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Vicvcf fovv the Seeds of the latter, 

 if they can procure thofe of the 

 firft Sort, there being a great Dii"- 

 ference in the Size of the Head, or 

 principal Part of the Leek i but 

 whether by long cultivating they 

 jTJay not alter, I cannot politivciy 

 affirm, having never fown the Seeds 

 of the latter Sort above one Year. 



Thefe Plants are cultivated by 

 lowing their Seeds in the Spring, 

 jn the lame manner as was directed 

 for Onkns, with which thefe are 

 commonly fown, the two Sorts of 

 3eeds being mix'd according to the 

 Proportion which is defir'd of 

 either Sort; tho' the moft common 

 Method is, to mix an equal Quan- 

 tity of both, for the Onions will 

 greatly out-grow the Leeks in the 

 Spring j but thefe being drawn oif 

 in July, the Leeks will have time 

 to grow large afterwards, i^o that 

 there may be a moderate Crop of 

 both Sorts. The Management of 

 Leeks being exadiy the fame with 

 Onions^ I {hall not repeat it in this 

 Place, but fhall only add, that many 

 Perfons do fow their Leeks very 

 thick in Beds in the Spring ; and 

 in June, after feme of their early 

 Crops are taken off, they dig up 

 the Ground and plant their Leeks 

 out thereon, in Rows a Foot apart, 

 and fix Inches afundcr in the Rows, 

 obi'crving to water them until they 

 have talcen Root; after which they 

 will require no farther Culture, but 

 tx) cltar the Ground from Weeds: 

 The Leeks thus planted, will grow 

 tiP a great S:ze, provided the Ground 

 be good; and this Method is veiy 

 proper for fuch Pcribns who have 

 little Room. 



If you would fave the Seeds of 

 this Phnr, you fhould make Choice 

 of {x.mz of the largell and bell you 

 have, which mult remain in the 

 PJace where they grew, until le- 



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braarj j when they fhould be tranfi 

 planted in a Row againfi: a warm 

 Hedge, Pale or Wall, at about eight 

 Inches afunder 5 and when their 

 Stems advance, they fhould be fup- 

 portcd by a String, to prevent their 

 being broke down, to which they 

 are very liable, efpecially when in 

 Head, and thccloier they are drawn 

 to the Fence, in Autumn, the bet- 

 ter the Seeds will ripen ; for it 

 fometimes happens, in cold Sum- 

 mers or Autumns, that thofe which 

 grow in the open Garden, do not 

 pcrfe6l their Seeds in this Country, 

 efpecially if there fhould be fliarp 

 Frofts early in Autumn, which will 

 intircly fpoil the Seed. 



When it is ripe, (which may be 

 known by the Heads changing 

 brownj you iliould cut off their 

 Heads with about a Foot or more 

 of the Stalk to each, and tie them 

 in Bundles, three or four Heads in 

 each, and hang them up in a dry 

 Platre, where they may remain till 

 Chrijlmas, or after, when you may 

 thrath out the Seeds for Ufe. The 

 Husk of thefe Seeds is very tough, 

 which r-nders it very difficult to 

 get out the Seeds, therefore fome 

 Perlbns who have but a fmall Quan- 

 tity, do rub it hard againll a rough 

 Tile, whicli will break the Husks, 

 and get the Seeds out better than 

 moll other Methods I have known 

 u(cd. 



PORTULACA: Purflane. 

 The Char net ers are ; 



The Flower conjijls of many Lea,ics^ 

 which expantl in Form of a Role; out 

 of whofe Florper-cup (which confifls of 

 one Leaf) arifes the Fointal, which, 

 together with the Fjower-cup, be- 

 comes a Fruit for the mofl part Oval, 

 full of fmall Seeds, und furniflyd 

 with I wo shells or Husks at top; of 

 which the outer one, which was th.e 

 Fart of the Flower-c.'l' thut was fplit 



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