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Thii fort hath very fliorc fralks^ which fwcU juft jFGEKUM BU RG UN D I AC U M. See Mr.- 

 abuve the furfacc of the ground, to four or five incVs 

 in breadth, and ahnolt two thick, being flefliy and 

 tender : this is the part which is eaten when blanched, 



as a cold fallad. 



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with oil, vinegar, and pepper. 

 When thefe plants are permitted to run for feeds, the 

 ftalks do not rife more than a foot and a half high, 

 havino- a large fpreading umbel Handing on the top. 

 Tiie leeds of this fore are narrov/, crooked, and of a 

 bright yellow colour ; they have a very ilrong fmell 

 like Anill^ed, and are very fweet to the tafte. 

 The manner of cultivating this plant is as follows ; 

 your firft care muft be to procure good feeds from 

 foire perfon who has been careful in the choice of 

 the plants, otherwife there will be little hope of hav- 

 ' ing it good ; for the plants will run up to feeds before 

 ' they fwell to any fize, fo will not be fit for ufe : then 

 make choice of a good fpot of light rich earth, not 

 drj' nor very wet, for in either extreme this plant will 

 not thrive. The firft crop may be fown about a fort- 

 night in March, v/hich, if it fucceeds, will be fit for 

 ' ufe in July ; and by fjwing at feveral times, there may 

 be a fupply for the table till the froft puts a flop to 

 it. After.having well dug and levelled the ground 



- fmooth, you muft make a fhallow drill by a line, into 

 . which you muftfcatter your feeds pretty thin ; for if 

 . your plants are fix inches afunder in the rows, it will 

 . be full near enough ^ but however, you muft expeft 



fome of vour feeds to fail, and therefore you fhould 

 ^-icatter tiiem about two inches diftance ^ then cover the 

 , feeds about half an inch thick with earth, laying it 

 . ifmooth: thefe drills {hould be made eighteen inches 

 afunder, or more, that there may be room to clean 

 r the ground^ as alfo to earth up the plants when they 

 ; are full grown. ' When the plants come up, which 

 ^ will be in about three weeks or a month after fowing, 

 yJOU muft with a fmall hoe cut up all the weeds be- 

 _^tween them, and where the plants are too clofe, they 



"' fliouldbe thinned to about three inches diftance; andas 

 ..they advance, and the weeds fpring again, they Ihould, 



. tfrom time to time, be hoed; and at the laft time of 

 'thinning them, they flaould be left feven or eight 

 ' inches afunder at leaft. If your kind be good, the 

 > ftcms of the plants will increafe to a confidcrable bulk 



- . juft above the furfacc of the ground -, which part 



. ihould be earthed up in the manner of Celery, to 



blanch, about a fortnight or three weeks before it 



r IS ufed, and this will caufe it to be very tender and 



\ crifp. 



Your fecbha crop fhould be fown about three weeks 

 . after the firft, and fo continue fowing every three 

 ^ weeks, or a month till the end of July, after which 

 . time it will be too late for the plants to come to any 

 •: perfedion. But you fhpuld obferve to ,W in April, 

 : May, and June, on a moifter foil thari that wh^^ 



you fowed the firft on \ as alfo what you fow in the 

 .^latter part of July, fhould be fown on a drier foil, 

 -.and in a warmer fituation ; becaufe this erop will not 

 ' be fit for ufe till late in autumn, ai^d therefore will be 

 . lubjecl: to injuries from too much wet pr^ cold wea- 



- thcr, if on a moift foil . But as the eroun3 is often 



• extreme dry in June and July, and the feeds more 

 . ?pt to mifcarry and not come up, you fhould there- 

 fore obierve to water and fhade the beds where this 



'•feed is fown at thatfeafon, until the plants comfe up. 



And if the feafon fhould prove dry, the plants muft 



-tie duly watered, otherwife they will run up to 



• fted before they are of any fize; therefore there fhould 

 uc a channel made where everj^ row of plants grow, 



. ^0 detain the water which is poured oh them, to pre- 



- vent its running off; In the autumn, if there fliould 



• happen fliarp frofts, it will be very proper to cover 

 the plants with fome Peas-haulm, or other fight co- 

 vering, to prevent their being pinched -, by which 

 nTethod they may be continued for ufe till the middle 



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A fmall bed of this plant will be fufiicient at each 



- lojvmg for a middling family; and for alarge ^— ■^" 

 bed of about twenty fcpt long, and four fee 



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water, arifing out of t!ie giounu. 



See TRino\tLhA. 



FOOT-STALKS, are thofe fm.U ftalks which 

 immediately fuftain the leaves, f.owers, or fruit. 



FOUNTAINS are fources or fprings of livin^^ 



As to the ori- 

 ginal of them, fee under the article Springs. 

 Of artificial fountains there arc great variety, tl e me- 

 chanifm of v/hich not being to my purpofe, I will 

 not dwell upon it ; though I may affert, that they 

 are not only great ornaments to a fine garden, but 

 alfo of great ufe. But they ought not to be placed 

 too near the houfe by reafon of the vapours that 

 arife from the water, which may be apt to ftrike a 

 damp to the wall, and fpoil the paintings, &c. and 

 the fummer vapours may caufe a malignity in the 

 air, and fo be prejudicial to the health of the fa- 

 m'ily ; and likev/ife the noife may be incommodious 

 in the night. 



Fountains in a garden Ihould be fo diftrlbuted, that 

 they may be feen almoft all at one time, and that the 

 water-fpouts may range all in a line one with ano- 

 ther, which is the beauty of them ; for this occafions 

 an agreeable confufion to the eye, making them ap- 

 pear to be more in number than they really are. See 

 Jet d'Eau, Springs, Vapours, Water, &c. 



FRAGARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 558. Tourn. Inft, 

 ^R. H. 295. tab. 152. [is fo called for its fragrant aro- 



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. : The Characters are, 



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^he empaleme'ni of the flower is of one leaf which is 

 cut into ten parts ap the top, 'The flower hath five 

 roundijh petals^ which are inferted in the empdementj 

 , and fpread open. It hath ttventy ftamina^ which ^ are in- 

 ferted in the empalementy terminated by moon-fhaped fum- 

 mits. It hath a great number of germem colle£led into a 

 head^ each having a Jingle ftyle^ inferted in the fide of' 

 the germen, crowned by fingle ftigmas -, this head af- 

 terward becomes a large^ foft^ pulpy fruity which^ if 

 lefty falls away^ leaving mayry fnatl angular feeds in the 

 empalement, , ' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fedlion 

 of Linnseus's twelfth clafs, which includes thole plants 

 whofe flowers have at leaft twenty ftamina and many 

 ftyles, which are inferted to the empalement. 



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Fragaria (^(?/?^) follis ovatis ferratis, calycibus 



. . brevibus, fru£tu parvo. Strawberry with oval fawed 



y leaves J fhort empalement s, and a fmall fruit, Fragaria 



vulgaris. C. B. P. 226. ^he common or Wood Strawberry. 



2, Fragaria (Firginiana) foliis oblongo-6vatis ferfatis,. 



. inferne incanis, calycibus longioribus, fruftu fybro- ~ 



tun<^» Strawberry with oblongs 'oyal^ fawed leaves^ 



hoary on their under Jide^ longer en^alements^ and a 



roundifh fruit. 'Fragaria Virginiaha frudtu Coccineo. 



Hift. Ox. 2. 186. Virginia Strawberry with 'a jcarlet ' 



fruity commonly called the ^Scarlet Strawberry? ^ -^ #>>,: 



Fragaria {Muricata) fofiis ovato-lancec^latis rugpfis, 



fruiftu oyato. Strawberry with oval^ fpear-fhapedy rough 



.-leaves, a^td an oval fruit. Fragaria frudu parvi pruni 



* magnitudine. C. B. P. ^2y/ Strawberry with fruit as 



', large as a fmall Plumb, commonly called Hautboy Straw- 



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4V Fragaria (CM^^;?y?j) foliis ovatis carnofis hirfutis 

 <iru6i\ji^mzxxmo,Strazvberry with oval, flejhy, hairy 

 leaves, and a large fruit. Fragaria Chiloenfis, fructu 

 . maximo foliis carnofis hirfutis. Hort. Elth. 145. tab. 

 120.^ Strawberry of Chili with a large fruity and hairy 

 flefhy leaves, called Frutilla, in America. 

 • There are fome other varieties of this fruit, which 

 are now cultivated in England ; but I have not ieea 

 any other which can be called a diftinft fpecies, tha 1 

 , are here enumerated, and 'thefe, I think, may be al- 

 lowed to be fo, for they never alter from one to the 

 other, by any cultivation, though the fruit is fre- 

 quently improved, fo as to be of a larger fize thereby i 

 ■ therefore thofe who have fuppofed them but one fpe.- 

 ' cies, have greatly erred in fo doing; I ftiall therefore 

 ' mention the feveral Varieties of Strawberry, whitjh are. 



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