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lour white tipped with green, the tube longer and nar¬ 
rower, on fhorter and more flenderpeduncles. Native of 
the north of Europe, Germany, Switzerland, Carniola; 
England, at.Newberry and other places in Berkfhire, 
Bramdean in Hampshire, Roehill in Kent, High. Wyeomb 
in Bucks, Gorl'eltorie in Suffolk. The roots are recom¬ 
mended externally as vulneraries, reftringents, and dif- 
cutients ; internally as incraflants and mild corroborants. 
They have little or no fmell ; to the take they difeover 
a confiderable fweetnefs, which is followed by a very 
flight-impreflion of bitterifhnefs and acrimony. Their 
virtues do not appear to be very great. According to 
Haller, the berries excite vomiting, and even the leaves 
a naufea. The young fhoots jre eaten by the Turks as 
we do afparagus ; and the roots both of this and of the 
fifth fort have been made into bread in times-of fcarei-ty. 
The dwarf Englilh Solomon’s feal occurs in the woods 
of Wii tfhirc. 
III. Corollas wheel-fliaped. 8. Convallaria racemo- 
f;t, or clutter-flowered Solomon's feal: leaves fefTile; 
raceme terminating compound ; Items- two feet high, 
unbranched, with many oblong leaves embracing them 
at the bate, refembling the leaves of plantain ; the 
flowers are fmall and white, and are produced in fingle- 
fpikes at the top, and are fuccceded by fmall red-berries, 
about the fame fize'as in the firft fort, and contain two 
hard fhining feeds; it flowers the beginning-of June, 
and the berries ripen in autumn. Native of Virginia 
and Canada. 
9. Convallaria ftellata, or ftar-flowered Solomon’s 
feal: leaves ftem-clafping very many. Native of Canada. 
10. Convallaria trifolia: leaves ftem-clafping in threes; 
racemes terminating fimple. Native of Siberia, in woods. 
11. Convallaria bifolia, or leaft Solomon’s feal, or 
one-blade: leaves cordate ; flowers four-ftamened. This 
plant leldom grows more than four or five inches high ; 
riling with a fingle ftalk from the root, with one of two 
heart-fliaped leaves, which clofely embrace it. The top 
of the ftalk is terminated by a loofe raceme of white 
flowers, which have thort tubes, and fpread open at the 
top, where they are divided into four obtufe fegments. 
The fruit is a foft berry, inclofing a fingle hard feed. 
Native of the north of Europe, Holland, Germany, 
Switzerland, Carniola. Miller gathered it near Haer- 
lem and the Hague, where Ray had gathered it before 
on the 28th of May in flower. Linnaefosobferves, that this 
plant, fo common in Sweden, does not occur in England. 
Propagation and. Culture. The lily of the valley requires 
a loofe fandy foil, and a fhady fttuation. It is propagat¬ 
ed by parting the roots in autumn, placing the fets a 
foot afunder. In a rich foil they fpread and multiply 
greatly, but are not fo productive of flowers. The 
only culture they require, is to keep them clean from 
weeds, and to tranfplant and feparute the roots every, 
third or fourth year; if this be not done the flowers 
will be fmall and few in number. The lily of the valley- 
forces very well, and thus thefe elegant flowers may be 
enjoyed above two months. All the forts of Solomon’s 
leal are very hardy plants. They prefer a light foil and 
a fhady fttuation, and are therefore very proper for plan¬ 
tations ; where, if they are not crowded by fhrubs, 
they will thrive and multiply exceedingly, making an 
agreeable variety during the fummer feafoh, the ap- ■ 
pearance of thefe plants being very Angular. They mul¬ 
tiply very, -faft by their creeping roots, efpecially in a 
proper foil and fttuation. The bell time to tranfplant 
and. part the roots is in autumn, foon after the ftalks 
decay; but it may be fafely done at any time till they 
begin to flioot in the fpring. They fhould have room 
to fpread, and mult not be removed oftener than every 
third or fourth year. Dig the ground about them every 
fpring, and keep them clean from weeds. 
CONVE'NABLE, adj. [convenable , Fr.] That may be 
convened. Confiftent with; agreeable to; according to. 
Not in ufe. 
C O N 
He is fo meek,'wife, and merciable, 
And with his word his work is convenable. Spenfer. 
CONVENA'RUM URBS, or Lug dunum,' anciently 
a town of the Convene, a people of Gallia Narbonenfis, 
at the feet of the Pyrenees. Its origin \vas owing to the 
Sertorian war, Pompey compelling the robbers of the 
Pyrenees and fugitive flaves to fettle there. It flood 
near the head' of the Garonne : now St. Bertrand, in 
Gafcony. 
To CONVE'NE, v. n. \_convenio, Lat.] To come to¬ 
gether; to affociate ; to unite.—In fhort-ftghted men, 
whole eyes are too plump, the refraction being too 
great, the rays converge and' convene in the eyes, be¬ 
fore they come at the bottom. Newton .—To affembie for 
any public purpofe.—There are fettled periods of their 
convening , or a liberty left to the prince for convoking 
the legiflature. Locke. 
To CONVE'NE, v. a. To call together ; to affembie ; 
to convoke.—No man was better pleafed with the con¬ 
vening of this parliament than myfelf. King Charles. 
And now th’ almighty father of the gods 
Convenes -a council in-the bleft abodes. Pope. 
To fummon judicially.—By the papal canon law, clerks, 
in criminal and civil caules, cannot be .convened before 
any but anecclefiaftical judge. Ayliffc. 
-CONVE'NI'ENCE, or Convenienc y,J'. [convenient! a, 
Lat.] Fitnefs; propriety.— Convenient)’ is, when a thing 
or aition is fo fitted to the circumftances, and the cir- 
cumftances to it, that thereby it becomes a thing con¬ 
venient. Perkins. —Commodioufnefs; -eafe ; freedomfrom 
difficulties.—A man putting all his pleafures into one, 
is like a traveller’s putting all his goods into one jewel: 
the value is the fame, and the convenience greater.. South. 
—Caufe of eafe ; accommodation.—There was a pair of 
fpectacles, a pocket perfpeefive, and feveral other little 
convcniencies , I did not think myfelf bound in honour to 
difeover. Swift .-—Fitnefs of time or place : 
Ufe no farther means ; 
But, with all brief and plain conveniency, 
I.et me have judgment. Shak'efpcarc. 
CONVE'NIENT, adj. [conveniens, Lat.] Fit; fuit- 
able ; proper; well adapted; commodious.—Health it- 
felf is but a kind of temper, gotten and preferred by a 
convenient mixture of contrarieties. Arbuthnot .—It has 
either to or for_ before the following- noun: perhaps it 
ought generally to have for before perfons, and to before 
things.—Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me 
with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8.—There are 
fome arts that are peculiarly convenient to fome particular 
nations. Tillotfon. 
CONVE'NIENTLY, adv. Cormnodioufly ; without 
difficulty : 
I this morning know 
Where we (hall find him moll conveniently. Shakefpcare. 
Fitly ; with proper adaptation of part to part, or of the 
whole to the effect propofed.—It would be worth the 
experiment to enquire, whether or no a failing chariot 
might be more conveniently framed with moveable fails, 
whofe force may be impreffed from their motion, equi¬ 
valent to thofe in a wind-mill. Wilkins. 
CON'VENT, J. [conventus, I,at. ] An affembly of re¬ 
ligious perfons ; a body of monks or nuns :. 
He came to Leicefter; - __ 
Lodg’d in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, 
With all his convent, honourably receiv’d him. Shake/p. 
A religious houfe.; an abbey ; a monaftery ; a nunnery. 
—One leldom finds in Italy a fpot of ground more agree¬ 
able than ordinary, that is not covered with a convent. 
Addifon.. 
To CONVE'NT, y. a. [j convenio, Lat.] To call before 
a.judge or judicature.—They lent forth their precepts. 
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