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^dly. Not to cut the Plafhes too 

 mnch J but juft fo as they may 

 bend down well, not to lay them 

 too upright, as fome do j bat to 

 lay them near to a Level, and by 

 ^ doing, the Sap will the better 

 break out at feveral Places, and 

 sot run fo much to the Ends, as 

 it will when they lie much upon 

 the Slope. 



If you have much Wood to fpare, 

 you may cut up great Part of thofe 

 that grow near the Ditch j but 

 th^en you ought to hang the Bank 

 with Bufhes, to prevent Cattle from 

 cropping them the firft Year ; thefe 

 will (hoot flrong, and fecure the 

 Hedge, keep up the Bank, and 

 thicken the Bottom of the Hedge. 

 4thly, Take Care to lay the Hedge 

 pretty thick, and turn the Beard on 

 the Ditch Side 5 but you muft not 

 let the Beard hang uncut (tho' it 

 makes a good Shew at the fird 

 making) but you muft cut off all 

 the ftraggling Boughs within half a 

 Foot of the Hedge on both Sides, 

 and this will caufe it to (Voot ftrong 

 at thefe Places, and make the Hedge 

 much the thicker. 



fthly, If the Bank be high, make 

 the Hedge fo low, that it may but 

 juft ierve for a Fence the firft Year, 

 for it will foon grow higher i and 

 the lower the Hedge is made, the 

 better the Quick will grow, and 

 alfo the thicker at the Bottom ; but 

 Care muft be taken to preferve it 

 from Cattle on the Field Side, tor 

 the firft Year that it is made. 



6thly, If you would have a good 

 Hedge'or Fence, you ihould fell it 

 often, and at every Felling root out 

 £Uer, Trai'ellers-joy ( which fome 

 C^W Bull- bme) Bnony, <^c. znd do 

 act leave too many high Standards 

 or Pollards in it, though the Blm is 

 one of the beft ; alfo too much 

 dead Wood is no: to be left in the 



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Bottom of the Hedges, for that 

 will choak the Quick ; but if there 

 be a Gap, the dead Hedge fliould 

 be made at a Diftance. 



HEDYPNOIS } Trailing crooked- 

 feeded Hawk- weed. 



The Chara^ers are ; 

 The Cup of the Ilovoer is like a, 

 firiated Column, or a Melon ; tht 

 little Leaves of the Flower -Cupt 

 when the Flojver is fallen off, em- 

 brace each of them one fingle umbi- 

 Heated Seed; but in the Middle of 

 the little Head are other naked Seeds, 

 which form an Head. 



The Species are ; 



1. Hedypnois j armua» Tourn. 

 Trailing crooked - feeded Hawk- 

 weed, or common Hedypnois, 



2. Hedypnois 5 minor, Cretica, 

 annua. Tourn. Cor. Annual Hedyp- 

 nois from Crete. 



3. Hedypnois ; annua, capite max- 

 imo. Boerh. Ind. Annual Hedypnois^ 

 with a large Head. 



Thefe Plants are feldom propa- 

 gated, except in Botanick Gardens, 

 for the Sake of Variety, as being 

 Plants of no great Beauty or Ufe. 

 The iirft and third Species are found 

 wild in the Southern Parts of 

 France^ in Spain and Italy j but the 

 fecond Sort was brought from Crete 

 by Monfieur Tournefort, Thefe may 

 all be propagated by fowing their 

 Seeds towards the latter End of 

 March, or the Beginning of April, 

 in an open Situation and a dry Soil, 

 where they may remain io flower 

 and feed, for they don't care to be 

 tranlplanted : The Diftance which 

 thefe Plants fhould be allov/ed, muft 

 not be lefs than a Foot ; and if the 

 Soil be good, <i Foot and an half 

 aiunder will be full little enough, 

 tor they are very apt to fpread to 

 a great Diftance, and their Branches 

 trailing upon the Ground, would 

 occaiion their rotting, were th'-y 



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