts of 

 o?ie Leaf, is tubulofe, and divided int9 

 f*ve Segments at the Top : thefe Flow- 

 ers are, for the moft part, colleSed 

 into a fort of Umbel upon the Top of 

 the Stalks ; and are fucceeded by oblong 

 flat Seeds, which are winged with 

 a foft Down. 



T he Species are ; 



1. Valeriana hortenfis, Pbuols- 

 fatri folio Diofcoridis. C. B.P. Great 



Garden Valerian, or Phu. 



2. Valeriana Jylvejiris magna 

 aquatica. J. B. Great wild Water 

 Valerian. 



3. Valeriana major fylvefrls 

 montana. C. B. P. Great wild Moun- 

 tain Va'erain. 



4. Valeriana paluflris minor. C. 

 B. P. Small Marm Valerian. 



5. Valeriana rubra. C. B. P, 

 Red Garden Valerian. 



6. Valeriana rubra anguftifo. 

 lia. C. B. P. Narrow-lea v'd red 

 Garden Valerian. 



7. Va- 



