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them to Korfes, in their Provender, 

 that are troubled with Coughs, or 

 are Short winded, in both which 

 Diftempers they are fuppofcd to be 

 very good. 



HIPPOLAPATHUM i 'vUe La- 

 pathum. 



HIPPOSEUNUM i vide Smyr- 

 neuni. 

 HIRUNDARI A ; I'ule Afclcpias. 

 HOLLOW ROOT j v'ule Fu- 

 maria. 



HOLLY HOCKS i vide Malva 

 rofea. 



HOLLY 5 vide Aquifolium. 

 HONEY-SUCKLE j vide Capri- 

 folium. 



HOPS i vide Lupulus. 

 HORDEUM. Barley. 

 The Characters are; 

 It hath n thick Spike; the Calixy 

 Husk, Awn and Flower^ are like 

 thofe of Wheat or Rye, but the 

 Avpns are rough j the Seed is fuelling 

 in the Middle^ and for the mojl part 

 ends in a fljarp Foint, to which the 

 HMsks are clofely united. 

 The Species are ; 

 I . HoRDEUM ; dlfilchum. Ger. 

 Common long-car'd Barley. 



^. HoRDEUM ; polyflichum, vel 

 hybernujn. Tark. Winter or Square 

 Barley, or Bear Barley ,• by ibme 

 call'd Big. 



5. HoRDEUM ; difiichum, fpica 

 hre-viore ^ latiori, granis confertis. 

 R-iii. Sprat Barley, or Battle-door 

 Barley. 



There arc fome other Varieties 

 of Barley of lefs Note; but thefe 

 here mention'd are preferred for 

 Ufe, as being the moft profttable 

 Sorts : Tlie firfl: and third Sorts are 

 commonly cultivated in England i 

 but the fecond is rarely to be 

 feen near London, though I think 

 it much preferable to the other 

 two, as producing a larger Seed 

 aad very full thick Spike.. 



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The Manner of propagating thefe 

 being fo well known to every Far- 

 mer, it would be needlefs to men* 

 tion any thing of that Kind in this 

 Place, 



HORIZONTAL SHELTERS, 

 have by fome Perfons been greatly- 

 recommended to prefer vc Fruit- 

 Trees from Blights 5 but with hov/ 

 little Reaion, or upon what flight 

 Experiments, every one v/ho has 

 ever made ufe oi them, will ealily 

 judge j efpecially thofe which arc 

 contrived by placing Tiles in the 

 Wall at certain Diftances, nothing 

 being more obvious than that Ve- 

 getables, when prevented from re- 

 ceiving the Benefit of Dews, Rains, 

 Or. thofe kindly Benefits of Heaven, 

 do grow weak, languid, and at iafi: 

 entirely decay : And iince from 

 vaft Numbers of Experiments which 

 have been lately made, we find that 

 Trees imbibe great Quantities of 

 Nourifhment through the Pores of 

 their Leaves and Branches, where- 

 by they are rendred vigorous and 

 healthy, even in iuch Seafons, and 

 upon iiich Soils, where one would 

 think it impoffible they fliould re- 

 ceive much Nouiifliment from the 

 Earth ; fo to deprive them of this 

 Advantage, is no lefs than deflroy- 

 ing them ; though perhaps if the 

 Trees are vigorous, it may not be 

 effeded fuddenly, but there will 

 be very vifible Signs of Decay on 

 them daily, and a few Years will 

 put a Period to their Lives, as I 

 have more than once oblerved^ 

 where fuch Walls were built. 



The only Sort of theie Shelters 

 which I have ever obferved ufeful 

 for Fruit-Trees, was made with 

 two Leaves of Slit Deal, joia'd 

 over each other and painted, this 

 being fixed upon the Top of the 

 Wall with PuUies,, to draw up and 

 down, at Pleafurc,. formed a. fort ot 

 Penthoufe, 



