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the fo VtBg under furrow is for fuch feeds as muft en- 

 dure the winter , the depth of ground being part of 

 their fecurity againft the winter colds': nor are all 

 feeds of ftrength to ihoot their germen through fo 

 much earth. The fo.ving intrenches is ufed forPeafe, 

 there being thereby (paces left between the rowes, 

 of half a yard more or leffe, to gather them as they 

 ripen ,and roome whence to draw mould to the roots, 

 which frequently doners very advantageous to them. 

 "It is likewife handfome for Spinach, Endive, Thyme, 

 Savory or other garden herbs to grow in rowes after 

 this manner of fowing. 



Moiikire is abfolutely neceffary for the growth of 

 all plants , two or three dayes after a great rain is 

 accounted a good feafon ; in dry weather two dayes 

 after rain fay the London Gardiners, agreably to that 

 of F err arms , Nee tamen ftmtlac magms irnbribm ter- 

 ra yermadmt feres 3 fed ttytiffer expe£Ubis 3 dtim fluvi-* 

 us Ule mad?r mo&lce exficcetur 3 ne wadenti limofo^ in 

 folo-'ftamu radices exftitrefcavt de Fl. cult. 1. 3. c. 1. 

 Seeds that are apt to run to aMufcilage are unfit to en- 

 dure moifture upon that account,as elf where I noted. 

 Iprefcribe nothing concerning the obfeivationof 

 the faces of the moone, becaufe J much doubt of any 

 effe& therefi'om.Neither doeGardiners that work,nor 

 Authors that write , prefcribe alike rules ; but.contra^ 

 dia each other in their direction , for the particular 

 obfervation of this Planet , as to any intended pro- 

 duction. Nor is it agreeable to my reaion, that the 

 moones being in trie full at the firlt explication of the 

 t^odiiTimilar leaves, o" germination of the plant, 

 fhould caufe a double flower, this germination ac- 

 icording to this pre lent Hitiory , differing little from 

 pthe: augmentations cf the fame plant, in oppofite 



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