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moilye<;:Thatthey befureas totaJceoff fuch Offsets 

 that will fcarce hang on , fo noi ro teare off fuch as 

 hold faft no the mother-plant , for that would be to 

 the peril both of the offset and mothcrplant. Yet I 

 have fceu the very fubfhnce of So .\ breads to have 

 beetle divided with a knife through the heart, and yet 

 grow well on either p*rc , when they have riot after- 

 ward been over glutted rath wet.Flaggs.Beares eares, 

 Prinirofes and <2o.T{ltps, and generally all rootes, 

 that are nor Bulbous or tuberous muft have , and doe 

 require a violent feparation > but the leffe the wound 

 is , the better ihall your plant thrive , and be leffe 

 fubjeit. to corrupt by the rnoillure in the earth. 



In the replantation there is required the general! 

 . care of yoiing fets , all plants of fibrous rootes are af- 

 fured in their grovth>by convenient watering,but foe 

 bulbous and tuberous the Gatdiners band is , and 

 ought to be more fparing , bee aufe that moifture is 

 a peculiar enemy to thefe plants, and often ro:s them, 

 if it get in&o any crany or their rootes. 



NL 4. Examples of planting by Offsets* 



Licorice requires the richeft & moft forced ground* 

 Very deeper hat there may be rooxie for the downright 

 roote, light, vyithout (tones or graveil , and dry from 

 irtoifture : The fets are made either from the runners 

 that creep along the upper part of the ground from 

 the roote , or ehe are taken from the Crown of the 

 mitter-robce , and are fet at a foot dilbnee or leffe in 

 February , or {Jit arch ^ according to cuftome/hougli 

 I fuppofe any time in the winter might as well ferve 

 the turn , the richer the ground is , the further they 

 nwy be fet apart* 



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