O X 



O X 



Tel, with round Leaves, green Stalks, 

 and large purple Flowers. 



11. Oxys lutea annua, fori bus 

 dentatis. Feuille. Obf. Yellow an- 

 nual Wood-forrel, wich indented 

 Flowers. 



12. Oxys roflo flare, ere ft i or, vul- 

 go CuL'e. Feuillee. Obf. Upright 

 Wood-forrel, with a rofe-colourd 

 Flower, vulgarly call'd Culle. 



13 Oxys ampl if/into flore . Feuillee. 

 Obf. Wood-forrel with the largeft 

 yellow Flower. 



14. Oxys luteo flore, radice crafpf - 

 flma. Feuillee. Obf Wood-forrel 

 with yellow Flowers, and a very 

 thick Root. 



The firft Sort grows wild in 

 Woods, and other fhady Places, in 

 ■ divers Parts of England-, and flowers 

 in AprilixA May. This is the Sort 

 which is directed by the College of 

 Phyiicians of London to be ufed in 

 Medicine ; but the. Markets are ge- 

 nerally fupplied with the fourth Sor:, 

 which is not near fo good, having 

 very little Tafte : but the People 

 who cultivate medicinal Plants for 

 the Market, have propagated this 

 Plant in their Gardens, becaufe it 

 grows tall, and branches out greatly; 

 fo that they can readily gather and 

 tie it up in Bunches for Sale ; where- 

 as the true Sort grows clofe to the 

 Ground, and each Leaf rifes with a 

 Footftalk from the Root, which 

 renders it troublefome to gather in 

 Quantities ; but thofe who ufe it in 

 Medicine mould be careful to have 

 the true Sort : the Time for which 

 is always in the Spring ; whereas 

 the other Kind is never brought to 

 Market till the Middle of Summer. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, differing only in the Colour 

 of the Flower. This is found wild 

 in the North of England, and is pre- 

 ferv'd as a Variety by thofe Perfons 

 who are curious in Botany ; but 



there is no Difference in the Tafte 

 of this from the common Sort. 

 Thefe two Sorts are abiding Plants, 

 and multiply greatly by their creep- 

 ing Roots, as alfo by Seeds. They 

 mould be planted in a moift fhady 

 Border, either early in the Spring, 

 or at Michaelmas, that they may be 

 rooted before the Froft comes on. 

 When the Plants are once eftablifrYd 

 in the Border, they will fcatter their 

 Seeds, and increafe greatly. This 

 common Wood - forrel is a much 

 more grateful Acid in Sallads, than 

 the common Sorrel ; for which Pur- 

 pofe a Border of it mould not be 

 v/anting in the Kitchen garden. 



The third Sort is an abiding Plant, 

 and increafes greatly by its trailing 

 Branches, which put out Roots at 

 every Joint ; as alfo by its Seeds, 

 which are caft abroad, when ripe, 

 by the Elafticity of the Veflels in 

 which they are contained, which 

 renders it difficult to fave the Seeds : 

 for when they are ripe, on the firft 

 Touch, the Pods burft, and throw 

 out the Seeds. This is tender, and 

 muft be fhelter'd under a Frame 

 in Winter, otherwife it will not 

 abide the Frofts, when they are very 

 fevere. 



The fourth Sort is an annual 

 Plant. This was originally brought 

 from North - America ; but where- 

 ever it is introduced, and permitted 

 to fcatter its Seeds, it will maintain 

 itfelf without any further Care, it 

 being a very hardyPlant; and is now 

 become more common than our 

 own Sort in the London Markets. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts are pre- 

 ferv'd in fome curious Gardens for 

 Variety. The fifth Sort produces 

 large purple Flowers, which make a 

 very pretty Appearance, and con- 

 tinue in Beauty a long time during 

 the Winter-feafon, which renders it 

 worthy of a Place in every Colle- 

 R r r 3 ftion 



