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be performed in the follcwing 

 manner, -viz,. You fbould firfl pre- 

 pare a Parcel of Kaybands, then in 

 a dry^ay you mud gather up the 

 Leaves regularly as they were pro- 

 duced, and having taken them up 

 as clofe as poffible, without bruife- 

 ing them, you muft faften the 

 Hayband round them near the Top, 

 ib as to keep them up, then with 

 a Spade you muft bank up the 

 Earth round the Plants, leaving 

 about ten Inches or a Foot of their 

 Tops uncovered, being careful that 

 the Earth does not get into the 

 Center of the Plants, which would 

 indanger their rotting. As the Plants 

 advance in Heighr, fo they muft 

 be earth'd up from Time to Time, 

 in the fame manner as is pradtis'd 

 for Celery -J by which means moft 

 of the Earth between the Plants 

 will be rais'd about them ; for if 

 they thrive kindly, they will grow 

 to the Height of three Foot and a 

 half or four Foot j and will, when 

 taken up for Ufj, be near three 

 Foot in Length when trim'd from 

 their outer Leaves. And it is in 

 this their Excellency confids, for it 

 is only the tender blanch'd Part, 

 which is valuable. 



Thofe Plants which were firfl: 

 tranfplanted out, will be fit for 

 Ufe the Beginning of September j 

 but thofe which were later tranf- 

 planted, will not be fit for Ufe till 

 October, and fome of them will 

 continue until the End of Novem- 

 hr, or the Middle of December, 

 provided the Seafon be favourable i 

 but in very wet Seafons, or in fevcre 

 Froft:s, they often rot and decay. 



In order to fave Seeds of this 

 Plant, you fliould preferve fome of 

 the ftrongeft and moft vigorous 

 Plants, oblerving in fevere Frofts 

 to cover them lightly with Straw 

 or Peafe-haulm, which fl:iould be 



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conftantiy taken ofl' in mild V/ea- 

 ther, otherwife it will endanger 

 the rotting of the Plants. In the 

 Spring the Earth fiiould be taken 

 from the Plants gradually, that the; 

 Stems may advance ; and in June 

 their Heads Vv^ill be form'd much 

 like a fmall Artichoke, but full of 

 (harp ThoVns, in thefe Heads the 

 Seeds are contained, and will be ripe 

 in Augufi. 



CINERARIA j viJe Jacobsea. 



CIRCEAi Enchanter's Night- 

 (hade. 



The CharaBers are ; 



It hath a perennial creeping Rcotz 

 The Leaves, which are rohole, and 

 flyaped fomewhat like thofe o/Night- 

 Ihade, are placeJ alternately upon 

 the Branches : The Flovcer conjijis 

 of two Leaves, which refi upon a 

 two-leaved Empalement : The Flow- 

 ers are fucceecled by a Tear-flmped 

 Fruit, which is burry on the Out- 

 fide, and divided into two Cells ; m 

 each of which are contained, for the 

 moji part, two oblong Seeds. 

 The Species are; 



1. CiRCEA J Lutetiana. Lob^ 

 Icon. Enchanter's Night- Ihade. 



2. CiRCEA 5 minima. Col. Thct 

 fmalleft Enchanter's Night-fhade. 



The firfl of thefe Plants is very ^^ 

 common in moift (hady Places q! 

 and under Hedges, in moft Parf ;s 

 of England; but the fecond hat fct 

 not been found wild with us, th< >* 

 it grows in Plenty in the Wooi Is 

 near the Hague, where I gather 'd- 

 it, and brought it into Engla? id, 

 where it continues to retain its 

 Diiference from the common So/.t, 

 notwithftanding fome People ha ve 

 fuppoied it tfy he the lame. Th cy 

 are both great Runners in a G xr- 

 den, for v/hich Reafon they iho' ild 

 be planted (by thofe who wo aid 

 keep them for Variety) in fo me 

 abjedt lliady Part of che C 5ar- 



