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tliere will not be a fourth Part of 

 the Qaantity of Seeds upon the 

 fame Proportion of Ground as there 

 will be in a moift Seafon :) This 

 Ground fliould be well dug and le- 

 vcll'd 5 then you fhould draw up 

 fome ot the ftraiteft and befl: co- 

 iour'd RadiJJjes (throwing away all 

 fuch as are fhort, and that branch 

 out in their Roots:) Thefe fhould 

 be planted in Rows three Feet di- 

 ftance, and two Feet afunder in 

 the Rows, obferving, if the Seafon 

 be dry, to water them until they 

 have taken Root i after which they 

 will require no farther Care but 

 only to hoe down the Weeds be- 

 tween them, until they are ad- 

 vanc'd fo high, as to fpread over 

 the Ground, when they will pre- 

 vent the Growth of Weeds. 



When the Seed begins to ripen, 

 you (liould carefully guard it againft 

 the Birds, who will otherwife de- 

 ifroy it : When it is ripe (which 

 you may know by the Pods chang- 

 ing brown) you fhould cut ;t, and 

 fpread it in the Sun to dry i after 

 which you fhould threfh it out, 

 and lay it up for Ufe, where the 

 Mice cannot come to it, otherwile 

 they will eat it up. 



The fmall round-rooted Radi/h 

 is not very common in England, 

 but in many Parts of Italy it is the 

 only Sort cultivated: The Roots 

 of this Kind are many times as 

 large as a fmall Turnip, and are ve- 

 ry fweet. This may be propaga- 

 ted in the fame manner as the 

 common Sort, but only with this 

 Difference, I'lz., That this muft 

 aiot be fown till the Beginning of 

 March, and the Plants allow'd a 

 gr^eater Diftance. The Seeds of 

 this Kind are very fubjeft to dege- 

 nerate when fav'd in England, Co 

 that it is proper to have them 

 from Abro:d e/ery Year, 



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The other round-rooted Radlflfesf 

 are rarely cultivated in England, 

 but thole who have a mind to 

 have them, may fbw them in the 

 fame manner as the laft. 



The Black SpanifJj Radiflj is only 

 cultivated for Medicinal Ufe in Eng^ 

 land: The Seeds of this may be 

 fbwn in May, and v^hen the Plants 

 come up, they fliould be hoed out, 

 fo as to leave the remaining ones 

 ten Inches or a Foot afunder i after 

 which they mull be conftantly 

 cleared from Weeds in Summer^ 

 and in Autumn they will be fit for 

 Ufe. 



RAPUNTIUM i Rampions, or 

 Cardinal's Flower. 



The Characters arej 



The Flovper conjifls of one Leafy 

 which is of an anomalous Figure, 

 hollowed like a Fipe, and furrow* J 

 or channelled, divided as it were in" 

 to many Farts, in the Shape of a> 

 Tongue, defended by a Vagina or Co^ 

 'vering, which enfolds the Fointal : 

 When the Flowers decay, the Flower- 

 cup turns to a Fruit, divided into 

 three Cells, full of fmall Seeds, which 

 adhere to a Flacenta, which is divi- 

 ded into three Farts. 

 The Species are,- 



1. Rapuntium} maximum, coc» 

 cineo, fpicato fiore. Col. in Rech» 

 Greater Rampions, with a Crimfbn- 

 fpiked Flower, commonly calVd, 

 The Scarlet Cardinal's Flower. 



2. Rapuntium y Americanum, 

 fiere dilute CAruleo. H. R. Far. The 



Blue Cardinal's Flower. 



5. Rapuntium ; Americanum, 

 virgA aureA foliis, parvo fiore cayu- 

 leo. Tourn, Cardinal's Flower, with 

 Golden-Rod Leaves, and a fmall 

 Blue Flower. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Plant growing in divers 

 Parts of America i but thofe here 

 mencion'd are all which I have ob- 



ferv'd 



