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^e^ SvUed intit five acute Seg" 

 gsTents 5 fhtfe grow on the Tops of the 

 Stalks in Clivers : The SeeJ-veJfel is 

 efa cylindrical Tor my and is divi- 

 ded into two Cells, in which are 

 coraain'd many fmall Seeds* 

 The Species are •, 



1. Centauriumj minus. CIS, 

 Common LelTer Centaury. 



2. Centaurium 5 minus, fiore 

 dbo, H. Tyfi. LelTer Centaury 

 with white Flowers. 



3^. Centaurium; luteum, perfo- 

 liatum, C B. LelTer yellow Cen- 

 taury, with Leaves iiirrouading the 

 Stalks, 



Thefe three Plants gro.w wild in 

 England: The firft is commonly 

 found growing upon dry arable 

 Land, chiefly amongft Corn. The 

 lecond is a Variety of the firft, 

 from which it only differs in the 

 Colour of the Flower : This is 

 Ibmetimes found with the fir ft. 

 The third Sort grows commonly 

 upon chalky Hills in divers Parts of 

 Tngland: But neither of thefe Kinds 

 care to grow in a Garden. The 

 only Method that can be taken to 

 cultivate thefe, is to fow the Seeds 

 £o foon as they are ripe, in an open 

 well-expos'd Place, and in a poor 

 dry Soil, in which thefe Plants do 

 beft thrive : Nor fhould the young 

 Plants be remov'd, if they come 

 up, but fuffer'd to remain in the 

 fame Places for good. The firft 

 Sort is us'd in Medicine, and is 

 gather'd in the Fields, and brought 

 to Market for that Purpofe. 



CENTINODIU.M j is Knot- 

 grafs. 



CEP A ; the Onion. 

 The Characters are j 



Jt hath an orbicular, coated^ bul- 

 hofe Root : The Leaves are holloro 

 cr pipy: The Stalk is alfo hollow, 

 find/wells out in the Middle : The 

 ^cwersi which confiji of Jix Leaves, 



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are cdlecied into a fpherical Head, 

 or Corymbus : The Style of the 

 Flower becomes a roundijly Fruit, 

 ■which is divided into three Cells, 

 containing roundifh Seeds* 

 The Species are i 

 i. Cev a; oblonga. C. B. The 

 Strashurgh Onion j vulgo. 



2. Cepa; vulgaris, fioribus ^ 

 tunicis purpura fcentibus. C. B. The 

 red Spanijlj Onion -, vulgo. 



3. Cepa j vulgaris, fioribus ^ 

 tunicis candidis. C. B. The white 

 Spanijlj Onion ; vulgo. ^ 



4. Cepa; Afcalonica; Matthhli, 

 Boerh. Ind. The Scallion or Efcal- 

 lion. 



f. Cepa j feciilis, juncifolia, fe- 

 rennis, M. H. Cives. 



6. Cepa ,• feciilis, major, peren- 

 nis. IVelfJj Onion -, vulgo. 



7. Cz?a; ffcilis Matthioli. Lugd. 

 Ciboule. 



There are feveral other Sorts of 

 Onions of lelTer Note, which are 

 preferv'd in the Gardens of curious 

 Botanifts, fome of which grow 

 wild in England: But thele above- 

 mention'd are the Sorts which are 

 chiefly cultivated for the Kitchen 

 Ufe. The three Sorts firft men- 

 tion'd are propagated for Winter 

 Ufe, their Roots being preferv'd 

 dry during that Seafon. Of thele 

 I Ihall firft treat. 



Thefe three Sorts of Onions are 

 propagated by Seeds, which fhould 

 be fown at the latter End of Fe- 

 bruary, or the Beginning of March, 

 in good, rich, fandy Ground, but 

 not too thick ,• (the common Quan- 

 tity of Seed allow'd to fow an Acre 

 of Ground being eight Pounds) in 

 about a Month or fix Weeks after 

 fbwing, the Onions will be up for- 

 ward enough to hoe ; at which 

 Time (chufing dry Weather) you 

 fliould with a fmall hoe about two 

 Inches and an half broad, cut up 

 lightly 



