NATURAL HISTORY. 
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much as they cheer the fi^ht by their ap- 
pearance. Their flavour is likewife fo agree- 
able, as to have caufed it to have been mixed 
among the herbs that are ufually boiled in 
our broths and foups. Thus after delighting 
us in the parterre, they heighten the delica- 
cies of our table. 
BE LVIDERE. 
ROM the leaves of this plant, refem^ 
bling thofe of flax, it is called in Latin^ lina* 
ria, from linus, which fignifies flax. It rifes 
into fcveral ftems, two, three, or four feet 
high ; and fhoots into many branches, gar- 
nilhed with ftrait, oblong leaves, of a light- 
green colour. At the extremities of thefe 
boughs appear Angle flowers with irregular 
leaves. Thefe plants are of ufe in little courts, 
where they are fet two feet diftant from each 
other, in borders raifed for thepurpofe ; of 
in pots, placed in fymmetrical order. The 
belvidere is multiplied by feed, fown in plain 
ground, in any part of a nurfery j front 
whence it is removed, as foonas it is ftrong 
enough to be replanted. As the air injures 
the root, it fhould be replanted the moment 
it is taken from its native foil, and watered 
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