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Time, but the large Sort being 

 moderate in Fermentation, does 

 continue its Heat a long Time : So 

 that whoever makes a Hot-bed of 

 Tm, muft proportion a Mixture of 

 each Sort according as they would 

 have their Beds work 5 for if they 

 intend to have a moderate Heat, 

 and can ftay a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks for its beginning to fer- 

 ment, they ftiould ufe but very lit- 

 tle fmall Bark: but where the Heat 

 is wanted fooner, there fhould be a 

 larger Proportion of the fmall Bark. 



This Tan jfliould be taken in a 

 Fortnight's Time after it comes out 

 of the Pit, and laid up in a round 

 Heap for a Week, to drains Tefpe- 

 cially if it be in Winter or Spring, 

 while the Seafbn is moift) after 

 which it may be put into the 

 Trench where the Hot- bed is de- 

 iign'd, which fhould be brick'd on 

 the Sides quite round, to prevent 

 the Earth from mixing with the 

 Bark, Thefe Trenches fliould be 

 proportioned to the Size of the 

 Frames which arc to cover them, 

 and the Depth in the Ground ac- 

 cording to the Moifture of the 

 Place where they are lituated i for 

 if the Ground is very wet, the 

 Bed fhould be rais'd above the Sur- 

 face of the Ground, becaufe if ever 

 the Water riies into the Bark, it 

 will cool it fb much as not to be 

 brought again to its former Hear, 

 without taking it out of the Trench 

 again, and frefh mixing it up. 



The Thicknefs which the Bark 

 fhould be laid in the Trench, muft 

 not be lefs than three Feet, and the 

 Width four Feet j for where it is 

 laid in a lefs Body, it feldom heats, 

 and if it is forced by laying hot 

 Dung under it (as is fbmctimes 

 pradtis'd) the Heat will foon de- 

 cay: In laying the Bark into the 



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Trench, you fliould be careful to 

 flir up every Part of it, that it 

 may not fettle in Lumps ^ as alfo 

 to prefs it down gently, but by no 

 Means tread or beat it down too 

 clofe, which will prevent its heat- 

 ing. Then the GlafTes fliould be 

 placed over the Bed immediately 

 after it is finifhed, v/hich fhould be 

 kept clofe down,- in order to draw 

 a Heat in the Bark, and to prevent 

 Wet from falling thereon 5 in a 

 Fortnight's Time after, the Bark 

 will begin to heat, and when it is 

 found of a due Temper, the Plants 

 may be removed into it. 



A Hot-bed well prepared with 

 this Tan, will continue a moderate 

 Heat upward of fix Months, and 

 there being very little Steam ari- 

 fing from it, in comparlfon to 

 Horfe-dung, renders it much bet- 

 ter for the Growth of all Sorts ot 

 Plants i and when the Heat begins 

 to decay, if the Tan be frefh frir- 

 red up, and a little new added to 

 it, it will heat again and continue 

 fome Months longer. The farther 

 particular Dired:ions for the Ma- 

 nagement of thefe Hot-beds, being 

 already exhibited under the Article 

 of Hot-beds, the Reader is delired 

 to turn back to that for farther 

 Inftrudlions. 



TARRAGON; -vide Draco Her- 

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TAXUS J the Yew-Tree. 

 The Characters are j 



It hath amentaceous Flowers, rchich 

 confifi of many Apces, for the moft 

 part fhap'd like a Mufliroom, anA 

 are barren ; but the Embryo's (which 

 are produced at remote Dijtances on 

 the fame Tree) do afterwards become 

 hollow, Bell-Jhap'd Berries, which are 

 full of Juice, and include Seeds fome- 

 what like Acorns, having, as it 

 Wirej a little Cup to each. 



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