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We have but one Species of this 

 Plant, ijiz.. 



SisARUM i Germanorum. C. B, P. 

 Skirrets. 



This is one of the wholefbmefl: 

 and moil nourifliing Roots that is 

 cultivated in Gardens, and yet it is 

 at prefent very rare to meet with 

 in the Gardens near London : What 

 may have been the Caufe of its not 

 being more commonly cultivated, 

 I can't imagine, fince there are 

 »iany Kitchen Gardens which are 

 proper for this Plant. 



It may be propagated two Ways, 

 viz.. either by fowing the Seeds, 

 or planting the Slips : The former 

 Method is what I would chiefiy 

 recommend, becaufe the Roots 

 which come from Seeds are much 

 larger than thofe produc'd from 

 Off-fets, and are much tenderer. 

 The Seafon for fowing the Seed is 

 in the latter End of Fehuary, and 

 upon a moift, rich Soil, which 

 fliOLild be well dug and loofen'd, 

 and being laid level, the Seeds Hiould 

 be fown thereon, and then trod in, 

 after the common Method of" fow- 

 ing Radijljes, raking the Ground 

 over them fmooth. 



In April the Plants will come 

 up, at which Time the Ground 

 fliould be hoed over (as is praftis'd 

 for Carrot}) to deflroy the Weeds, 

 arid to cut out the Plants wheie 

 they are too clofe, leaving them 

 the firfl hoeing about three Inches 

 afunder; but at the fecond hoeing, 

 which fliould be perform'd about 

 a Month after the firft, they fliould 

 be cut out to fix Inches apart at 

 leaft,- obferving to cut down all the 

 Weeds ; and during the Summer 

 Seafon, the Weeds fhould be dili- 

 genfly hoed dov/nas fad as they are 

 produced, for if thele Plants are 

 Itilied , by Weeds, ^^c. they fcldom 

 come to good,. 



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When their Leaves are decay'cl, 

 their Roots may be taken up tor 

 Ufe ,• but this fliould be done only 

 as they are wanted, for if they are 

 kept long above Ground they will 

 be good for little. The Leaves 

 commohly decay in OHober, fo that 

 from that Time till the Middle of 

 March, whenchey begin to fhoot 

 again, they are in Seafon 3 but after 

 they have fhot forth green Leaves, 

 the Roots become fticrky, and are 

 not fo good. 



The Method of propagating this 

 Plant from Off-fets is as follows: 

 About the latter End of February 

 or Beginning of March, you fliould 

 dig a moift rich Spot of Ground, 

 in Size proportionable to the Quan- 

 tity of Plants intended ; then you 

 fliould carefully dig up the old 

 Roots, from which you fliould flip 

 off all the OfF-fets, prelerving their 

 Buds on the Crown of each intiro; 

 after this you fliould open a Djill 

 crofs the Spot of Ground with a 

 Spade, in a ftrait Line, about eight 

 or nine Inches deep, into which 

 you fliould place the Off-fets, about 

 fix Inches apart, as upright as 

 pofliblej then fill the Drill up again 

 with the Earth which came out of 

 it, and at a Foot Diftance from 

 the firffc make another Trench, lay- 

 ing the Olf-fets therein, as before, 

 and fo continue the Drills at a Foot 

 Diftancc, through the whole Spot 

 of Ground i and if the Seafon fliould 

 prove very dry, it Vs^illbe proper to 

 water them until they have taken 

 Root in the Ground i after which 

 they will require no other Care, 

 but to keep the Weeds conflantly 

 deftroy'd as they are produc'd, in 

 the Manner before direded for the 

 fcedling Plants, and when their 

 Leaves decay, they will be fit for 

 Ufe, as before ; but after any of 

 theie Roots have feejed, they are 



'flicky, 



