Note 257 — {41} Fifthly, Of Plants.

There are many chickweeds in Gerard; but that most likely to have been in the author’s view here is the universally known common chickweed,—the middle or small chickweed of Gerard, p. 611. This was “common in gardens and rich cultivated ground” in 1785.—Cutler, l. c. Few plants have spread so widely over the earth as Stellaria media.