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them, until they are advanced fo high as to fpread! 

 over the ground, wlien they will prevent the growth 



■ of weed.*?. 

 When the feed begins to ripen, you fliould carefully 

 guard it againft the birds, for thefe will otherwiie 

 dcftroy it. When it is ripe (which you may know 

 by the pods changing brown,) you fliould cut it, 

 and fpread it in the fun to dry; after which you 

 Ihould threlh it out, and lay it upforufe, where the 

 mice cannot come to it, otherwife they will eat it up. 

 The fmall round-rooted Radifii is not very common 

 in England, but in many parts of Italy it is the only 

 fort cultivated ; the roots of this kind are vay white, 

 round, fmall, and very i\vcct. This may be propa- 

 gated in the fame manner as the common fort, bur 

 with this difference only, viz. That this mufl not be 

 fown till the beginning of March, and theplantsfhould 

 be allowed a greater diftance. The leeds of this 

 kind are very fub)e6t to degenerate, when faved in 

 England, unlefs thofe which are planted for feeds arc 

 at fuch a diftance from the common fort, as that the 

 farina of one cannot mix with the other. 

 The other round-rooted Radiflies arc feldom cul- 

 tivated in England, but thofe who have a mind to 

 have them, may fow them in the fame manner as 



the laft. 



The black and white Spanifh Radiflies are common- 

 ly cultivated for medicinal ufe, though there are 



- fame pcrfons who are very fond of them for the ta- 

 ble. Thefe are commonly fown about the middle of 

 July, or a little earlier, and are fit for the table 

 by the end of Auguft, or the beginning of Septem- 

 ber, and will continue good till the froft fpoilsthem. 

 Thefe mufi: be thinried to a greater diftance than the 

 common fort, for the roots of thefe grow as largr as 

 Turneps, therefore fhould not be left nearer together 



' than fix or eight inches. ' 



Some pcrfons who are very curious to have thefe roots 

 in v/inter, draw them out of the ground before the 



,. hard froft comes on, and lay them up in dry fand in 

 the fame manner as is praftifed for Carrots, being 



" careful to guard them from wet and froft, and by this 

 method they preferve them till the fpring. 



RAPISTRUM. SeeSiNAPis. 



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pinus parvus comofiis. J. B. 2. p. Sir. Small, Alpine, 



hairy Rawpion, 



Rapunculus {Orhicularus) capitulo fubrotundo, foliis 

 ferratis radicalibus cordaris. Rampion "jjitb roioidip 

 heads nnd fawed leaves^ the lower ones of which are 

 heart'Jfjaped, Rapunculus flore globofo, purpurco. 

 J. B. 2. Sio. Rampion with a purple globular flower. 

 Thefe are all of them hardy plants, which will thrive 

 in the 



open air. I hey are propagated by leed, 

 which (hould be fown in autumn, for if they are kept 

 out of the ground till the fpring, they frequendy 

 fail, or at leaft lie a year in the ground. Thele feeds 

 ftiould be fown on a bed of frelh undun£>ed earth 

 where they are defigned to remain, for they do not 

 thrive fo well when they are tranfplanted ; therefore 

 the bcPc method is to make fmall drills crofs the 

 bed about eighteen inches afunder, and fow the feeds 

 therein •, then cover them lightly over with earth, for 

 if they are buried too deep, they will rot in the 

 ground. In the follov/ing fpring the plants will 

 come up, when they ftiould be diligently weeded, 

 which is all the care they require \ only they fhould be 

 thinned where they are too clofe, fo as to leave them 

 fix or feven inches apart in the rows, and afterward 

 they require no farther attention but to keep them 

 clear from weeds. In June the plants will flower, 

 and if the fummer prove favourable, they will pro- 

 duce ripe feeds. 



As thefe plants do not continue above two or three 

 years, there Ihould be feeds fown every oth 



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to continue the forts, for they are plants which re- 

 quire little trouble to cultivate them, and their flow- 

 ers make a pretty variety in large gardens, therefore 

 they may be allowed a place amongft other hardy 

 flowers. . ,^ 



R A P U N T I U M. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 1 63. tab 51. 

 Lobelia. Lin. Gen. Plant. S97. Ra.mpions, or Cardi- 

 nal's-fiower. 



The Characters are, 

 'The empakment of the flower is of one leaf^ cut into five 

 linear fegmentSy the two upper being larger than the other* 

 The flower is of o-ae petal -^ it hath a long cylindrical tube 

 which is a little curved^ and divided at the brim into five 

 fegmentSy two of which compofe the upper lip^ a?id are 



RAPUNCULUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 113. tab. j fmaller than the three lower which co-mpofe the under 



38. Phyteuma. Lin. Gen. Plant. 203. Rampion. 



The Characters are,' . 

 The empalement' of the flower is of one leaf ^ divided into \ form of a cylinder^ hut open m_ five parts at their bafe^ 



it hath five awl-fhaped ftamina the length of the tube^ ter- 

 minated by oblong fummits which coalefce at the top in 



five acute parts fitting upon the germen. The flower hath 

 dne petal, which is flarry, fpreading open, and 

 five linear fegments which are recurved ; // hath five fta- 



wkich are fljorter than the petals terminated by 



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cblong fiimmts. The germen^ which is Jituated under 

 ft e flower^ fupports a flmlcr recurved.^ fly le crowned by 

 an oblongs twifted, three-pointed ftigma. 'It' afterward 

 becomes a roundiflj capfule with three ceUsy filled with 



^ having an acute ger men fituatedbelotv the fiower^fuppqr ting 

 cut into I '--- a cylindrical ftyle crowned' by a hairy obtufe ftignia, ' The 



germen afterward becomes an oval capfule opening at the 

 top, filled with fmall feeds. 



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This genus of plants is 'ranged m the firft fedtion 

 of Linnofus's fifth clafs, in which thofe plants 

 ^re placed, whofe flowers have five ftamina and one 



ftyle. ' " ^- ^ 



- The Species ar 

 t; Rapunculus {Spicatus) Ipica oblonga, capfulis bilo- 

 :' cularibus, foliis radicalibus cordatis. Rampion with an 

 " cblong fpike of foivh^s; capfules containing two cells, and 



' 'fUe lower leaves heart-fhctped. Rapunculus fpicatus. 

 C. B. P. 92. Spiked Rampion, 



2. Rapunculus {Comofus) fafciculo terminali feflili, fo- 

 liis den tatis, radicalibus cordatis. Rampion with fiow- 

 ers growing in bunches terminating the ftalks, indent- 

 ed leaves, and thofe at the bottom heart-floaped. Ra- 

 punculus Alpinus corniculatus. C. B. P. ^'2^. Horned 

 Alpine Rampion. 

 Rapunculus {Hemifphericus) capitulo fubrotundo. 



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This genus of plants is ranged in tnt fecond feftion 

 of Tournefort's third clafs, which includes the herbs 

 with an anomalous flower of one petal, having a tube 

 ending in a tongue; Dr. Linnaeus has joined the 

 plants of this genus to that of Plumicr's Lobelia, 

 making them but one genus ;, but, as the Lobelia of 

 Plumierhas aflefliyberry inclofing a ftone with two 

 feeds, and the Rapuntium hath a dry capfule, they 

 fhould be feparated. . 





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foliis linearibus integerrimis. Rampion with roundifij 

 heads, and linear entire leaves, Rapunculus folio gra- 

 tninco. Tourn. Inft. 113, Rampion with a Grafs leaf 

 Rapunculus {Pauciflorus) capitulo fubfoliofo, foliis 

 omnibus lanceolatis. Rampion with heads which are 

 leafy ^ and all the leaves fpcar-fhaped. Rapunculus Ai- 





I, Rapuntium (C^ri/;^^7//j) cauleereflo, foliis lancepla- 

 tis ferratis, fpica terminali. Car dinar s flower with an 

 ereEf flalk, fpear-fhaped flawed leaves, and a fpike of flow- 

 ers terminating the fialh Rapuntium maximum, coc- 

 cineo fpicato flore. Col. in Rech. 880. The largeft 

 Rapuntium with a fpike of fcarlet flowers, commonly call- 

 ed fear let Cardinal's flower. : ■ ^ . / , ; 

 Rapuntium {Siphiliticum) caule ereflo, foliis ovato- 

 lanceolatis crenatis, calycum finubus reflexis. Cardi- 

 nals-flower with an ere5l ftalk, oval, fpear-fljaped, ere- 

 nated leaves, and thefimifes of the empakments refl.exed, 

 Rapuntium Americanum, flore dilute cseruleo, H.R. 

 Par. 105. American Cardinal' sfiower with a pale blue 



flower, commonly called the blue Cardinals-flower. 

 Rapuntium (Clifi^ortianum) caule erecto, foliis cor- 

 datis obfolete dentatis petiolatis, floribus fparfis thyrfo 

 longiflimo. Cardinal' s-flower with an ere5f ftalk, heart- 



fhaped leaves which are fomewhat indented, with foot- 



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