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their Stems are fuffer'd to remain, 

 they will produce Seeds j but the 

 Herb is generally cut for Ufe juft 

 as the Flowers begin to open; for 

 if it frands longer the Leaves change, 

 and the whole Plant contains much 

 lefs Juice. The Roots of the firft 

 Sort will abide many Years without 

 renewing, but it will be proper to 

 tranfplant them every other Year, 

 otherwife the Roots will fpread o- 

 ver each other, and thereby de- 

 flroy themfclves. 



The third and fourth Sorts are 

 very beautiful Plants, being wor- 

 thy of a Place in every good Gar- 

 den. Thefe are fomewhat tender- 

 er than the former Sorts, tho' they 

 will endure the Cold of our ordi- 

 nary Winters, if planted in a light 

 Soil, and a warm Situation. Thele 

 may be propagated by fowing their 

 Seeds in the Spring upon a Bed of 

 frefli Earth i and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fliould be trani- 

 planted into Beds of frefh Earth, 

 at about lix Inches Diftance from 

 each other, obferving to water and 

 fiiade them until they have taken 

 Root, after which they will require 

 no farther Care but to keep them 

 clear from Weeds, and in very dry 

 Weather to refrefh them with 

 Water. 



At Michaelmas fome of them 

 may be tranfplanted into the Mid- 

 dle or warm Borders in the Plea- 

 fure-Garden, and the reft may be 

 planted into Pots fill'd vvith light, 

 frefh Earth, which in Winter Ihould 

 be Hielter'd under a common Hot- 

 bed Frame, where they may be 

 cover'd in frofty Weather, but in 

 mild Weather they fliould have as 

 much free Air as poflible: Thefe 

 Plants thus fhelter'd, will flower 

 very ftrong in April, and if duly 

 water'd in dry Weather, will pro- 

 duce ripe Seeds in J^uly, which 



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may be gather'd in the Pods, and 

 preferv'd for Ufe. The Roots of 

 thefe Plants will abide three or four 

 Years, unlefs deftroy'd by great 

 Cold, and may be parted to in- 

 crcale them : But thefe Rants which 

 are propagated from Slips do fel- 

 dom flower fo (Irong as thofe pro- 

 duc'd from Seeds, fo that it is the 

 beft Way to raife every Year fome 

 from Seeds to fucceed the old 

 Roots. 



_ The fifth, lixth, feventh and 

 eighth Sorts are alfo tender, and 

 will rarely endure the Cold of our 

 Winters without Shelter, unlefs in 

 fome very warm Situations; there- 

 fore thefe fliould be planted in Pots 

 fill'd with freflT, light Earth, and 

 flielter'd in Winter as the two for- 

 mer Sorts. Thefe may be propa- 

 gated either from Seeds, as the 

 former, or from Cuttings; but the 

 former being the beft Way, is ge- 

 neral'y pradis'd, becaufe the Plants 

 rais'd from Seeds do always flower 

 much ftronger than thofe pioduc'd 

 from Cuttings, and likewife grow 

 more regular. Thefe Sorts will a- 

 bide tv/o or three Years, if defen- 

 ded from Froft in Winter, but if 

 they fiiould continue longer, they 

 are feldom fo beautiful as young 

 Plants, fb that they fliould be ot- 

 ten renew'd from Seeds. 

 SECALE; Rie. 



The Chiira^iers are; 

 The FloTvcrs have no Leaves, but 

 conjifi of fever al Stamina, mhlch are 

 produc'd from the Flower- cup : Thefe 

 Flowers are collect ed into aflat Spike y 

 and are difpos'd almofl fingly ; from 

 the Flower-cup rifes a I'ointal, which 

 afterwardi becomes an oblong [lender 

 Seed inclos'd in a Husk which was 

 before the Flower- cup. This differs 

 from Wheat, in having a flatter 

 Spike, the A-wn larger and more 

 naked. 



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