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virtues : They are faid to cheer the fpirits, by their 
infufion, as much as they cheer the fight by their ap- 
pearance. ‘Their flavour is hkewife fo agreeable, as 
to have caufed it to have been mixed among the herbs 
that are ufually beiled in our broths and foups. ‘hus 
after delighting us in the parterre, they heighten the 
delicacies ofourtable. = * Ce toae 
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BELVIDERE. 
From the leaves of this plant, refembling thofe of 
flax, itis called in Latin, d:aaria, from linus, which 
figmfies flax. It rifes into feveral {tems, two, three, 
or four feet high; and fhoots into many branches, 
garnifhed with firait, oblong leaves, ofa light green 
colour. At the extremities of thefe boughs appear 
fingle 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 the pur- 
ofe ; or in pots, plated in fymmetrical order. The 
pelvidere is multiplied by feed, fown in plain ground, 
in any part of a nurfery ; from whence itis removed, 
as foon as it is {trong enough to be replanted. As the 
air injures the root, it fhould be replanted the mo- 
ment it is taken from its native foil, and watered un- 
mediately. — De 
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