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An acre of land will produce a ton of Woadj and in 

 good fcafons near a ton and a half. 

 When the planters intend to fave the feeds, they cut 

 three <:rops of the leaves, and then let the plants ftand 

 till the next year for feed ; but if only one crop is cut, 

 and that only of theouter leaves, letting all the rnid- 

 dle leaves ftand to nourifh the ftalks, the plants will 

 grow ftronger, and produce a much greater quantity 



of feeds.- \-:--r'J.X:::S:. "" .Z ' \ . ;.. 



Thefe feeds are often kept two years, but it is al- 

 ways beft to fow new feeds when they can'be obtained. 

 The feeds ripen in AuguftVwI^en the pod's tufn tp a 

 dark colour, the feeds fhould be ^thered ; it js^beft 

 done by reapine the ftalks in the Tame manner as 

 Wheat, fprcading the ftalks in rows upon the ground, 

 ' anS in four or five days' the feeds will be fit to threfh 

 ' outj provided the weatTier is dry';' for if jt Uesjong, 

 the pods will open and let put the feeds.,^ ;;v^^: ::.^ ^ 

 There arcfomc of tlie Woad planters who feed down 

 the leaves in winter with Iheep, which is a very baa 

 method ; for all plants which a'fb td'jremain for ji'fu- 

 ture irbpr AioyW neyer be . eateji by^ ca^tle,^Jbr ,that 

 creatlv weakens the plants ; therefore thofe who eat 

 down their Wheat in winter with Iheep are equally 



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fcatter, they facoced better than ihole which a:r (own 

 and the plants will require no other C-irv; bat to kcop 

 them clean from weeds; as there is no great buii?^y 

 in this plant, fo a fmall patch or two of tlicm in any 

 ftiady part of the garden, by way of vaiicty, Jwil^ 5^; 

 fufficient. 



The fecond and third forts Vs'crc fenc me from Verona 

 near which place they gro%v naturally. The fecond 

 fort hath leaves very like thole of the fnialleft Mea- 

 dow Rue. The ftalks rife four or five inches hicrh," fuh- 

 porting afewfinall white flowers, with obtofe petals 

 ; containing, many finall feeds.^ It iiowers'the latter 

 ■ * end of Marc^,' and the feeds ripen in Mav."^^- -^' ' 



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iai-ger, ari3Vf a 'greener colour. The ftalks nfe about 

 fix inches high, fupporting twp or tlfr^cTniaHwliite 

 '"" "" " '^ ' ■"'' like thofe of the fecdnU fort ^; tficfe 



by Vecurved'YcecI-vefTels^ fJled hixh 

 flowers in April, and the leeas ripen 



are lucceeded 

 fmall feeds. * It 



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Both thefe plants delight in a.moiit fliady fituation- 



'd by ieeds in the lame way as .the 

 -: will live tv/o or three years. -' ' 



gated 



they are propa_ 

 firft fort, but thefe 



See Helicthres'. 



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blarheable. VAi;i;■1|?>^^:.^V'i^- -fV^,,, . .,,, , 

 I S O P y R U M. Lin. Gen. Plant. 62 1. .'Helleborus. 



; Amman;'- ^^'^^-- h\<v- u '\*;-vv-,-, ^:-,;., i 

 f^v^The Characters are,..;:;- ; ' vr ., 



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ISORA.' 

 ITE A/Lin/Geni Plant 24^/Flor\y^^^ 

 . conanoria. Mitch. Gen. ^.\'^P'^l:\ 



1 he CHARAcrrRs are 



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f^v'*The Characters are,, 



' ^he fiowcr has noVrnpakmenf.' It hath Jive 'equal ovalpe- 

 - ^lalsy which fall off^~Mtfi%eJhortJububid^ 

 ^■fititatcd n^ithin the petals^ divided at their hum into 



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£?/ the JiQ'xer is ymall^ permanent^ m 



ere5iy ending in five acute points. The flower has fir 



iter ted in. the empHMenL.. It ha. 



fummilsi and feve^alJ^u^l germeny"^,^^^^^ Jingle fiyles of 



the lenzth of 

 many re- 



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ohtufe fi 



carved cap fules with one celU filled with fmall feeds. 



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^be gcrnzen 



at 



This genus of plaifts 13 ranged in the feventh feftion 



- of Linnseus's thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyandria Po- 



< ■ lygynia, which includes thofe plants whofe fioWers 



-'-^iiave many (lamina and ftyles. ' ' ^« * = 



vtit#: The Species are,* 



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x.^ JsopYRuiiA {Fumarpides) ftipulis fubulatis, p.etalis acu- 

 V' tis, Hort. tJpfal. 157- Ifipy^^^J^^h awl^apedfti- 



Hellebofus 'fumarise foliis. 



, ■'\j}til^^ and acute petals. 



■^I^' Amman. Ruth, ^j, tab. I'll Hellebore with Fumlcry 



f. -'This gehlis of plants "is" ranged in the firft" fe'(3:ion of 

 ' ^Xinn^us's fifth clafs, in'ntled PenFandria Mon^gynia, 

 [ which /includes thofe plants whofe fldwef^have. five 



ftamina and one ftyle.""^' .r"^""" ' ' •lu^.'.tx. . ,. 

 f :. . .We have but one Species of this f^enus. viz. r-? 



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X 





'/'and citufe petals): ' Ranunculus ne^mdrofus, tTialTftri fo- 

 lio. C. B. P. 178. Wood CrbwsfoSt'with'a Meadow 



• Rtieleaf./'^r^^ -*■: '^-.-v^^'^'^^ ■ ^:' ■--' ^.^rvv; -»-\: . 



J. h6i?YRVM Ij^qunegmaesy mpuli^^ obloletis. Lin. Sp. 



Plant. '^557. If opjr um with' off olei eft ipul^'^ ' Aqu^tm^ 



- .:ipontana, flore parvo, thaliftri folio.' 5? fl- ^- H4- 



■ -.Mountain Columbine T^ithd IpnMi' flow£fMhd Meadow 







1 nis Ihrub e;rows in moiit loijs in leveral parts ot 

 JNorth America, where it riles to the height of fix or 

 feven feet, fending but' many' branches frorn tfie 

 grblirid upward',' garhilhed 'with fpcar-fliaped leaves 

 placed alternately,^ (lightly fawed on theif'Vdgls, 

 which are rellexed. veined', and of a hirht 2;rcen.'*^*"Ac 



the extrcirnty of the fame year's {hoots, in th.e mcnth 

 of July, *are ^'produceci fine'fpikes of white 'flowers, 

 three or four inches long, erefl: • arid when thefe fiirubs 



are 





^ .The Urfi. fort grows naturally in Siberia, from whence 



r 'flieTee^'s were feht'^tolihe Impenal garden at Peterf- 



Jbiargh, an.dj;tie Ute t)r. jf^mma'ii, profeflbrof botany 



.^ther^. Tent me part of the feeds : this is an annual 



r.plant, whicn leldom riles more than three or four 

 -J niches high. The leaves are fhaped like thofe. of 

 :' Fumitory ; they are fmall, an4 of a gray colour. The 

 ^. ftjtl.k is x)ak(:d to the top, where thef^^ ^^^^^ ^circle of 

 \ leaves juft under x!^^ flowers. The. flowers are ffn^ll, 

 • jofan herbaceous colour on their outfide,'But yellow 

 :\ within^ having five aciite petals, and as many honey " 

 v/;glands, with a grgat nunpibei; of ^^minT which are 

 1;' ihorter than the petals, and feveral reflck.ed rnodn- 

 t^. fhaped germen, havingfonianyfingleft^les, crowned 



'. by obtufe ftJjgmas. The flowers are fucceeSed'Ety m^^ 

 :; recurved feed-teflcls jyith ohelcell, filled with fmall 

 ' ihining black feeds. Tit fjovfers'^ the Beeinnihs^ of 

 .. April, and the feeds ripen in May, then the' plants 



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e in vigour, they will be entirely Covered w4th thefe 

 .j^ikes of flowers,' fo that they make a fine appearance 

 at their feafon of flowering."* ■ ■ •' -'^i '^T'/^U'm* 4*^4^v . 

 This fhrub is now pretty common in Englanar ptiu 

 the garden where I have feen it in the "^feateft* 

 vigour, is that or his late Grace the Duke -^--i * 



at Whitton, ^ 



well with this plant, that it thrives" and flowers there 

 as well as in its native cbiin'ti^'''^^'^'^?*'^'^'-*^'^** ^ '' '^ 



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^f'h 









^^ ^, . -— propagated by layers, 



A^ which, if laid dowh'ih the autumn, wilF^ufoliV roots 



Co'remove by the foll6\ving'atitumn j 

 when tnev may be tranlplanted into a nurfery, or to 

 ^^,^.the plac^ where, they are to remain. -^Thisilirub 

 ' ' flo'^ers at a fealbn when t^efe^'are 'few ottiers in beauty, 

 ^ fb it is the mor^ valuable ofi'that^ount::^^^!!^^^^^^^^ 

 I V A.' L'in. Gen:* 1059. Tarconanthus;^ Yail. A^. Par. 



.The Characters are, 



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.,!,The feeds of this plant fhould be'Iown In a midy 



. .-border foon Vter they are ripe, ^ for twKentKef are 



J^U^n&out of the gr?imd,^diey jUdom:pAv the 



. Iirlt year 3 therefore when the feeds arc permitted to 



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feveraljlorets, which are convex \ the male ^ 





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