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Show CA — CA s them as valuable Shrubs for fuch Pur- red Pods, growing fometimes ere&, and fometimes hanging. as any we have; and they are no lefs 10. CapsicuM; ift the Stems of iable for planting ag eretto, nunc nutante rubro. Ci Groves or Avenues, where, if e round red Pods, too much overfhaded by the and fometimes hangit will thrive and flower ex11. Capsicum; fructi blongo, nunc eveéto, mt nut Cap fibeft Seafon for cutting thefe Trees, cum, with oblong pyramidal yellow Pods, p them in a regular Form, is about sy 1 , ‘ter f they have done flower- ounds mayheal before Win- d this Workis beft perform’d with a t behind a Leaf-Bud; obf for how long foeverthe Shoot is left beyond, it de caysdown to the Bud, and thereby be- comes unfightly. They are all extreme hardy, veer, which is fuppos'd to except the Ex be an American Plant; and is fometimes, in very Froft, CA CA eat great Quantities of this Fruit raw, not only while it is green, but alfo when it is fully ripe, at which time it is fo very acrid as to caufe an extraordinary great Pain in the Mouth and Throat offuch Perfons as are not accuftom’dto eat of it. The Inhabitants of the Wet-Indies make great Ufe of the Bird—Pepper, whicl(they dry and beat to a Powder, and mix with other Ingredients, which they keep by themat all times for Sauce, and ufe it inftead of Pepper; of which they fend fome ‘of thefe Pepper-pots to Huglaud, by the Name of Cayaz Butter or Pepper—Pot, and are by fome ofthe Englifh People mightily efteem’d. This Plant is cultivated in fome Gardens for medicinal Ufe; but fince it is a Plant of no great Beauty,. I fhall not trouble the Reader with any other Account of it, but only that it will grow, if fown in the Spring, in almoft any Soil or Situation; and if once —$ $$$ fevere Winters, apt to fuffer by the planted in a Situation too much CAPSICUM ; [takes its Name of Capfa, Lat aCheft, becaufe the Seeds of this Plant icluded, as it were, in a little Cheft; or ja, to Bite, becaufe it isa burning nt: It is alfo I'd, Piper indicum growing fometimes erect and fometimes hanging. ‘12. Capsicum; fruttu Cordiformi, nuac ercélo, nunc nuta flavo. icnm, with Heartfhap’dyellow Fruit, growing fometimes ere&, and fometimes hanging. 13. Capsicum; fruétu Olivario ereéto. Upright Olive-fhap'd Cap/icum. 14. Capsicum ; frudiu ereéto rubro. Sloan. parvo py dali Capficum, with {mall red Pods growing ered, cail’d by the Inhabitants of the We(t-Indies, Barbary-Pepper. 15. Capsicum; frudl b parvo, rimo. Sloan. Capficum, with {mall roundPods which are very hot, call’d by the Inhabitants of the Wft-Indies, Bird-Pepper. mM; Ceraforum forma. Pluk, large oblong, red rough Pods, for the moft part hanging downwards. Hot-beds, and require to be treatedafterthe fame manner as was dire&ted for the Amaran thus, and do, in the Autumn Sealon, n very pretty Diverfity, being intermix’d there- with: Theyare all tolerably hardy, and may ifoligm, mi LEthiopici be planted abroad, towards the latter End ot fo, ftriato, Americanum. May, or the Beginning of Fune, either in Pots um, with long com- or open Borders, where they will ripen theit riated Pods, commonlycall’d, Bonnet Fruits very well, except the 3d, 13th, 24th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Sorts, which are tenderers and muft be brought forward under Glafles, otherwife their Fruit will not come to good: The 13th, 14th, and rsth Sorts will remain for feveral Years, and form handfome Shrubs, if you take proper Care to preferve them 10 the Stove in the Winter; during which Seaton f their Fruits will remain and ripen; and4p- 6. Carsicum ;_ fruélu longo, pendente rubro. Tefoc cum, with long ha ging red Pods, not hor. 7. Capsicum ; fruttu Cordiformi, plerumqn uuta rubro. Capficum, with Heart-fhap’ red Pods, for the moft part hanging down- pear very beautiful. Indeed, I believe; all the Sorts may be preferv’d over the were we to take offa Part W CARDAMINE; [takes its Name of Cardamum, which is call’d Nafturtium ; hence it is a fmal] Species of Naflurtium ; or of Kade the Heart, and Aoude to tame, as tho’ a Plant re- ftoring the decay’d Strength of the Heart: It is call’d the Jmpatient Herb, becaufe being touch’d, it difcharges its Seeds, as it were, ies Smock. Strength of the Planr, and obferve to houlé them in time: But as they perfeé thei Fruit fo eafily in one Summer, it is feldom prac sd but with thofe Sorts that do not fo readily ripen their Seeds. orcs it wholefomeft Pick ] erd young before th tough. ld thei cit one albis, maculis notatus, vul The Milky, or Holy Thiftle. 1 /: ch when ripe, voll the Leaves are Common Ladies Smock, with purplifh Flowers. 2. Parts of England; the firlt commonly upon the Sea—Coafts, but the fecond ufually upon Arable Land in many Places; the laft is le(s common than either of the former, being found but in few Places in England. Thefe, and all the otherSorts of Thiftles may be cultivated by fowing their Seeds in the Spring in almoft any Soil, and will flower and feed the fecond Year, and foon after perifa, moft of thembeing biennial Plants: The firft Sore AINE 3 pratenfis, magno flore purTourn, ARDUUS 3 nutans. F. B. The Musk, or Nodding Thiftle. 3. Carnuus; eriocephalos. Dod. The woolly= headed Thiftle. ; Thefe Sorts of Thiftles grow wild in many CARDAMINE; pratenfis, magno flore albo. Common Ladies Smock, with white ARDAMINE 5 pratenfis, magno flore pleno. e Double Ladies Smock. is fometimes ufed in Medicine, and is call’d in the Difpenfatory Carduus Marie. CARDUUS BENEDICTUS; vide Cnicus: CARDUUS FULLONUM; cus, wide Dipfa- CARNATION ; vide Caryophyllus. CARPINUS; [fo call’d of Carpere, Lat. to Beauty in thofe Flowers, yet I per to mentionthem, in order to introduce the third Sort, which is a very beautiful Plant, continuing a long time in Bord 7 grow ; and hereby we may render and worft Soil produ@ive of crop, becaufe it maybe eafily cropp’d, orits Woodis eafily cleft.] The Hornbeamor, Hardbeam-Tree. The Charaéers are ; Lh Leaves the Elm or Beech-Tree : lowers) are plac’d at if } the it on the fi 25 and the outward Shell of the but carefully attend to the proper Plants for it, and not en- The common Horn- to force it to produce Things which rft Sort is or tney ow The Inhabitants of the Wet-Jeavt eat . J , up, and caft forth th for the moft pc tr, and is a very proper Plant for cold of fore they are grown fo big as to exha TT The Charaéters are; TheLeaves grow alternately on the Branches, this Place, and proceed. Thefe Sorts of Capficums are fown in many moft part growing ere. CARDUUS; Thiftle. two or three of the moft remarkable Kinds in CARACALLA ; wide Phafeolus. curious Gardens with other annual Plants, in Capfi CARDINALS FLOWER; vide Rapun~= tium. CAPSULATE Pods; [of Capfa, Lat. a and are prickly, and the Heads are for the moft Chef] are the jittle fhort Seed-veffels of part [quamofe and prickly. There are feveral Species of this Plant men= Plants. tion’d in Books of Botany ; but fince there CAPSULATED;; inclos’d in any thing,as are few of them that have any Beauty or Ule (to us at prefent known) fo I fhall mention a Walnut is in its green Husk. CARDAMINDUM; vide Acriviola: American Ca growing erect. LB] 5 18. Capsicum; frustu maximo, oblon; tugofo plerumque nutante rubro, Capficum, with ch turn upat the End. become a very troublefome Weed. Americanum, fi int 4 , from its very fharp with round Cherry-fhap’d Fruit. 17. Capsicum ; Americanum, latifolinm, for if youeat the rawFruit, the hot will laft in the Mouth the whole fruttu oblongo, ere&to, candido. Broad-leav'd t ont.] ey American Capficum, with oblong white Pods ging Pods. liquis vecurvis, Dod. Capficum fuffer’d to fhed its Seed on the Ground, will gies CARDIACA; [ ‘y Ulmo fimilis, 5. C.B, The Hop ry Gr. the Heart.] Mother~wort. Gg 4. Car- |