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or later, according to the Seafon: 

 For at this laft planting into the 

 Trenches they will keep longer than 

 in Winter i the Days growing lon- 

 ger, and the Sun advancing with 

 more Strength, dries up the Moi- 

 flure much iooncr than in Winter, 

 which prevents the rotting of theie 

 Plants. 



When your Endive is blanch'i 

 enough for Ufe, you muft dig it 

 up with a Spade ; and after having 

 clear 'd it from all the outlide green 

 and decay'd Leaves, you fliould 

 w^alh it well in two or three dif- 

 ferent Waters, to clear it the bet- 

 ter from Slugs and other Vermin, 

 which commonly llielter themfelvcs 

 amongll the Leaves thereof j and 

 then you may ferve it up to the 

 Table with other Sallading. 



But in order to have a Supply 

 of good Seeds for the next Seafon, 

 you mull look over thofe Borders 

 where the laft Crop was tranf*- 

 planted, before you put them into 

 the Trenches to blanch ; and make 

 choice of fome of the largeft, 

 foundeft, and moft curled Plants, 

 in Number accoiding to the Quan- 

 tity of Seeds required : For a Imall 

 Family, a dozen good Plants will 

 produce enough Seeds i and for a 

 large, two Dozen, or thirty Plants. 



Thefe Ihould be taken up and 

 tranfplanted under a Hedge or Pale 

 at about eighteen Inches diftant, in 

 one Row about lix Inches from 

 the Hedge, O'C. This Work fhould 

 be done in the Beginning of March, 

 if the Sealbn is mild, otherwife it 

 may be deferr'd a Fortnight lon- 

 ger. When the Flower-ftems be- 

 gin to advance, they fhould be fup- 

 ported with a Packthread, which 

 fhould be taften'd to Nails driven 

 into the Pale, or to the Stakes of 

 the Hedge, and run along before 

 the Stems, to draw them upright 



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elofe to the Hedge or Pale 5 other- 

 wife they will be liable to break 

 with the ftrong Winds. Obierve 

 aifo to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 and about the Beginning of Julji 

 your Seeds will begin to ripen i 

 Therefore, as foon as you hnd the 

 Seeds are quite ripe, you muft cut 

 ©tl the Stalks, and expofe them to 

 the Sun upon a coarfe ClotJi to 

 dry 5 and then beat out the Seeds» 

 which muft be dried, and put up 

 in Bags or Papers, and preferv'd for 

 Ufe in fome dry Piace. But I 

 would here caution you, not to 

 wait for all the Seeds upon the 

 fame Plant j for if fo, all the firft 

 ripe and beft of the Steeds will Icat- 

 ter and be loft before the other 

 are near ripe i fo great a Difference 

 is there in the Seeds of the lame 

 Plant being ripe. 



The wild Succory, (of which there 

 are fome Varieties in the Colour 

 of the Flowers) is feldom propaga- 

 ted in Gardens ; it growing wild 

 in unfrequented Lanes and Dung- 

 hills in divers Parts of England^ 

 where the Herb -women gather it, 

 and fupply the Markets for Medi- 

 cinal Ufe. 



CICUTAi Hemlock. 

 The Characters are; 



The Leases are cut into many 

 minute Segments: The Petals of the 

 Flower are bifid, Heart-JJyafd, and 

 unequal : The Flower is fucceeded by 

 twojhort channelled Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. CicuTA ; major. C, B. Com- 

 mon or Greater Hemlock. 



2. CicuTA i minor y petrofelina 

 fimilis. a B. Leffer Hemlock, or 

 Fool's Parfley. 



There are fome other Varieties 

 of this Plant preferv'd in curious 

 Botanick Gardens ; but the two 

 Sorts here mention'd, are what we 

 §nd wild in England. 



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