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mind to continue £.eir Roots, you 



fliould cut down thefe Stems in M:iy, 

 which will occafion their putting 

 out Heads from the Sides oF the 

 Roots, whereby they may be conti- 

 nu'd for many Years ; whereas, if 

 they had been permitted to {ttdi-> 

 their Roots would perifl-i foon after. 



The Gardeners near London propa- 

 gate great Quantities of this Plant, 

 tor which they have a great Demand 

 from the Confeftianers, who make 

 a Sweetmeat with the tender Stalks 

 of it, cut in May. 



This Plant is alfo us'd in Medicine, 

 as are alfo the Seeds ; therefore, 

 where it is cultivated for the Seeds, 

 there fnould be new Plantations an- 

 nually made to fupply the Places of 

 thole which die. 



The fecond Sort grows wild by 

 the Ditches Sides in many Parts cf 

 England, and is rarely propagated in 

 a Garden. 



The other tv/o Sorts may be pro- 

 pagated by ibwing their Seeds in the 

 Manner, as was directed for the 

 common Sort j but fliouid be planted 

 in a drier Soil. 



ANIL; Thelndigo Plant. 



The Characicrs arc j 

 It hath fennated ( or ivingd ) 

 Leai'es, which are terminated by a 

 jingle Lobe at the 'Extremity ; the 

 rlo-.vcrs (which f;re for the mojt part 

 iiijpos\l in a Spike ) confji of ftr^e 

 Leaves, and are o/?/;c Papilionaceous 

 Kind, the uppermojl Fetal ( or Stand- 

 ard ) being larger than the ethers, 

 and is rounder, and lightly furroro'd on 

 the Side; the lov:er Leaves {or Petals ■ 

 are fJjort, and terminate in a Foint : 

 la the Middle of the Flower is fit ua ted 

 the Style, r:hich aftcrrrards becomes a 

 jointed Fod, containing one Cylindrical 

 'Seed in each Fartiiion. 

 The Species arc 5 

 1. Anil ; five Indigo Americana, 

 flicMis infalciiU mcdan: ccntortis^ D, 



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Merc hand. Mem. Ac. Reg. Scien. Anno 

 1718. The true Indigo, with Pods 

 fliap'd like a Sickle. 



2. Anil ;jive Indigo Americana , fru- 

 ticofa, argent ea,j^oTibus eviridi parpu- 

 reisfiliquis falcatis. Collate a affinisfru- 

 ticofa, argeyitea, fioribus fpicatis e vi- 

 ridi purpureis, filifj^nis falcati:. Sloan, 

 Cat.Ja7n. The wild Indigo; vulgo. 

 3 . A>;iL ; five Indigo, fliquis I at is 

 aliquantulum incurvis. Emerus, In- 

 dicHs, filiqud aliquaatulufn incurvd ; 

 ex quo Fndigo. Breyn. Indigo with 

 broad Pods a littlc^'crooked. 



The firil: and third of thefe Species 

 are Annuals with us ; the Seeds of 

 thefe mud be Town on a Hot-bed in 

 the Spring of the Year; and when 

 the Plants are come up two Inches 

 high, they f.^ould be tranfplanted in- 

 to fmall Pots iiU'd with goo3 frefh 

 Earth, and the Pots plung'd into a 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark; and when 

 the Plants have obtain'd fome 

 Strength, they mufl: have a great 

 Share of freeAir,by raifing the Glalles 

 in the Day-time ; and in June they 

 may beexpos'd to the open Air, by 

 which time they will produce their 

 Flowers, which will be fucceedcd 

 by Pods in a v^ry fi-'Ort time after, 

 and in Augufl their Seeds will be 

 per fed ed. 



The fecond Sort grows to the 

 Height of five or fix Keet, and will 

 abide two or three Years (if it is pre- 

 fer v'd in a very warm Stove in Win- 

 ter ) : This produces Spikes of 

 Flowers from the Wings of the 

 Leaves on the Sides of the Stems of 

 the Plant, and doth Ibmetimes per- 

 fcd its Seed s in Eng la nd. This mufl 

 be rais'd in a Hot-bed, as was direc- 

 ted for the two former ; but mufl 

 not be expcs'd to the open A\i even 

 in the hotteil Weather. 



The fir ft and third Sorts are fup- 



pos'd to be promifcuoufly us'd to 



make the Indigo ^ but thefirftisthe 



commoa 



