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general must have been the beUef in the influence of the Moon on 

 vegetation at that time, the following extract is given : — 



A short Instruction 'very profitable and necessary for all those that delight in 

 Gardening, to knoiv the Times and Seasons lAjhen it is good to sonu and 

 replant all manner of Seeds. 



Cabbages must be sowne in February, March, or April, at the waning of the 

 Moone. and replanted also in the decrease thereof. 



Cabbage Lettuce, in February, March, or July, in an old Moone. 



Onions and Leeks must be sowne in February or March, at the waning of the 

 Moone. 



Beets must be sowne in February or March, in a full Moone. 



Coleworts white and greene in February, or March, in an old Moone, it is good 

 to replant them. 



Parsneps must be sowne in February, April, or June, also in an old Moone. 



Radish must be sowne in February, March, or June, in a new Moone, 



Pompions must be sowne in February, March, or June, also in a new Moone. 



Cucumbers and Mellons must be sowne in February, March, or June, in an old 

 Moone. 



Spinage must be sowne in February or March, in an old Moone, 



Parsley must be sowne in February or March, in a full Moone. 



Fennel and Annisseed must be sowne in February or March, in a full Moone. 



"White Cycory must be sowne in February, March, July, or August, in a full 

 Moone. 



Carduus Benedictus must be sowne in February, March, or May, when the 

 Moone is old, 



Basil must be sowne in March, when the Moone is old. 



Purslane must be sowne in February or March, in a new Moone. 



Margeram, Violets, and Time must be sowne in Februaiy, March, or April, in a 

 new Moone. 



Floure-gentle, Rosemary, and Lavender, must be sowne in February or April, in a 

 new Moone. 



Rocket and Garden Cresses must be sowne in February, in a new Moone. 



Savell must be sowne in February or March, in a new Moone. 



Saffron must be sowne in March, when the Moone is old. 



Coriander and Borage must be sowne in February or March, in a new Moone, 



Hartshome and Samphire must be sowne in February, March, or April, when 

 the Moone is old. 



Gilly-floures, Harts-ease, and Wall-floures, must be sowne in March or April, 

 when the Moone is old. 



Cardons and Artochokes must be sowne in April or March, when the Moone 

 is old. 



Chickweed must be sowne in in February or March, in the full of the Moone. 



Burnet must be sowne in February or March, when the Moone is old. 



Double Marigolds must be sowne in February or March, in a new Moone. 



Isop and Savorie must be sowne in March when the Moone is old. 



White Poppey must be sowne in February or March, in a new Moone. 



Palma Christi must be sowne in February, in a new Moone. 



Sparages and Sperage is to be sowne in February, when the Moone is old. 



Larks-foot must be sowne in February, when the Moone is old. 



Note that at all times and seasons. Lettuce, Raddish, Spinage and Parsneps may 

 be sowne. 



Note, also, from cold are to be kept Coleworts, Cabbage, Lettuce, Basill, 

 Cardons, Artochokes, and Colefloures. 



In 'The English Gardener' (1683) and ' The Dutch Gardener' 

 (1703) many instru(51:ions are given as to the manner of treating 



