ch incumbrances, if any waste places which are
separated only by a hedge are allowed to grow these things with
impunity; for the seeds will invariably find their way. The contrivance
of nature in their formation is a curious and pleasant subject for the
philosophical botanist; at the same time it is one of those curses which
was impelled on human labour.
730. Butter-bur - - - Tussilago Petasites.
731. Burdock - - - Arctium Lappa.
732. Bugloss, small - - Lycopis arvensis.
733. Crowfoot, round-rooted - Ranunculus bulbosus.
734. --------, tall - - Ranunculus acris.
735. Dock, curdled - - - Rumex crispus.
736. ----, broad-leaved - - ----- obtusifolius.
737. ----, sharp-pointed - ----- acutus.
738. Fleabane, common - - Inula dysenteria.
739. Garlick, crow - - - Allium vineale.
740. -------, bear - - - ------ ursinum.
741. Grass, turfy hair - - Aira caespitosa.
742. -----, meadow soft - - Holcus lanatus.
743. -----, carnation - - Carex caespitosa.
744. Knapweed, common - - Centaurea nigra.
745. --------, great - - --------- Scabiosa.
746. Mugwort - - - Artemisa vulgaris.
747. Meadow-sweet - - - Spiraea ulmaria.
748 Ox-eye Daisy Chrysanthemum Leucanthe-mum
749. Plantain, great - - Plantago major.
750. Ragwort, common - - Senecio Jacobaea.
751. -------, marsh - - ------- aquaticus.
752. Rush, common - - - Juncus conglomeratus.
753. ----, blueish - - - ------ glaucus.
754. ----, flat-jointed - - ------ squarrosus.
755. ----, round-jointed - ------ articulatus.
756. ----, bulbous - - - ------ bulbosus.
757. Scabious, common - - Scabiosa avensis.
758. Thistle, milk - - - Carduus marianus.
759. -------, meadow - - ------- pratensis.
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SECTION XVI.-EXOTIC TREES AND SHRUBS.
The fashionable rage for planting ornamental trees and shrubs having so
much prevailed of late years, that we meet with them by the road sides,
&c. almost as common as we do those of our native soil, I have therefore
enumerated them in this section.
Our limits will not admit of giving any particular descriptions of each;
but as persons are often at a loss to know what soil each tree is known
to thrive in best, we have endeavoured to suppl
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