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Compoft, becaufe Hops delight mod 

 in a Manure that is cool and 

 moid:. 



Some recommend Chalk or Lime 

 as the beft Manure, except in cold 

 Lands, and in fuch, Pigeons Dung 

 will do beft ; a little of which laid 

 to a Hill, and lb mix'd that it may 

 not be too hot in a Place, h of 

 great Advantage. 



LUTEOLA 5 Weld, Would, Yel- 

 low-weed, or Dyers- weed. 

 The Characters are i 



The Leaves etre oblong and in- 

 tire j it hath an anomalous Floi»er, 

 conJJJiing of many dijjhnilar Leaves ; 

 the Fruit is globular, hollow, and 

 divided into three Parts, 

 The Species are , 



1 . LuTEOLA J herb a, Salicis folio. 

 C. B. P, Common Weld. 



2, LuTEOLA j 7ninima FolygaU 

 folio. D. da Bois. Rail Syn. Smal- 

 left Weld, with a Milk- wort Leaf. 



The firft of theic Plants is very 

 common in England, growing up- 

 on dry Banks and the Tops of 

 Walls and Buildings almoft every 

 where ; but the fecond Sort is ve- 

 ry rare : This was found near Tun- 

 bridge-Wells by Charles du Bois, 

 Elc|i feveral Years fince. 



The common IVcld is accounted 

 a rich Dyer's Commodity, and is 

 of great Advantage, conlidering 

 the imali Expence of its Culture : 

 It will grow upon the pooreft Sort 

 of Land, provided it be dry, though 

 upon a middling Soil it v/ill grow 

 much larger. The Seeds of this 

 Plant fhould be fovvn the Begin- 

 ning of Augujl, ibon after ripej 

 v/hen it will come up with the firft 

 moift Weather, and will grow ve- 

 ry ftrong the fame Autmnn^ provi- 

 ded it be fown by itfelf, for moft 

 People fow it with Corn, which 

 is very wrong, for that hinders 

 it% Progrefs greatly, and occafions 



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the Lofs of one whole Year. When 

 the Plants are come up pretty 

 ftrong, you ftiould hoe them (as is 

 pradfis'd with Turnips) in order to 

 deftroy the Weeds, as alfo to cut 

 up the Plants where they grow 

 too thick, which will greatly im- 

 prove them j and the lucceeding 

 Spring, if the Ground produces ma- 

 ny Weeds, you fliould give it a fe- 

 cond Hoeing in April, which will 

 prelerve it clean from Weeds ; for 

 after that the IVeld will grow, and 

 prevent the Weeds from coming 

 to a Head afterwards. 



You muft be very cautious in 

 the Gathering of it, that the Seed 

 be not over-ripe, fb as to fall out, 

 and that neither the Stalk or Seed 

 be under-ripe J becaufe if it be, 

 both will be fpoil'd. It muft be 

 pull'd up and bound in little Hand- 

 fuls, and fet to dry, as you do 

 Flax, and then houfe it carefully, 

 that you Ihake not out the Seed, 

 which is calily beat out, and fliould 

 be fown (as was before diredted) 

 foon after it is ripe. 



This Seed is commonly fold for 

 about Ten Shillings per Bufhel, or 

 more J a Gallon of which will fbvv 

 an Acre, for it is very fmall. 



There are fome who recom- 

 mend the fowing this Seed in the 

 Spring, mixing it with a Crop of 

 Barley or Oats, and only harrow 'd 

 in with a Bufti, or rolled with a 

 Roller. But this is not a good 

 Method ; for the Barley or Oats 

 will ftarve the M'eld, and make it 

 very poor : And, many times, the 

 Seeds which are fown in the 

 Spring, do not grow, or not come 

 up, till the Autumn following j 

 whereas that fown in the Begin- 

 ning of Augujl, rarely fails to 

 come up fbon after; and will be 

 much ftrongcr, and fit to pull the 

 fucceeding Summer, when the o- 



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