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tate their Rooting, obferving to 

 {hade them from the Violence of 

 the Sun, as alfo to give them Wa- 

 ter frequently : When they are 

 rooted, which will be in about two 

 Months after planting, they may 

 be tranfplanted into leparate Pots 

 fill'd with the fame light Earth, 

 and ihould be expofed to the open 

 Air by degrees, and afterwards may 

 be treated as was before direded 

 for thofe rais'd from Seeds. 



Thefe Plants are generally pre- 

 ferv'd in all curious CollecStions of 

 Plants for Variety, but are of no 

 Ufe with us at prefent. 



FAGOPYRUMi Buck- Wheat. 

 The Characters are j 



The FloTvers are fpecious, grooving 

 in a Spike, or branch'd from the 

 Wings of the heaves : The Cup of the 

 Flower is divided into five Farts, and 

 refemble the Fetals of a Flower: The 

 Seeds are Mack, and three-corner'd. 

 The Species are j 



1. Fagopyrum j vidgare, erec- 

 turn. Tourn. Common upright 

 Buck-Wheat. 



2. Fagopyrum '■, vulgar e^ fcan- 

 dens. Tourn. Common creeping 

 Buck-Wheat. 



The ftrll of thefe Plants is cul- 

 tivated in many Parts of England, 

 and is a great Improvement to dry 

 barren Lands. The bell Seafon for 

 fowing the Seed is in May: One 

 Bufhei will fow an Acre. The 

 Ground fhould be plough'd and 

 drefs'd in the fime manner as for 

 Barley j and if the Soil is not very 

 kan, it will yield a very great In- 

 creafe, as fifty or lixty Bufnels up- 

 on an Acre, and is excellent Food 

 for Hogs, Poultry, 0^r, The Flour 

 of it is very white, and makes a 

 very good Sort of Pancake, if 

 mix'd with a little Wheat-flour. 

 The Straw is good Fodder for Cat- 

 tle ; and the Grain given to Horfes 



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amongft their Oats, will make them 

 thrive j but it muft be broken in a 

 Mill, otherwife it is apt to pals 

 through the Cattle wl\ole. 



It is commonly late in the Sea- 

 fon before it is ripe, but it is ia 

 no great Danger of the Seeds tai- 

 ling, nor of fuffering by Wet afta: 

 it IS mown : It muft lie l^veral 

 Days to dry, that the Stalks (which 

 are hard) may wither before it is 

 hous'd. 



Buck-Wheat is (bmetimes fbwa 

 very thick, and fuffer'd to grow 

 until it is near flowering, and is 

 then plough'd in, which makes a 

 very good Lay for Wheat or Ryes 

 But fome People efteem it the bet- 

 ter Way to feed it with Cattle, 

 cfpecially Milch-Cows, which they 

 iay, will caufe them to give a 

 great deal of Milk, and make both 

 the Butter and Cheefe very good. 

 This will alfo afford Food for Cat- 

 tle in the drieft time, when all 

 other Grafs is burnt up. 



The fecond Sort is found wild 

 in divers Parts of England, but is 

 feldom cultivated for Ufe. 



FAGUSi the Beech-tree. 

 The Characters arej 



It hath Leaves fomewhat refem- 

 bling thofe of the Horn-beam : The 

 Mate Flowers grow together in n 

 round 'Bunchy and are produced at 

 remote Bifiances from the Fruit on 

 the fame Tree. The Fruit confifis of 

 two triangular Nuts, which are in- 

 closed in a rough hairy Rind, divided 

 into four Farts. 



The Species are; 



1. Fagus, Dod. The Beaci- 

 tree. 



2. F.AGus ; foliis ex lutc§ varie- 

 gatis. The Yellow-ftrip'd Beech- 

 tree. 



3. Fagus J foliis ex aUo varie- 

 gatis. The Whitc-ltrip'd Beech- 

 tree. 



There 



