A 



PRACTICAL TREATIS 



O F 



U S B A N D R Y. 



PART I. 



CHAP. I. 



Of R o o r s. 



Sg^j^^^^i^',1^ S the culture which is befrowed upon the pro- 

 ^v>.>'>. ductions ot the eartn, acts princip-ally upon the 

 roots, and relates more immediately to them, 

 than to any other part of plants, we make them 

 the lubjed: of our firft chapter. The nice di- 

 flindiions by which botanills characlerife certain 

 kinds of plants, would be foreign to our purpole 

 in this work, the fole defign of which is to treat 

 We ll:iall therefore content ourfelves with dividing 

 the roots of plants in general into two forts, viz. carrot or iap- 



B roots. 



of x^tgriculture. 



