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near London^ fome of whom do al- 

 io mix Leeks, Onions y and Lettuce 

 with their Farjhips : Bat this I 

 think very wrong j for it is not 

 pofTible that fo many different Sorts 

 can thrive well together, except 

 they are allowed a confiderable Di- 

 ilance i and if fo. it will be equally 

 the fame to fow the different 

 Sorts feparate. However, Carrots 

 and Tarfnips! may be fown together 

 very well, efpecially where the 

 Carrots are delign'd to be drawn 

 off young J becaufe the Par/nips do 

 generally fpread moft towards the 

 latter-end of Summer, which is 

 after the Carrots are gone ; fo that 

 there may be a double Crop upon 

 the fame Ground. 



When the Plants are come up, 

 you fliould hoe them out, leaving 

 them about ten Inches or a Foot 

 afunder ; obferving at the fame time 

 to cut up all the Weeds, which, it 

 permitted to grow, would foon 

 over-bear the Plants, and choak 

 'em: This mufl: be repeated three 

 or four times in the Spring, accor- 

 ding as you find the Weeds grow : 

 but in the latter-part of Summer, 

 when the Plants are fo flrong as to 

 cover the Ground, they will pre- 

 vent the Growth of Weeds; fo 

 that after that Seafon they will re- 

 quire no farther Care. 



When the Leaves begin to de- 

 cay, the Roots may be dug up for 

 Ule, before which time they are 

 ieldom well-tafted ; nor are they 

 good for much late in the Spring, 

 after they are fhot out again : fo 

 that thofe who would preferve 

 thefe Roots for Spring Ufe, fhould 

 dig them up in the Beginning of 

 Tebruary, and bury them in Sand, 

 in a dry Place, where they will re- 

 main good until the middle of 

 Atril, or later. 



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If you intend to fave the Seeds 

 of this Plant, you fliould make 

 choice of fome of the longeft, 

 flraitefl, and largcft Roots, which 

 fhould be planted about two Feet 

 afunder, in fome Places where they 

 may be defended from the flrong 

 South and Weft Winds ; for the 

 Stems of thefe Plants do common- 

 ly grow to a great Height, and arc 

 very fubjcft to be broken by flrong 

 Winds, if expos'd thereto: They 

 fliould be conftantly kept clear from 

 Weeds ; and if the Seafon fhould 

 prove very dry, you muft give 

 them fome Water twice a Week, 

 which will caufe *em to produce a 

 greater Quantity of Seeds i which 

 will be much ftronger than if they 

 were wholly negle£led. Toward 

 the latter End of Augufl, or the 

 Beginning ot Septemhr^ the Seeds 

 will be ripe, at which Time you 

 fhould carefully cut off the Heads, 

 and fpread them upon a coarfo 

 Cloth for two or three Days to 

 dry ; after which, the Seeds fhould 

 be beaten off, and put up for Ufe : 

 But you mufl never trufl to thefe 

 Seeds after they are a Year old, for 

 they will feldom grow beyond that 

 Age. 



The third Sort is preferv'd in 

 Botanick Gardens, amongft fome 

 other Sorts of thefe Plants, for Va- 

 riety, but is feldom propagated for 

 Ufe: This is by many fuppos'd to 

 be the Fanaces Syriacum of the 

 Antients, from whence the Opopo- 

 nax is taken, which is fuppos'd to 

 be the concrete Juice ot this Plant : 

 As is the A[a fxtida, fuppos'd to 

 be the concrete Juice of one Spe- 

 cies of this Plant. 



All thefe Sorts may be cultivated 

 by fowing their Seeds early in the 

 Spring, or in Autumn foon after 

 they are ripe, and fhould be ma- 



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