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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. * * * * * 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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