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MOULD, theGoodnefs of which 

 may be known by the Sight, Smell, 

 and Touch. 



Firji, by the Sight. Thofe Moulds 

 that are of a bright Chefnut or Ha- 

 zelly Colour are accounted the beftj 

 of this Colour are the beft Loams, 

 and alfb the befl natural Earth i and 

 this will be the better yet, if it 

 cut like Butter, and does not flick 

 obftinately, but is fliort, tolerably 

 light, breaking into fmall Clods, is 

 fweet, will be tempered without 

 crufting or chapping in dry Weather, 

 or turning to Mortar in wet. 



The next to thar, the dark-grey 

 and rulTct Moulds are accounted the 

 bed: The light and dark Afli Colour 

 are reckon'd the worll:, flich as are 

 ufually found on common or heathy 

 Ground j the clear tawncy is by no 

 Means to be approved ; but that of 

 a yellowifli red Colour is accounted 

 the worft of all i this is commonly 

 founJ in wild and wade Parts of 

 the Country, and, for the moif part, 

 produces nothing but Gofs, Furz,, 

 and Fern, according as its Bot- 

 tom is more or lets of a liglht and 

 fandy, or of a fpewy Gravel or 

 clayey Nature. 



Secondly, by the Smell. All Lands 

 tliat ave good and whoUbme, will, 

 after Rain or breaking up by the 

 Spade, emit a good Smell. 



Thirdly, by the Touch, By this 

 Means v/e may dil^over whether 

 it confifts of Sublbnces intiiely 

 arenaceous or clammy, or, accord- 

 ing as It exprcis'd by Mr. F-xjclyn, 

 whether it be tender, fatty, deter- 

 iive, or llippery, or more harlh, 

 gritty, porous, or friable. 



That being always the beH: that 

 is between the two Exurcams, and 

 does not contain the two different 

 Qualities of Ibfr and hard mix'd, 

 or muift and dry, of churlilh and 



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mild, that is, neither too untftuous 

 or too lean, but fuch as will eafily 

 diflblve ; of a jull Confiftence, be- 

 tween Sand and Clay, and fuch as 

 will not flick to the Spade or Fingers 

 upon every Flafli of Rain. 



A Loam or Brick Mould is not to 

 be difapprov'd, as requiring little 

 Help or Improvement but the Spade, 

 and is efteemed both by the Gar- 

 dener and Florifl. 



MULBERRY i •z;/W^ Morus. 



MULLEIN 5 vide Verbafcum. 



MUSA : The Plantain-Tree. 

 The Characters are j 



Mufa is a kind of Plant with a 

 folypetalous, anomalous Flowery the 

 upper Petal is excavated or hollowed 

 like a little Boat, ami divided into 

 three at the Summit ,• the hither one 

 is concave, but the inward one pel- 

 la ted, or in the Form of a Crefcent 

 or Half-moon Shield, and accompanied 

 with two little narrow-pointed Leaves : 

 The Calyx pajfes into a Cucumber" 

 fjap'd truit, that is [oft, jiefl}y, co- 

 vered with a Skin, divided, as it were^ 

 into three Loculaments, in which 

 there appear, as it were, fome KU" 

 diments of Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. MusA j fruchi CHCumerino, Ion" 

 giori. Flum. Nov. Gen. The Plan- 

 tain-Tree, vidgo. 



%. MusAi candice maculatOy fru^ 

 ciu recto, rotundo, breviore, odorato* 

 Sloan. Cat. The Banana - Tree, 

 vulgo. 



Thefe Plants are very common 

 in the Eafi and M^ eft- Indies, as alfo 

 in mofl hot Countries of the World. 

 They are carefully cultivated by the 

 Planters in the IVejt -Indies, who 

 plant 'em in low, rich Ground, by 

 the Sides of Gullies, where they 

 produce Fruit moll: Parts of the 

 Year. In England they are only 

 picfcrvcd as Curioiitics, where they 



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