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irt a tre:it'ire upon gardening, it would not fo well 

 plealc i for as the Leek has always been diftinguiHi- 

 d frooi Garlick and Onion by gardeners, ib it 

 would rather confufe than inilrudt the praclitionc^rs, 



joined ; and as the fpecics of Garlick 

 are numerous, fo where their fpecies are leffened, by 



into ,o;cnera, it v/ill be no lefs ufeful 



to botanifis. 



Species are. 



if they wc 





dividing them 



L3 



The 



PoRRUM [Sativ 



um^ 



radice oblonga tunicata, caule 



planifolio, Horibus capitatis, ftaminibus tricufpidatis. 



Leell i^'ith an oblong coated roct^ a phnn leaf on tbeftalk^ 

 ^,0-^crs eolkBcd inheads^ and tkree-pintcd Jtamina. Por- 



2. 



L 



rum commune capitatum. C. B. P. 72. Common-headed 



Leck^ commonly called Lofidon Lech • ^ ^ ' ". ^ 



PoRRuM (Ampelopraftim) caule planifolio umbellife 



ro umb'ella globosa, ftaminibus corolla longioribus. ^ 



Leek with a plain leaf on thejlalky which fupports a glo- ^^ 

 hular umbel of fewer s^ ivhofe fiamtna are longer than the \ 



Clirifimas or after, when you may threfh cut the feeds 

 for ufe. Tlie hufk of thcfc feeds is very tough, which 

 renders it very difficult to pet out the feeds : 



th 



ere- 



fore fome p^erfons who have but a fmall quantity, rub 

 it hard againlt a rough tile, v/hich will break the hufks, 

 and get the feeds out better than moft other methods 

 I have knov;n ufed. 



PORTULACA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 236. 

 118. Lin. Gen. Plant. 531. Purflane; in French, 



tab. 



Potirpier. 



The Characters are, 

 TJje ernpalewent of the flozver is fnall, hifidy and per- 

 manent^ fitting upon the germen. The flower has fiz 



'tietals. 



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Porrum Siberienfe, floribuspurpurafcentibus. 

 ■"Gniel. Siberian Leek having purplifh flozvers. 

 The firft fort is commonly cultivated in the Englifh 

 crardcns •, of this there has been generally fuppofed 

 two' forts, but I have made trial of them both, by 

 fowin*^ their feeds feveral times, and find they are the 

 .fame-, the difference which has rifen between them, 

 has been occafioned by fome perfons having faved 

 ■the feeds from old roots, and not from the feedling 



whereby' they have degenerated thenl^ -and 

 rendered them fmaller and harrov/er leaved ; but by 

 care this may be recovered again, 



rienced. 



TJie other fort grows naturally in Siberia j this hath 



ti?.rrower leaves than the common fort, the ftalks'are 



fmaller, and do not rile fo high ; the heads of flowers 



are alfo fmaller, andof apurplIQi colcu"rV theltami- 



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plain^ ere£f^ cbtufe petals^ and many hair-like ftamina^ 

 about half the length of the petals^ terminated by fingk 

 fummits \ and aroundifj germen^ fupporting a fljort fiyle^ 

 crowned by five oblong filgntas. The germen afterward 

 beromes an oval capfule with one cell^ containing many 

 fmall feeds. ^"•V- * - - - 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl fedion of 

 Linnseus's eleventh clafs, which contains the plants 

 v/hcfe flowers have from eleven to nineteen ftamina 

 inclufiye, and one ftyle. 

 The Species are, - ' 

 PoRTULACA {Oleracea) foliis cuneiformibus, fioribus 



t'. Leel 



cs, 



as 



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^- na ftands out beyond the flov^er: 



^ .-'teeksare^ cultivated by fowing their feeds in the 

 h fprini^; i'fi the fame manner as was direded for Oni- 

 c^ons^ with which thefe are commonly fown, the two 

 '>f forts of feeds^'ing mixed according to the proportion 



'. Ivivlilchls de^^fired of either fort; though the moft com 

 .; mon method is, to mi5? an equal quantity bf'both 

 - ,f for the Onions will greatly out-grow the Leeks Jn the 



' .. ' fpring ', but thefe being drawn off 

 ■-'thf te'eks will have time to grow 



feffilibusr Pr-cd. Leyd. ^73. Purflane with wedge-Jhap- 

 ed leaves^ and flowers grozving clofe to the ft alks, Portu- 

 laca latifolla feu fativa. C. B. P. 28S. Broad-leaved^ or 

 ' 'Garden Purflam, :'-■ ' \" .:'.:' -' - '■ •-* 



2. PoRTULACA {Pilofa) foliis fubulatis atterTils', axillis 

 ; pilofis, fioribus felTilibus terminalibus. Lin, Sp. Plant. 



445. Purflane with awl-fbaped leaves placed alterna 



fely. 



,, hairy joints^ and flowers fit tmg clofe to theftalks. '"Por- 



.-^-tulaca Curaflavica angufto longo lucidoque folio, 



. .pfocumbens. Hort, Amft/i. p. 2. ' Trailing Purflane 



of Cur off 0^ with Ung^ narroWy floirAng leaves.'' ■'^''^ 

 3. Fo^rvhA^A' (Anacmipfro^) foliis dvafis^gibbis, pe-, 



dunculo multifloro, faille fruticofo^._LiiT:'Sp: Plant. 



4:^5'. PurflMne with oval gibbous leayej^^foot'ftalks hav- 



ing many flowers^ and a fhrubby ftalk. Telephiallrum 



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rly in Aug-uft, 



Targe afterwards, fo 



t that there may be a moderate crop of both forts. 



' The management" of Leeks being exaftjy the fame 



v/ith Onions, I fl:)all not repeat it in this place ; but 



' fhall only add, that many perfons fow their Leeks 



^ verv thick in .beds in the fpring j and in June, after 



-^- fom'e of their early crops are taken off, they dig up 



the'W'ound, and plant their Leeks cut thereon, in 



^':r6v.^S.a'fopt apart, and fix inches afunder in the rows, 



,-:ohferving^o\vater tliem untirthey Kave taken root; 



.^after whicli tliey will requTfe "ho further culture, but 



•/to clear the ground from weeds. ^-The Leeks thus 



planted will grov/ to a moderate fize, provided the 



-■^ground be goo'dv and this method is very proper for 



* ^-Tlich^perTbns who have little joom.--.-^-^-" -^^v x'^^' ' 



If vou would fave the feeds of this plant, you fiiould 



^-^rmake <^hoice of Home of the largeit and beft Leeks 



. -you h^ve, wVich niufl: remain in the place Whe"re they 



.^XgrKvuptil February, when they fii&uld be tranlplant- 



:>cd in a row a|'ainft a wafmTi'edge, paleV^^or wa!l;^at 



/about eight inches afunderr^n4 ^hen their ftems 



Vratlyance, they fiaould be fupporte4 by a ftring, to 



;■ •-■prevent their being broken down, to which they are 



' _,^yef'y' liable, efpecially v/hen In head^ and the clofer 



*^'Vhcy are drawn to the fence in autumn, tfie T)etter 



— Vhe feeds will ripen ; f o r it fometimes happens in cold 



"'Tummcrs or autumns, that thofe which grow in'^the 



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of tjae hot parts of the globe. JThis is^ the common 



Purflane which is cultivated in the p;ardens, andisfo 



y known as to need no defcription. 



general^ 



There 



are two varieties of this, one with deep green leaves, 

 and the other hath 'yellow leaves, .which is called- 

 Golden Purfiane ; but as both thefe arife from the 

 fahl'e feeds, fo they are only feminal variations'. There 

 is alfo a third variety with fmaller and lefs ^fuc-, 

 culent leaves, which is called wild Purflane, becaufe' 

 wherever it is once fown in a garden, and the plants 

 ; permitted to fcatter feeds, the plants will come up as' 

 -v/eeds the following year ;* but this Lam ftfre is'ade-, 

 ' gehefacy fr6m~the Garden Purflane, ' for 1 have Town 

 i{ feveril times arid let the plants fhed their feeds, and 



dege- ' 



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jt has dome up from thofe feeds in two years,' H^ 



^"^ nerated to the wild Ibrt. * '^ '"' ^'r-^'-^ ^^' '--- 



-.Purflane is propagated from. fecds,"which maybe 



> fown upon beds of light rich earth during any of the ' 



# fumnler months ; but if vou intend to have it early in : 



V the feafon, it fliould be (own upon a hot-bed -, for it 



is too tender to be fown in the open air Ibefbre April, ^ 



'"^''^^and then it mufl: be in a warrh'fituation. - This feed is 



-^" v^ry fmall, fo that little of it will be HJiHcient to fup- 



^ ply a family; /There is ho other culture which this 



.';^'~^plant requires, but to keep it clear from weeds, and 



■ ■ in dry weather to water it two or three times a week. 



' In warm weather. this plant will be fit for ufe in fix 



■:; weeks after fomng, fo that in order to continue a 



':]_ fuccefllon of it, • you fiiould fow it at three or four dif- 



■ fercnt feafdns," allowing a foFtmght. or three weeks 



betw^een each fowing," v/hich will be fufficicnt to laft 



the fummef, fo lohg'as it is proper to be eaten ; for 



When it is ripe ^(which may be known by the heads - Ijeing of a very cold nature, ,it is unfafe to be eaten, 



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changing brown) ycjli Ihould cut off their heads with 

 about a foot- or^tiiore of the fl:'alk to each, and tie thcm^ 

 in bundles, three or four heads in each, and hang 

 them up in a dry place, where they "may remain till I 



except in the heat of fummer in England ; for which 

 '^reafon, it is not to any purpofe to fow it upon a 



hot-bed, fihce it willcome early' enough for ufe ia 

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