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the following Spring, in order to 

 be fown. 



The firfl:, third, and fourth Sorts 

 are the bcft worth cultivating, 

 their Pods being large and more 

 viiible than the other, and are more 

 in Form of a Caterpillar. 



SCORZONERA i ViperVGrafs. 

 The Characters are i 



It hath a femi-fiofcalous Flower, 

 confining of many half Florets, which 

 re/i Hpon the Embryo's, rohich are in- 

 cluded in one common Empalement, 

 which is fcaley : The Embryo's do af- 

 terxoards become oblong Seeds, mhich 

 are furnifh'd with Down. 

 The Species are; 



1. ScoRZONERA j latlfoUa, finua- 

 ta. C. B. P. Common or broad- 

 leav'd Viper's-Grafs, with an inden- 

 ted Leaf. 



2. ScoRZONERA ; UtifoHa, altera. 

 C. B. F. Another broad-leav'd Vi- 

 per's- Grafs. 



5, ScoRZONERA ; laciniatis folHs. 

 Tourn. Viper's-Grafs, with jagged 

 Leaves. 



The firfl of thefe Sorts is what 

 the College of Phyiicians have di- 

 refted for Medicinal Ufe : And it 

 is alio cultivated for the Ufe of 

 the Kitchen in divers Gardens near 

 London, though, at prefent, it is 

 not fo much propagated as it hath 

 been fome Years fmce, when it 

 was more commonly brought to 

 the Markets. 



The fccond Sort is equally as 

 good as the firft for all the Purpo- 

 ies for which that is cultivated ; 

 but as it is lefs common, fb it is 

 rarely found in England, except in 

 Botanick Gardens, where the third 

 Sort is alfo cultivated for Variety, 

 but is never apply'd to any Ules. 



Theie Plants may be propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds in the Spring 

 upon a Spot of light frclh Soil. 

 Tiic bell Method oi lowing them, 



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is, to draw fliallow Furrows by 3 

 Line about a Foot aiiinder, into 

 which you fliould fcatter the Seeds, 

 thinly covering them over about 

 half an Inch thick with the fame 

 light Earth; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fliould be thin- 

 ned where they are too clofe in the 

 Rows, leaving them at lead fix In- 

 ches afunder, and, at the fime 

 Time, you fhould hoe down all the 

 Weeds to deflroy them : And this 

 mufl be repeated as olten as is ne- 

 ceiTary ; for if the Weeds are per- 

 mitted to glow among the Plants, 

 they will draw them up weak, and 

 prevent their Growth. 



There are many Peop-e who 

 fbw thefe Seeds promifcuoufly in 

 a Bed., and afterwards tranfplant 

 them out at the Diftance they 

 would have them grow : But this 

 is not {Jo well as the former Me- 

 thod, becaufe their Roots do com- 

 monly Ihoot dov/nright, which in 

 being tranfplanted are often bro- 

 ken, fo that they never will make 

 fo fair Roots as thofe which re* 

 main in the fame Place where they 

 are fown; for when the extream 

 Part of the Root is broken, it ne- 

 ver extends itftlf in Length after- 

 wards, but only flioots out into 

 many forked fmall Roots, which 

 are not near fo valuable as thoie 

 which are large and flrait. Thele 

 Roots may be taken up when their 

 Leaves begin to decay, at which 

 time they have done growing ; 

 tho' they may remain in the Ground 

 until Spring, and may be taken up 

 as they are us'd : But thofe which 

 remain in the Ground after March^ 

 will Ihoot up their Flower-flems j 

 after v/hich they are not fo good, 

 being fticky and fcrong. 



If you intend to lave Seeds of 

 thefe Plants, you fliould let a Par- 

 cel of the bell remain in the Pla- 

 ces 



