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cn dijfeyent Tlants; the Male 'Elo'Xi' 

 ers cmjifi of a Calix divided into 

 five Farts, which furronnds the Sta- 

 ■mina, but has no petals to the 

 IFlower i the Female Tlants have 

 their Tloroers colleBed into fquamofe 

 Heads, which grow in Bunches i 

 from each of the leafy Scales is pro- 

 duced an horned Ovary, which be- 

 comes a fmgle roundiflj Seed, 

 The Species are ; 



1. LuPULus ; mds. C.B.F. The 

 Male Hop> commonly call'd, The 

 Wild Hop. 



2. LupuLusi fcemina. C, B. P. 

 The Female or manur'd Hop. 



Of this laft Sort, the People 

 who cultivate them, reckon three 

 different Varieties j as firfi. The 

 long and fquare Garlick Hop, the 

 long White Hop, and the Oval Hop j 

 all which are indifferently cultiva- 

 ted in England: But of the Male 

 Hep, there has been no Notice ta- 

 ken of any different Varieties. 

 This Sort grove's wild in Hedges 

 in divers Parts of England, but is 

 never cultivated, as being of no 

 Ufe. ■■'■' 



There being the greateft Planta- 

 tion of Hops in Kent that are in 

 any County in England, it is very 

 probable that thefr Method of 

 planting and ordering them Thould 

 be the beft. 



As for the Choice of their Hop- 

 Grounds, they eflcem the richcff 

 and ftronseft Grounds as the raoft 

 proper ,• they chufe a warm dry 

 Soil, that has a good Depth of ha^- 

 zel Mould, and if it be rocky 

 within two or three Feet of the 

 Surface, the Hops will profper well, 

 but they will by no means thrive on 

 a ftiff Ciay, or ipungy wet Land. 



If it may be, chufe a Piece of 

 Meadow or Lay-Ground to plant 

 Hops on, iiich as has not been till'd 

 or fown fqr many Years, or j^n 



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old decay'd Orchard j for Land th|t 

 is worn out by long bearing of 

 Corn will require abundance of 

 Dung to bring it into any tolera- 

 ble Condition to bear a Crop o£ 

 Hops. 



They acceunting new Land beft 

 for Hops, the Kentijh Planters plant 

 their Hop-Gardens with Apple-trees 

 at a large Diftance, and with Cher- 

 ry-trees betweciu that when the 

 Land hath done its beft tor Hops, 

 which they reckon it will in about 

 ten Years, the Trees may begin to 

 bear : The Cherry-trees laft about 

 thirty Years i and by that Time 

 the Apple-trees are large, they cue 

 down the Cherry-trees. 



The EJfex Planters account a 

 moory Land the propereft for Hops, 

 tho' there are feveral other Sorts of 

 Soil that are efteem'd very good. ' 



Some account that Land that 

 has a ■ roffelly Top, and a brick- 

 earthy Bottom, the beft: A true 

 RolTel or light Land is what they 

 generally plant in, whether it be 

 white or black. 



Moory Land is of different Sorts j 

 fbme being fix'd and heavy, fo as 

 to crack in Summery and fome fb 

 light, that in dry Seafons it will 

 blow away with the Wind ; and 

 fome are of a middle ConUftencc, 

 being compos'd of both. 



Thefe Moors, for Goodnefs and 

 Value, are according to the Nature 

 and Goodnefs of the Soil that is 

 underneath them ; which being 

 flung up upon the Surface, will 

 make a very good Mixture, it be- 

 ing beft to fling the under Soil 

 downward for Hops, becaufe they 

 naturally root downwards, fome- 

 times four or five Yards deep, and 

 therefore the deepeft anjd richefl; 

 Soil is beft for them. •■ ' ;• 



Few are acquainted with the 

 Value of Moors, becaufe they dp 



not 



