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may have a Place in every good 

 Colledion of Plants. The Sort 

 with white Flowers will often 

 produce ripe Seeds in Englandy 

 when the Summer is warmj but 

 the Seeds of both Sorts may eafily 

 be obtain'd from Spain or Fortugal, 

 where they grow wild in great 

 Plenty. 



SPINA ALBA i vide Mefpilus. 



SPINACHIA i Spinach or Spi- 

 llage. 



The Characien are; 



It hath an apetalous Flower, con- 

 ffting of many Stamina iiicluded in 

 the Flower-cuf, which are froduc'd 

 in Spikes upon the Male Flams which 

 are barren ; but the Embryo'/ are 

 produced from the Wings of the Leaves 

 en the Female Flants, which after- 

 wards become a roundifJj or angular 

 Seed, which irpfome Sorts have Thorns 

 adhering to them. 

 The Species are ,• 



1. Spinachia; vulgaris, capfula 

 feminis aculeatd. Tourn. The com- 

 mon prickly or narrow-leav'd Spi- 

 nach., 



2. Spinachia j vulgaris capfula fe- 

 minis rion aculeata. Tourn, Common 

 fmooth-leeded Spinach, with broad- 

 er Leaves. 



5. Spinachia ; vulgaris capfula 

 feminis non aculeatd, folio maxiffjo 

 rotunda. Spinach, with Tmooth Seeds, 

 and a very large round Leaf. 



The fir ft of thefe Sorts is com- 

 monly cultivated in Gardens for 

 Winter Ufe, it being much hardi- 

 er than any of the other Sorts. 



The Seeds of this Kind ihould 

 be fown upon an open Spot of 

 Ground towards the latter End of 

 yuly, obferving, if polTible, to do 

 It when there is an Appearance of 

 Rain j for if the Seafbn fliould prove 

 dry for a long time after the Seed 

 is Ibwn, the Plants will not come 

 up regularly, and many times there 



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will not be half a Crop. When the 

 Spinach is come up, the Ground 

 fhould be hoed to deftroy the Weeds, 

 and alfo to cut up the Plants where 

 they arc too clofe, leaving the re- 

 maining Plants about four or five 

 Inches afunder : But this fhould al- 

 ways be done in dry Weather, that 

 the Weeds may be deflroy'd after 

 they are cut. 



About a Month or five Weeks 

 after the firfh Hoeing, the Weeds 

 will begin to grow again, there- 

 fore the Ground fhould be then 

 hoed again the fecond Time, ob- 

 serving, as before, to do it in dry 

 Weather : But if the Seafon fhould 

 prove moift, it will be proper to 

 gather the Weeds up after they are 

 cut, and carry 'em off the Ground ; 

 for if the Spinach is not clean'd be- 

 fore Winter from Weeds, they will 

 grow up, and flifle it fo that in 

 wet Weather the Spinach will rot 

 away. 



In OBober the Spinach will be fit 

 for Ufe, when you fhould only 

 crop off the largeft Leaves, leaving 

 thofe in the Center of the Plants 

 to grow bigger i and thus you may 

 continue cropping it ail the Winter 

 and Spring, until the young Spi- 

 nach, fbwed in the Spring, is large 

 enough for Ufe, which is com- 

 monly in April j at which time the 

 Spring advancing, the Winter Spi- 

 nach will run up to Seed, £0 that "'• 

 you fliould cut it up, leaving only 

 a fmall Parcel to produce Seeds. 



But the Ground in which this 

 Wimer Spinach is fown, being com- 

 monly planted with early Cabbages, 



it is not proper to let any of the 

 Spinach remain there for Seed, but 

 it Ihould be cleared off as fbon as 

 ever the Spinach is fit for Ufe, that 

 the Cabbages may be earth'd up, 

 and laid clear, which is of great 

 Service to them ,• therefore yoa 



flwuld 



