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The Species are ; 



1. Milium; femine luteo. C. B. 

 P. Yellow or Common Millet. 



2. Milium; femine albo. C. B. 

 P. Millet, with a white Seed. 



3. MiLivM I, femine nigra, C. B. 

 P. Millet, with a black Seed. 



4. Milium ; Arundinaceum, fub- 

 rotundo femine., Sorgo nominatum, 

 C. B. P. Reed-like Millet, with 

 round ifh Seeds, commonly call' d Soi- 

 go oy* Guiney Corn. 



There are fbme other Varieties 

 of thefe Plants which chiefly differ 

 in the Colour of their Seeds, which 

 will be to little Purpofe to enume- 

 rate in this Place, thofe here men- 

 tion'd being the principal Sorts 

 which I have obferv'd growing in 

 JEngUnd. 



The three firfl Sorts are Varie- 

 ties of each other, and only differ 

 in the Colour of their Seeds, which 

 Difference will arife from the fame 

 Seeds very often ; but the Yellow 

 is always preferr'd, though the 

 White is no way inferior to it, 

 but the Black Sort is efteem'd lit- 

 tle worth. 



Thefe Plants were originally 

 brought from the Eafiern Coun- 

 tries, where they are flill greatly 

 cultivated, from Vv^hence we are 

 furniflied annually with this Grain, 

 which is by many Perfons greatly 

 efteem'd for Puddings, <^c. Theie 

 are never cultivated in England, but 

 by way of Curioiity in Imali Gar- 

 dens, where the Seeds do generally 

 ripen very well. 



They muft be fbwn the Begin- 

 ning of April upon a warm dry 

 Soil, bat not too thick, becaule 

 thele Plants divide into fcveral 

 Branches, and ftiould have much 

 Room ; and when they come up, 

 they fhould be clear'd from Weeds, 

 after which they will, in a fhort 

 time, get the better of them, and 



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prevent their future Growth. In 

 -4;i^«y? thefe Seeds will ripen, when 

 it muft be cut down and beaten 

 out, as is pra£lis'd for other Grain. 



The Guiney Corn arifes common- 

 ly to be ten or twelve Feet high, 

 and has jointed Stalks like the 

 Reed ; upon the Tops of which 

 the Panicles are produc'd, which 

 are very large, as are alfb the 

 Grains. This Sort will come up 

 very well, if fown as the former, 

 but feldom perfects its Seeds with 

 us, except the Seafbn be very 

 warm. 



MILLEFOLIUM i Yarrow, Mil- 

 foil, or Nofe-bleed. 



There are feveral Sorts of this 

 Plant, which are cultivated in Bota- 

 nick Gardens for Variety; but as 

 they are rarely propagated for Ufe, 

 1 fhall pafs them over without na- 

 ming them, and only obferve, that 

 the common Sort, v/hich grows 

 in great Plenty upon dry Banks in 

 moft Parts of England, is that 

 which is order'd for Medicinal 

 Ufe. 



MIMOSA : The Senfitive Plant. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confifis of one Leaf 

 Tphich is fljafd like a Tunnel, having 

 many Stamina in the Center: Thefe 

 Flowers are collecied into a round 

 Head: From the Bottom of the 

 Flower rifes the Piflillum, which af- 

 terwards becomes an oblong, fiat, 

 jointed Fod, which opens both ways, 

 and contains in each Partition ont 

 roundiflj Seed. 



I'he Species are ; 



I. Mimosa; feu frutex fenjibilis, 

 Toptrn. The common Senlitivc 

 Plant. 



1. Mimosa; humilis, frutefcens, 

 (§-> fpi?7ofa, filiquis conglobatis. Flum. 

 Dwarf Shrubby Humble Plant, ha- 

 ving Thorns, and the Pods grow- 

 mg together in Bunches, 



3. Mi-' 



