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be conftantly kept clean from Weeds, 

 and in dry Weather fliould be wa- 

 tered, which will greatly promote 

 their Growth} and the Michaelmas 

 following they fhould be tranfplanted 

 into an Eali Border, at about eight 

 or ten Inches Diftance, where they 

 may continue until they flower, 

 which, in the fmall Sorts, will be 

 the luccecding Spring : but the 

 large Sorts will not flower till the 

 third Year from fowing, when 

 you may mark all liich as produce 

 valuable Flowers, which at Michael- 

 7nas may be tranfplanted into the 

 Garden ^ but thofe which are of 

 little Beauty may be puli'd up in 

 flower, and thrown away, to give 

 the better Sorts more Room. 



IRISBULBOSA;> ., ^r- u- 



IRlSPERSICAiS^'^^'^^P^^^"^- 



ISATIS ; Woad. 



The Characiers are ,• 



The slower confifts of four Leaves, 

 which are difpos'd in Form of a Crofs ; 

 out of rohofe Flower-cup rifes the 

 Fointal, which afterwards turns to a 

 Fruit in the Shape of a Tongue, flat 

 at the Edge, gaping two Ways, ha- 

 ,'ving but one Cell, in which is con- 

 tain'd, for the mofl part, one oblong 

 Seed. 



The Species are ■■, 



1. IsATis j fativa, five latifolia. 

 C. B. Broad-leav'd manured PCoad. 



2. IsATisj fylvejiris, vel angujli- 

 folia. C. B, Narrow-leav'd vvrild 

 M^oad. 



3. IsATis ; Balmatica, major. 

 Bobart. Greater Dalmatian M'oad, 



There are fome other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'd 

 in fome curious Botanick Gardens; 

 but as they are Plants of little Ufe 

 or Beauty, fo I fiiall omit mention- 

 ing them here. 



The firil Sort is that which is 

 cultivated in England, for the Uie 



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of Dyers, who uie it for laying the 

 Foundation of many Colours, efpc- 

 cially all Sad-colours. 



It is a very rich Commodity, 

 and well worth the propagating, 

 which is done by Seed. 



The Soil that it requires, is one 

 that is dry and warm : it will not 

 be amifs if it be a little gravelly or 

 iandy ; and it fhould have refted 

 long, to be in good Heart ; and the 

 richeft Garden Ground near great 

 Towns is the beft, tho' it will do 

 well in many other Places. 



Woad is commouly fown upon a 

 Lay, which they plough into high 

 Ridges, except the Land be very 

 dry; and they harrow the Turf 

 till they break it to Pieces, and 

 pick out all the Grafs, Weeds and 

 Lumps of Earth, and fling them 

 into the Furrows to rot. 



The Land for this Seed ought to 

 be finely plough'd and harrow'd, 

 and all the Clods and Turfs broke, 

 and the Stones pick'd up and carry 'd 

 off. 



The befl: Time for fowing it, is 

 the Latter-end of Julyy foon after 

 the Seed is ripe, which will come 

 up in Augufi, and mull be lioe'd 

 out as is pradtis'd to Turnips, leaving 

 the Plants ten or twelve Inches 

 afunder ; by which means they will 

 grow ftrong, and . produce much 

 larger Leaves :. And belides, that 

 fown at this Seafon doth feldom 

 mifcarry ; whereas that which is 

 fown in the Spring will be very 

 liable thereto; and if it doth not, 

 the Plant will not have half the 

 Strength the fir ft Summer. 



It ought to be kept conftantly 

 weeded; but if it come up good, 

 it will need the lefs weeding: The 

 ordinary Price of weeding is Eight 

 Shillings per Acre. 



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