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"Weeks or a Month. When yiSii 

 gather the Seed, it ihould not be 

 expos'd to the Sun, but fpread to 

 dry in a fliady Phce; after which, 

 you muft put it up vvhere the 

 Vermin can't come to it, until the 

 Time of fbwing it. 



By this Method of lowing Seeds 

 every Year, you will not only in- 

 €reale your Stock of Roots, but 

 alfb raife new Varieties, which 

 may be greatly mended by chang- 

 ing the Seeds into frefh Ground; 

 for if a Perfon continually fows 

 his Seed in the fame Garden, ma- 

 ny Years, they will not produce 

 near fo fine Flowers, as if he pro- 

 cured his Seeds at fome Diftance,- 

 which is alfo the Cafe with moft 

 other Plants. 



It will alfo be necefTary to take 

 away all the Earth out of the Beds 

 in which the Roots were blown 

 the precedent Year, and put in new, 

 if you intend to plant RanunculHs's 

 there again; otherwife they will 

 not thrive near fo well, notwith- 

 ilanding you may add ibme new 

 Compoft to the Beds: And this is 

 what all the curious Florifts do 

 continually obferve. 



RAPAi Turnip. 



The Chmraciers are; 



The Flower con/ijh of four Leaves, 

 Tifihich Are plac'J in Torra of a Crofs ; 

 out of the Flower-cup rifes the Poin- 

 tal, which afterwards turns to a 

 Tody divided into two Cells by an in- 

 termediate Partition, to which the 

 Valve: adhere on both Sides, and are 

 full of rcundifl) Seeds : To thefe Marks 

 mujl be added, A carneous and tube- 

 rofe Root, 



The Species are; 



I. Kataj fatha, rotunda, radicf 

 Candida. C. B. P. Round Garden 

 Turnip, with a white Root. 



2,. KAVAifativa, rotunda, radlce 

 ftcpra terram viridi, Boerh, Indr 



R A 



Round Garden Turnip, whofe Rotft 

 is green above Ground. 



5. Kava; fativa, rotundfii radice 

 punicta. C. B. P. Round Garden 

 Turnip, v/ith a piirple Root. 



4. Rapa ,' fativa, rotunda, radice 

 obfoletc nigricante. C. B. P. Rourfti 

 Garden Turnip; with a rufty black 

 Root. 



5*. Rapa ; fativa, rotunda, radice 

 foris ^ tntus Jlavefcente. C. B. P. 

 Round Garden Turnip, with a yel- 

 low Root both wrthin and with- 

 out. 



6. Rap A ; radice oblenga, feu fi,- 

 mina. C. B. P. Oblong or Female 

 Turnip. 



There are fomc other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which differ in the 

 Shape or Colour of theif Roots ; 

 but as they are only feminal Varia- 

 tions, io it would be necdlefs to 

 enumerate them in this Place, fincc 

 it is the firft and third Sort here 

 mention'd, which are chiefly culti- 

 vated for the Table in England. 

 The yellow Sort, and that with 

 long Roots, were formerly more 

 cultivated than at prefent ; for it is 

 now very rare to (ee either of 

 thefe brought to the Markets, 

 though, fome Years fince, they 

 were fold in as great Plenty as the 

 common round Sort. 



Turnips delight in a light, (andy 

 Soil, which muft not be rich, for 

 in a rich Soil they grow rank and 

 are fticky; but if it be moid they 

 will thrive the better, cfpecially in 

 a frefli Land, where they are al- 

 ways Iweetcr than upon an old 

 v/orn-out Soil. 



The common Seafon tor fowing 

 of Turnips is any time from the 

 Beginning of Jidy to the Middle 

 of Auguft, or a little later ; tho' it 

 is not advifeable to fow them 

 much after, becaufe if the Au- 

 tumn fhould not prove very mild, 



they 



