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leaves we take, and cut them through, and out of them iflue the k^' 

 loes, which we fet in the Sun , and that will rarifieitjand make it fit! 

 to keep. But it is the firft coming which welave^ for if we let it run' 

 too long, the fecond running will be much worfe^ but before thatj 

 comes 5 we throw away the leaf. The leaves of this Plant, (which we 

 call femper vivens in Engiand^ and growes neer the fire in Kitchins , 

 hung up to a beam with an oyl'd clout about the root J with the inner 

 bark Elder ^ andfome other ingredients, boy I'd in Sallet-oyIe,is the 

 beft medicine in the world for a burn or a Scald, being prefently ap- 

 ply ed; and for that the medicine is beyond all that ever was, for that 

 cure, I will fet it down, and 'tis this. 



li2LkQ Semper 'y/w»x,Plantine leaves, and the green rindeofE/^/er , 

 of each a like quantity, and boyl theminSallet-oyle, fb much as will 

 draw out all that tindture by boy ling; then ftrainthe Oyle well out, 

 and put it on the fire again, and put to it a fmall quantity of Ipirit of 

 Wine,and fo much yellow Wax, as will bring it to the confiftence of a 

 Liniment. 



One other Plant We have, and that is the Senfible plant, which do- 

 les the leaves upon any touch with your hand , or that end of your 

 ftafFby which you hold, and in a little time will open again. 



There are very few Flowers in thelfland, and none of them fweet 5 ' Fkmrs. 

 as the white Lilly , which grows in the woods , and is much a fairer j 

 flower than ours ; as alfo a red Lilly of the lame bignels, but neither j 

 of them fweet. The St.Jaga flower is very beautiful, butofa naule- 

 ous favour. One more we have, and that muft not be forgotten for 

 the rarity, becauie it opens, when all elle dole, when the Sun goes 

 down 5 and for that realbn we call it, the flower of the Moon; It 

 growes in great tuffs , the leaves almoft in the form of a Heart, the 

 point turning back, the flower (bmewhat bigger than a Primrofe, but 

 ofthepureft purple that ever I beheld. When this flower falls ofi^ the 

 feed appears , which is black, with an eye of purple; fhap'd, and of 

 thefize ofa fmall button, fb finely wrought, and tough withall, as it 

 mi^Jihtferve very well to trim afuit of apparel. 



I know no herbs naturally growing in the Ifland, that have not been 

 brought thither from other parts, but PuBcelane 5 and that growes fb 

 univerlally , as the over-much plenty makes it difefteemed 3 and we 

 deftroy it as a Weed that cumbers the ground. 



Rofemary, Time, Winter-fa vory, fweet Marjerom, pot Marjerom, JEngUfii 

 Padley, Penniroyal, Camomile, Sage, Tanfie, Lavender, Lavender- j -'^^''^-^'*'^^ 

 Gotten, Garlick, Onyons, Col worts, Cabbage, Turnips, Redifhes, Ma- •^^^^^^ 

 rigolds, Lettice, Taragon, Southernwood. All thefe I carried with 

 me in feeds, and all grew and profpered well. Leek-Seed I had, which 

 appeared to me very frefh and good 5 but it never came up. Rofe 

 trees we have, but they never bear flowers. 



There is a Root , of which fbme of the Negres brought the Seeds, 

 and planted there, and they grev/ : 'Tis a very large Root, drie, and 

 welltafled; the manner of planting it is, to make little hillsJas big as 

 Mole-hills, and plant the feed a top, and as fbon as it puts forth the 

 ftalks^they turndown to the ground on either fide, and then as they 

 touch it , they thruft up a ftalk , not unlike an Afparagus , but of a 



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