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in botany. See Cichorium.

(1) A bird drawn by Mr Edwards upon paper, prepared with a ground of whitening and fish-glue, first painted, and then the wax burnt in, has been since thrown to the Royal Society. This picture rolls up as easily as common paper without cracking the varnish. At also two landscapes painted in the same manner on wood.