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which h-ave prosper’d better, and more kindly with me, than what'comes from our own Coasts : It does not indeed f ickle so well, as beingof a more tender Stalk and Leaf: But in all other respects for composingSallets, it has nothing like it. If the Seeds be low’d in a gravellyBank, expos’d to the South, or under that warm Jiff eft, it will insinu-ate it self into the very Materials, and may be cut like other Sallet-Herbs, without detriment, and continue springing with little Culture;yet in excessive Dearth, wet, or cold, afford it a little Shelter, and soIt will last ati Ever-green, and may be apply'd for Bordering.

Sealions, See Onions.

66. Scurvy-grafs, Cochlearia major Rotundifolia , of the Garden;but especially that of the Sea, Cochlearia folio finuato, or Britannica,is sharp, biting, and hot; of Nature like Nasturtium , prevalent inthe Scorbute. A few of the tender Leaves may be admitted in our Com-position. See Nasturtium Indicum.

67. Sellery, Apium Mitius Italicum, ( and of the Betrofeline Fa-mily ) was formerly a Stranger with us ( nor very long since in Italyitself) as to the Italian Name : Nor is it a distinct: Species of Smallage ,or Macedonian Barfly, tho’ somewhat more hot and generous by itsfrequent Tranfplanting, and thereby rcnder’d sweeter scented. We havethe best Seeds from Italy, whose tender Leaves and blanch'd Stalk dowell in our Saltet , as likewise the Slices of the whiten’d Stems, whichbeing crimp and short, first peel’d and flit long-wife, are eaten with Oyl,Vinegar, Salt , and Bepper ; and for its high and grateful Taste, is everplac’d in the middle of the Grand Sallet, at our Great Men’s Tables,an dBrators Feasts, as the Grace of the whole Board. Caution is to begiven of a small red Worm, often lurking in these Stalks, as does thegreen in Fennil.

Shallots. See Onion .

68. Skirrets, Si/arum Sativum, or G er manor um, B. P. FrenchChervi ; is hot and moist, corroborating, and good for the Stomach,exceedingly nourishing, wholfome and delicate; of all the Root-kind,not subject to be windy, and so valued by the Emperor Tiberius, thathe accepted them for Tribute.

This excellent Root is seldom eaten raw; but being boil’d, stew’d,roasted under the Embers, bak’d in Pies, whole, flic’d, or in Pulp, isvery acceptable to all Palates. ’Tis reported, they were heretoforesomething bitter : See what Culture and Education effects.

Smallage, See Sellery.

6p. Sorrel, 1 Acetosa , or Oxalis, of which there are divers kinds:The bt'oad German, Acetosa maxima Germanica ; the Roman or FrenchAcetocella , with the Round Leaf ; Oxalis Franca , or Romana , withthe repent Rounder Leaf found by that accomplifh’d Botanist , the* Catalogue of late * Mr. Ray, growing in Cumberland, (as likewise in Wales :) Thea" Edif 1 * laVU ^ >arren S° rre t' of Rusts a, deservedly esteem’d by many: But after all, thea K * best is that of Greenland. Sorrel is by Nature cold, abstersive, acid,fharpning the Appetite, asswages Heat, cools the Liver, strengthest sthe Heart; is an Antiscorbutic, resisting Putrefaction, and impartinglo grateful a quickness to the reft, as supplies the want of Orange, L l stmon, and other Otnphacia ; and therefore never to be excluded. VideWood-Sorrel. 2

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