Plants. LXXXIL Fol. IV. No. 42. 



COMMERCIAL AND MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Fig. 1. The wild Endive or Suc- 

 cory 



(Cichorium ïntybus) 



The Succory is a medicinal plant which 

 grows wild in Germany near the roads and 

 high ways, upon the balks and mountains. 

 It has a narrow notched leaf and a ftarlike 

 flower. It is a biennial plant whole leaves as 

 well as roots have for a long time been eaten 

 as vegetables, but not long fince its root is 

 become very remarkable from being uled ai- 

 moft generally in the room of coffee. For 

 this purpoie the Succory is now frequently 

 cultivated in gardens as weil as in the field 

 where its root becomes thicker ana more pal- 

 pons. In Autumn it, is taken out of the 

 ground, cleaned, cut into finali pieces and 

 after being roafied and ground like Coffee, it 

 is kept for fale in leaden boxes. In this man- 



ner the Succory is become at ore Tent a confi- 

 derà/de article of trade in Germany and is 

 principally carried, on by fome great manufac- 

 turers in the lower Saxony. 



Fig. 2. The Pepper - Mint. 



{Mentha piperita) 



The Pep-par -mint grows wild in England; 

 but in Germany, though all other kinds of 

 mint are met wiih every where, it is only 

 cultivated in the gardens where it Rands the 

 havdeit win ' er. It forms a low fhrub whole 

 (talks grow about a Foot high. On the point 

 of the ftaiks the while blueifh flower appears 

 like a corn - ear. The green leaves are p offe f- 

 fed of a fragrant fmel'l and a burning aroma- 

 tick lafte whence it derives its medicinal Vir- 

 tue of ftrengthening the ftomack, which is fo 

 ftroiig, that, when taken, au agréable warmth 

 is felt immediately Inrough the whole body. 



