L A 



L A 



menfe finuatum. J. B> The Fiddle 



Dock. 



14. Lapathum hortenfe lati fo- 

 lium. C. B. P. The true Monks 

 Rhubarb. 



15. Lapathum Cbalepenfe, fo- 

 lio acuto, femir.um involucris prof wide 

 dentatis. Mor. Hift. Sharp-pointed 

 Aleppo Dock, with the Seed-covers 

 deeply indented. 



16. Lapathum AZgyptiacum an- 

 nuum, pariet arise folio y capfula femi- 

 nis longius barbata. Hart. Pif. An- 

 nual E:yptian Dock, with a Pelii- 

 tory-leaf, and long Beards to the 

 Seed-vefiels. 



17. Lapathum Orient ale, folio 

 latijfmo undid a to & inucronato, Jive 

 Rbaburbarum verum. The true 

 Rhubarb. 



The firft Sort here mentioned was 

 brought to England many Years 

 fince, for the true Rhubarb ; but 

 fmce it hath been commonly ufed in 

 the Shops for the Rbaponticum, being 

 greatly inferior to the Rhabarbarum. 

 This Sort is frequently cultivated in 

 the Gardens, and is call'd Engbjh 

 Rhubarb. The Roots of this enter 

 as an Ingredient into feveral com- 

 pound Medicines : and of late Years, 

 the Footthlks of the Leaves have 

 been ufed for making of Tarts in 

 the Spring of the Year, as thefe may 

 I be had before Goofberries are large 

 enough for that Purpofe. Thde 

 Footftalks muft have their outer 

 Skin peel'd off, otherwife they will 

 be very ftringy : when this is done, 

 the pulpy Part will bake very ten- 

 der, and almoft as clear as the x^pri- 

 cot ; and having an agreeable acid 

 Fiavour, is by many Perfons eiteem- 

 ed for this Purpofe. 



Where thefe Plants are propaga- 

 ted for this Ufe, they mould be plant- 

 ed at leaft three Feet afunder, and 

 iri rich Ground, which will encou- 



rage them to put out large Leaves ; 

 fo that the Footftalks will be very 

 large, in which is the chief Excel- 

 lence of them : for in thofe which 

 are fmall, there will be very little 

 Pulp ; and that will not be near fo 

 good for Ufe as that of the large. 



The fecond Sort is fometimes cul- 

 tivated in Gardens, for medicinal 

 Ufe ; tho' there is a Difpute, whe- 

 ther this be the true Monks Rhu- 

 barb, or net : but there is no great 

 Difference between the Roots of this 

 Plant, and the other difputed Sort : 

 but Dr. Boerbaave, and fome other 

 Botaniits, have mentioned the four- 

 teenth Sort, as the true Monks 

 Rhubarb; but I fufpeft this to be 

 only an accidental Variety of the 

 ninth Sort, and not a diftindt Spe- . 

 cies : however, I beiieve that the 

 Roots of this, and the third Sort, 

 are indifferently ufed in London, for 

 the Monks Rhubarb. 



The third Sort was formerly cul- 

 tivated in Gardens as a Pot-herb ; 

 but of late Years it has been wholly 

 difufed for that Purpofe, and now 

 only preferved in Gardens for me- 

 dicinal L'fe. 



The ten next - mentioned Sorts 

 grow wild in many Parts of Eng- 

 land, and are feldom admitted into 

 Gardens ; but as feveral of thefe are 

 ufed in Medicine, I have put down 

 the Names by which they are di- 

 ftmguifhed amongit the Botar.iits. 

 The firlt and third Sorts are directed 

 by the College of Phyiicians to be 

 ufed in Medicine ; but the People 

 who fupply the Markets, take the 

 Roots of all the Sorts promifcuoufly, 

 as they find them. Thefe two Sorts 

 grow near "Hedges, and in fhady 

 Lsnes, which are not much frequent- 

 ed, in moft Parts of England; but 

 the third Sort is lefs common than 

 the £rf., from which it dirFers in 

 nothing 



