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Plants come up, which will be in 

 about three Weeks or a Month 

 after fowing, you muft, v/ith a 

 fniall Hoe, cut up all the Weeds 

 between them, and cut out the 

 Plants to about four Inches Di- 

 ilancci and as they advance, and 

 the Weeds fpring again, fo they 

 fhould, from Time to Time, be 

 hoed : And at the laft Time of 

 thinning them, they {hould be left 

 nine or ten Inches afunder at leaft. 

 If your Kind be good, the Stems 

 of the Plants will increafe to a con- 

 iiderable Bulk, juft above the Sur- 

 face of the Ground, which Part 

 Ihould be earth'd up in the Manner 

 of Celery to blanch, about a Fort- 

 night before it is us'd, and this will 

 cauie it to be very tender and 

 crifp. 



Your iecond Crop ftiould be 

 fown about three Weeks after the 

 £rft, and lo continue ibwing every 

 three Weeks or a Month 'till July; 

 after which Time it will be too 

 late for the Plants to come to any 

 Perfection. But you {hould obferve 

 to fow in April and May^ on a 

 moifter Soil than that which you 

 fow'd the iirft on . As alfo v/hat 

 you fow in the latter Part of funey 

 or the Beginning of July, Ihould 

 be fown on a drier Soil, and in a 

 warmer Situation ; becaufe this 

 Crop will not be ht for Ufe 'till 

 late in the Autumn, and therefore 

 will be fubjedt to Injuries from tco 

 much wet or cold Weather, if on 

 a moift Soil. But as the Ground 

 is very often extreme dry in Ju7ie 

 and fnly, and fo the Seeds are more 

 apt to mifcarry, or not to come 

 up, you fhould therefore obferve to 

 water and Ihadc the Beds where 

 this Seed is ibwn at that Seafon 

 until the Plants come up. 



A fmall Bed of this Plant will 

 be fuificient at each fowing for a 



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middling Family 5 and for a large 

 Family, a Bed of about twenty 

 Feet long and four Feet brcai will 

 be full enough at a Time. 



FOENUM BURGUNDIACUM; 

 'vidcy Medica Sativa. 



FOENUM GRiECUM j Fenu- 

 greek. 



The characters are ; 



It hath a papilionaceoHs Flower, 

 out of T^phofs Empalement rifes the 

 Fointaly which afterwards becomes a 

 Voil fomewhat plain, foafd like a 

 Horn, and full of Seeds, for the mofi 

 part Rhomboid or Kidvey-fiap'd. 

 The Species are j 



1. FoENUM Gr^cumj fativum, 

 C. B. Common Fenugreek. 



2. FoENUM Gr^ecum i fvlveflre. 

 C. B. Wild Fenugreek. 



3. FoENUM Gracum ; fylveftre, 

 alterum polyceration. C. B. Another 

 wild Fenugreek, with many Pods. 



There are feveral otlier Varieties 

 of this Piant, which are preferv'd 

 in curious Botanick Gardens j but 

 as they are Plants of little Ufe or 

 Beauty, fo I fhall omit mentioning 

 them here. 



The firft Sort here mention'd, is 

 that of which the Seeds are us'd in 

 Medicine. 



The other two Sorts are Varie- 

 ties which are preferv'd in fome 

 Gardens. They may be propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds ia 

 February or March upon a light 

 Soil, and in an open Expofurc. 

 The Plants, when they come up, 

 ihould be fingled out to about four 

 or five Inches Dilfance each way : 

 And the Ground fliould be con- 

 ftantly kept clear from Weeds, 

 which, if fuffcr'd to grow, would 

 foon overfpread and deftroy the 

 Plants : But ycu mufl: obferve, thefe 

 Plants will not bear traniplanting, 

 therefore they fliould be fown in 

 the Places where they are to remain. 



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