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Show Leaves, which are expanded in Form of 4 Cuetone; Acadienfis, flore albo. Tourn. White flowering Chelone of Acac Crofs: The Ovaryinthe Bafe of the Flower,is Though, by the Title of this furrounded by many Stamina (or Threads) : The Flowers foon fall away, andare fucceeded by many bivalve Pods, which contain many fall round Seeds: And the whole Plant is full of a yellow bot Fuice. The Species are ; 1. CHELIDONIUM 3 Maju Plant, it is fuppos'd a Native of Acadia only, yet hath it been brought from divers Parts of America ; and’tis very probable may be foundin moft Parts of North Ar a, as Virginia, Maryland, New England, &c. From the two laft menvulgare. C. B. tioned Places feveral Plants have been fent to England by® fomecurious Perfons of thote CommonGreat Celandine. 2. Cuerrponium ; majus, foliis queruis, Countries, This Plant is very hardy, enduring our florelaciniato. Mor. Hift. Greater Celandine,with fevereft Cold in the open Ground: It is proLeaveslike the Oak, and laciniated Flowers. 3. CHELIDONIUM ; majus, foliis & flore pagated by parting the Roots in the Spring, nutifios? laciniatis. H. R. Par. Greater Celan- which increafe very faft under the Surface of the Earth ; therefore it fhould not be planted dine, v amongit other curious Plants or Flowers, left, 4. CHELIDONIUM; maximum, C acaulon. Corn. Large Canada Celandine with- byits {preading Roots, it fhould overbear and deftroy them. It dies to the Surface every out Stalks. Thefirft Sort grows wild upon dry Banks Winter, and arifes again the fucceeding Spring, and Walls in moft Parts of England, and is producing its Flowersin Auguft, and ripensits brought to the Markets by the Herb-women, Seeds in Oéfober ; which altho’ it feems to be perfectly good almoft every Year, yet I could who gather it for Medicinal Ufe. The fecond Sort hath been found wild in never procureone fingle Plant from all the fome particular Places in England, particularly Seeds I have yet fown, either of my own at Wimbleton in Surrey; This Sort conftantly faving, or fuch as have been brought from retains its Difference whencultivated ina Gar- Abroad. den, and fownyearly ; the Seeds ofthis never CHENOPODIO MORUS, [ Xtuordur, producing any Plants of the common Sort amongft them. of xb} ylucs of a Goofe, and z%s a Foot, Gr. The third Sort is only to be found in and Morus a Mulberry: becaufe the Leaves curious Botanick Gardens, whereit is preferv'd refemble a Goofe Foot; and the Fruit, that for its Variety. ofa Mulberry.| Mulberry Blight. The fourth Sort was brought from America ; The Charaéfers are; and altho’ ftiled Canadain its Title, yet is found The whole Plant bath the Appearance of a in divers Parts of the Continent, as in Virginia, Blight ; but the Fruit is fuceulent, and in Shape Carolina, New England, &c, from whence I like a Mulberry or Strawberry. have received Plants of this Kind, which I The Species are ; find will endure our fevereft Winters in the 1. CuEnoropio Morus ; major. Boer). Ind open Ground, if planted near a Wall, Pale,€sc. Great Mulberry Blight, commonly cail’d Strawto defend it from thecold Winds. 'This flowers berry Spinage. ; in April, and perfects its Seeds in Fune ; from 2. CHENOpopi0 MoKUs ; minor. Boerh.Ind. which new Plants may be obtain’d, if fown Leffer Mulberry Blight, commonly calf Bertyfoon after itis ripe: But the eafieft Method bearing Orach. to propagate this Plant, is by parting the Thefe two Plants are pretty Varieties in a Roots in March, which increafe very faft in a Garden, being very proper to plant in Pots, drySoil. to intermix with other Annual Plants to adorn The otherVarieties may all be propagated by Court-yards, during the Summer and Aufowing their Seeds foon after they are ripe, in tumn Seafons ; where (if the Plants are re~ any Corner of the Garden ; where, if fuffer’d gularly train’d up to Sticks while young to caft their Seeds, theywill always furnifh a their Fruit, with which. every part of the plentiful Stock of young Plants, without any Plant will be fil’d, doth make a very good farther Trouble. Appearance, CHELONE, [ The Charadt fe Calyx : The h is divided is fome- Thefe Plants are propagated by fowing their Seeds in the Spring ina gentle Hot-bed ; and when the Plants are {trong enough to be tran{planted, they maybeplanted in Pots of rich Earth, and expos'd to the open Air, giving them frequent Waterings, as the Seafon may require; and as they adva i they fhould be kept ty’d up c id manyflat Seeds that ar > 7 } ‘ There is but one Species of this Plant at prefent known in the Englifo Gardens whichis, ; CH CH CH CH trimming off all the Side-branc ? permitted to remain on, y d prevent the Plant from advancing in Height. The Fruit of thefe Plants, if fufferedtofall to the Ground, will come up again in the Autumn 3 Which Plants, ifpotted, and fhelcer'd from fevere Frofts, in a common Hot-l Frame, will grow much larger than thofe fown in in the Spring, and flower and produce their Fruit muchearlier in the Seafon : So that, by The fourth and fifth Sorts were brough from America, where the Seeds are call’d Worm Seed 31 fuppofe, from fome Quality contain’d in it, which deftroys Worms in the Body. Part continued in Beauty through thegreateft The fourth Sort is propagated by fowing the of the Summer and Autumn. Seeds in the Spring (as the before-mention’d CHENOPODIUM, [Xlusridu,Gr.] Goofe- Sorts) ; and will perfect its Seed in Autumn ; after which, the Plant decays to the Ground: foot, or Wild Crach. But if the Root be preferv’d in Shelter under The Characters are ; ingle and globofe in fome a Hot-bed Frame, it will put forth again in Species, but in others they are ot ipre/s'd : the fucceeding Spring. The fifth Sort grows to be a fmall Shrub, e Cup of the Flower is quinquifid (or divided into five Parts) : The Leaves grow alter- arifing fometimes to the Height of five or fix Feet, and becomes Woody, his may be nately upon the Stalks betweenthe Seeds. propagated byplanting Cuttings in a fhady ‘The Species are ; 1. CurNovopium ; fwtidum. Tourn. Stink- Border during any of the Summer Months ; which fhould be fhaded until they have taken ing Orach. “2, Cuenovoprum; Lini folio, villofo. Tourn. Root, and that will be in a Month’s ‘Time, or Flax-leav’d Orach, commonly cali’d Summer- lefs: Then they fhould be planted into Pots, that they maybe fhelter’d in the Winter under Cyprefs, or Belvedere. “3. Curnopopium ; Ambrofioides, folio finuato. a Frame, where they will abide the Cold very ‘1. Cut-leav’d Orach, commonly call d Oak well, being fomewhat hardy, tho’ they will not ftand in the open Air. ‘There is no great of Jerufalem. 4. Cuenopopium ; Ambroficides, Mexica- Beautyin thefe twoPlants ; but they are prenunt. Tourn. Mexican Orach, commonly calP'd ferv’d in Gardens, becaufe of the ftrong Smell of their Leaves. Oak of Cappadocia. 4. Curnopopium ; Ambrofioides, MexicaCHERRY-LAUREL ; vide Lauro Cerafus, num fru Boerb. Ind. Shrubby Mexican Orach. CHERRY-TREE ; vide Ceralus. The firft of thefe Sorts is very common upon having Plants of both Seafons, they may be Dunghils, and in Gardens, in moft Parts of England : It is feldom cultivated, except in fome Phyfick Gardens ; for the Markets in London are fupplied with it by the Herbwomen, who gather it wild. The fecondSort is fometimes cultivated in Gardens ; “tis a beautiful Plant, which naturally is difpos’d to grow very clofe and thick, and in as regulara Pyramid as if cut by Art. CHERVIL ; vide Cherefolium. CHESNUT; vide Caftanea. CHIVES, are the fine Threads of Flowers, or the little Knobs which grow on the Tops of thefe Threads, And CHIVES Zipt with Pendants, are the were it not for that, ic hath fo much of the Appearance ofa Cyprefs Tree, that at fome Diftance it might be taken for the fame, by good Judges. ‘The Seeds fhould be fown in Autumn: Andin the Spring, when the Plants are come up, they may be planted into Pots of good Earth, and kept fupplied with Water,in dry Weather : Thefe Pots may be intermix’d with other Plants, to adorn Courtyards, &c. where they will appear very handfome, until their Seeds begin to fwell and grow heavy, Apices of Flowers, having Farina hanging and fhaking at their Points, asthe ZuJip, &c. The Leaves are of a pleaiant Green: hich weigh downand difplace the Branches : CHIVETS, are the fmall Parts at the Roots of Plants, by whichtheyare propagated. CHONDRILLA;; [of Xu tilage.|_Gum-Succory. Gr. a Car- The Charaéters are ; It hath a cylindrical Cup to the Flower, whi is cut almoft to the Bottom, (in feveral Species The Seeds are oblong and narrow ; im other At which Time thePots fhould be remov'd to ve(pecks it is like the Lettice. The Species are ; fome abject Part of the Garden, to maturate I. CHONDRILLA 3 Certlea, altera, cichoret their Seeds ; which, if permitted to fall upon the Ground, will come up the next Spring ; Sylvefris folio, C. B. Blue-fower’d GumSo that you need be atno more Trouble in Succory: 2, CHONDRILLA 3 carule propagating thefe Plants, but only to tranfplant them where you intend they fhould folia. C. B. Blue-flower’d broad cut Leaves. grow. 3. CHONDRILLA 3 juncea. The third Sort was formerly ufed in Medilogue of Simples annex’d to the London Di/penfatory, yet is very feldom usd at prefent. ‘This Plant may be propagated by fowing the Seeds inan open Border of good Earth in the Spring, where it will perfect its Seed in Autumn ; which, if permitted to fhed upon the Ground, will arife as the former. que prima Diofcoridis. C. f Succory, with Shoots lik ; . CHONDRILLA 3 Dieracii folio annua. $ The Annual Gum-Succory, with Hawkweed Leaves. There are feveral other Varieties of this Plant, which are prefery'd in curious Botanick Gardens, for the fake of Variety : But as there is |