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which are intended for the open 

 large Quarters, fhiould not be fown 

 before the Beginning of March^ 

 nor friOuld you fovv any later than 

 the End of the fame Month, for 

 thofe which are fown in April or 

 May, will run up to Seed before 

 their Roots have any Bulk, efpe- 

 cially if the Weather fliould prove 

 hot and dry. 



In July you may fow again, 

 to fland the Winter, by which 

 Method you will have early Car- 

 rots in March, before the Spring- 

 few ing will be fit to draw ; but 

 thefe are feldom ib well tailed, 

 and are often very tough and fticky. 

 Many People mix leveral other 

 Sorts of Seeds, as Leek, Onion, 

 Tarjhip, Radijlj, &C. amongft their 

 Carrotss and others plant Beans, &c. 

 but, in my Opinion, neither of 

 thefe Methods is good, for if 

 there is a full Crop of any one of 

 thefe Plants, there can be no Room 

 for any thing elfe amongfl: them, 

 fo that what is got by the one is 

 loft by another ; and belides, it is 

 not only more fightly, but better 

 for the Plants of each Kind to be 

 fown feparate, and alfo by this 

 Means your Ground will be clear 

 when the Crop is gone, to fow 

 or plant any Thing eifej but when 

 three or four Kinjs are mix'd to- 

 gether, the Ground is feidom at Li- 

 berty bet-ore the fucceeding Spring: 

 Befides, where Beans, or any other 

 tail growing Plants are mix'd or 

 planted amongft the Carrots, it is 

 apt to make them grow more in 

 Top than Root, fo that they will 

 not be half fo large as if fown 

 lingly, without any other Plants 

 amcngft them. 



But in order to preferve your 

 Carrots for Ufe all the Winter 

 and Spring, you Ihould, about the 

 Beginning of i^Gvemkr, vvhea the 



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green Leaves aredecay'd, dig thenf; 

 up, and lay them in Sand in a dry 

 Place, where the Froft can't come 

 to them, taking them out from 

 Time to Time as you have occa- 

 fion for them, referving fome of 

 the longeft and ftraighteft Roots 

 for Seed, if you intend to fave any i 

 which Roots ftiould be planted in 

 the middle of February, in a light 

 Soil, about a Foot amnder each 

 Way, obferving to keep the Ground 

 clear from Weeds j and about the 

 middle of Auguji, when you find 

 the Seeds are ripe, you muft cut it 

 off, and carry it to a dry Place, 

 where it fliould be expos'd to the 

 Sun and Air for feveral Days to 

 dry i then you may beat out the 

 Seeds, and put it up in Bags, keep- 

 ing it in a dry Place until you ufe 

 it. This Seed is feldom eftcem'd' 

 very good after the firft 'or lecond 

 Year at moft, but new Seed is al- 

 ways preferr'd, nor will it grow 

 when it is more than two Years 

 old. 



DAUCUS CRETICUS i -vidt 

 Myrrhis. 



DAY-LILY J vide Liliaflrum. 



DELPHINIUM^ Larkfpur. 

 The Characters arc; 



It hath an anomalous Flower, 

 conjijiing of many dijpmilar Petals 

 (or Flower-LeavTs) the uppermoji 

 of which is co?2tracfed, and ends in fi 

 Tail or Spur, and receives another 

 bifd Fetal, which, in like ?nanner, 

 ends in a Tail : In the Middle arifes 

 the Pointal, which becomes a Fruit, 

 confijling of many Fods or Sheaths 

 collected into a Head^ which open 

 likewife, and are flt'd with Seeds, 

 which are for the moji part angular. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Delphinium; pere7ine, monta- 

 num, villofum, Aconiti folio. Tourn. 

 Perennial Mountain, hairy Lark- 

 fpur, witli a Monk's-hood Leaf. 



2, Del- 



