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where they are defign'd to remain, 

 which may be in Wildernefs Quar- 

 ters among other flowering Trees, 

 obferving to place them with Trees 

 of the lame Growth, fb as they 

 may not be over-hung, which is 

 a great Prejudice to moft Sorts of 

 Plants. 



The ufual Height to which theie 

 Trees grow with us, is from twelve 

 to tv/enty Feet, according to the 

 Goodnefs of the Soil ; tho' I don't 

 remember ever to fee any of them 

 exceed that Growth, where they 

 have enjoy'd the greatefl: Advan- 

 tages, nor do I believe the Caro^ 

 Una Sort will arrive to near that 

 Height. 



SIN API; Muftard. 

 The Characiers are ; 



The Flower conffts of four Leavesy 

 Toxhich are placed in Torm of a Crofs, 

 out of yohofe Flower-cup rifes the 

 Fointal, which afterwards becomes 

 (t Fruit .or Pod, divided into two 

 Cells by an intermediate Partition, 

 to which the Valves adhere on both 

 Sides, and ttre filed with roundifly 

 Seeds; thefe Pods generally end in a 

 fungous Horn, containing the like 

 Seeds. To thefe Marks 7nufl be added 

 ^n acrid burning Tafie peculiar to 

 Muflard. 



The Species are ; 



1. SiNAPii filiqua latlu^cula gla- 

 bra, femine rufo, five vulgar e. J, B. 

 •Common or Red Muftard. 



2. SiNAPij hortenfe, femine albo. 

 C. B. P. Garden or White Muftard. 



3. Sin API; Indicjdm, laclucA folio. 

 Pur. Bat. Indian Muftard, with a 

 Lettuce Leaf- 

 There are feveral other Species of 



this Plant, which are prelerv'd in 

 curious Botanick Gardens for Va- 

 riety; but as they are not in ufe, 

 nor have any thing valuable to re- 

 commend 'em, I l"hali not enume- 

 xatc them here. 



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The firft Sort is very common 

 in the Jfl? of Ely in Cambridgefljire, 

 and in many other Places where 

 the Land has been flooded with 

 Water for many Years; but upon 

 being dra.in'd, this Plant comes up 

 in a moft plenteous Manner, which 

 has given Occafion for fome Perfbns 

 to imagine that it was produc'd ipon= 

 taneouily without Seeds ; but the 

 contrary of this has been fully 

 prov'd by feveral learned Gentlemen, 

 and therefore would be needlefs to 

 repeat here; for the Reafon why 

 thefe Seeds do remain good for fb 

 many Years, when cover 'd with 

 Water, h, bccaufe they abound 

 with fo fliarp an Oil, that it pre- 

 vents the Water from pervadincy its 

 ^ody, and being kept from the Air, 

 is prefcrv'd from Corruption. 



This Sort is alfo cultivated in 

 Gardens and Fields, in divers Parts 

 of England, for the Sake of its 

 Seeds. The Method of cultivating 

 this Plant, is to fbw the Seeds 

 upon an open Spot of Ground 

 (which hath been well dug or 

 plough 'd) in the Spring, and when 

 the Plants are come up, they (hould 

 be ho°d, in order to deftroy the 

 Weeds, as alfo to cut out the Plants 

 where they are too thick, leaving 

 them about ten Inches afunder (for 

 when they are left too thick, they 

 draw up weak, and the Seeds ari 

 never fo large and well nourifh'd)j 

 and if the Weeds fiiould grow 

 again before the Plants have gotten 

 Strength enough to bear them down, 

 they muftbe hoed a fecond Time; 

 after which they will require no 

 farther Care until the Seeds are 

 ripe, when the Haulm ihould be 

 cut down, and fpread upon the 

 Ground to dry, and then the Seeds 

 may be threflfd out. 



The fecond Sort h chiefly cul- 

 tivated in Gardens for a Sallad Herb 



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