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they (liould eat it down too low, 

 which would deftroy the Roots i 

 nor Ihould they ever be fuffer'd to 

 remain upon it longer than the 

 Middle of March j after which Time 

 it (hould be let grow for a Crop, 

 which will be fit to cut the latter 

 End of Mdy j and if you do not 

 feed it, there will be a fecond Crop 

 by the End oi July following, fo 

 that you may have two Crops every 

 Year, beiides the Advantage of 

 feeding it down in Winter and 

 Spring i and if you obferve to ftir 

 the Ground betwixt the Rows, 

 after every Cutting, (as was direded 

 for the Medico) it will be of great 

 Service to the Roots, and occalion 

 the Shoots to be much ftronger 

 than if wholly negleded, as is the 

 common Pradlice. . 



This Sort of Hay is excellently 

 good for Horfes, and is efteem'd 

 one of the bed Sorts of Food for 

 mofl: Cattle, efpeciaily in the Spring, 

 there being no Danger attending it, 

 as there is in Clo'ver, and fome 

 other Sorts of Fodder j it breeds 

 abundance of Milk, and the Butter 

 that is made of it is very good. 



And alt ho' it is fo common in 

 many Parts of EngU?idy yet a few 

 Plants of the deep-red flov/er'd Sort, 

 when difpos'd in large Borders of 

 the Pleaflive-Garden, do afford an 

 agreeable Variety : The Flowers, 

 which are of a beautiful red Colour, 

 being colle<Sted into a long SpiKe, 

 and continuing a long Time in 

 Beauty, do make a very pretty Mix- 

 ture amongft other Flowers in the 

 Borders of large Gardens, where 

 there is Room j and the Roots will 

 abide fevers^ Years without renew- 

 ing, requiring very little Culture, 

 being extreme hardy, in refped: to 

 Heat or Gold, provided they ar« 

 planted upoa a dry Soil 



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The third Sort is annual ,• nor 

 are the Flowers ib beautiful as 

 thofe of the former Sort, for 

 which Reafon it is feldom culti- 

 vated, except in Botanick Gardens, 

 for Variety. This may be fown 

 in the Begmning of March upon a 

 light frefli Soil, where the Plants 

 will come up in April, and will 

 require no farther Care but to clear 

 'em from Weeds : The Seeds will 

 ripen in Auguji, when they Ihould 

 be gather'd, and prelerv'd for fow- 

 ing the liicceeding Spring. 



OPULUS: The Gelder Rofe. 

 The Chara^erj arej 



The Leaves are Like thofe of the 

 Maple- Tree : The Flovoers confiji of 

 one Leaf, which expands in a circular 

 Rofe Form, and is divided at tht 

 Top into five Tarts i theje are coi- 

 led ed [for the mofl part} in Form of 

 an Urrtbel, the largefi of vphich groto 

 on the Oiitfidey and are barren ; 

 hut thofe in the Middle are fruitful 

 producing red Berries, in each of 

 ■which is contain' d one flat Heart- 

 fljap'd Seed. 



The Species are; 



I. QpuLusi Ruelli. Marfh Elder, 

 or Gelder Role, with flat Flowers. 



z. OruLusi Jiore globofo. Tourn. 

 The Gelder, or Gelderland Role. 



3. Opulus ; fiore globofo, folio va- 

 riegato. The Gelder Role, with 

 ftrip'd Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in moift Woods in i^jwers 

 Parts of England, but is feldom 

 cultivated in Gardens j though, if 

 the Soil be moift in which this 

 Tree be planted, it will aiford a 

 very agreeable Profpedl, both in 

 the Sealbn when it is in Flower, 

 and alio in the Autumn when the 

 Fruit is ripe, which generally grows 

 in large Clufters, and is of a beau- 

 tiful red Colour : So tlut where a 

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