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T.inbryo's aflenvards becojnc oblong 

 Heeds inclos'd in Covers or Coats, 

 and have a thick Down like a Beard 

 adhering to them. 



The Species are j 



I. Tragopogon ; fratenfe, lute- 

 urn, ma jus. C.B.V. Greater Mea- 

 dow Goats-beard, with a yellow 

 Flower, commonly caWd, Go-to-Bed- 

 at-Noon. 



1. Tragopogon j purpureo-caru- 

 leum, porri folio quod Artifi-, vulgo.^ 

 C. B. P. Goats-beard, with a Leaf 

 like Leeks, and a pui^le blue Flow- 

 er, commonly calt'd, Salflaty or Saf- 



faty. 



3. Tragopogon; alter, gra7mneo 

 folio, fuave-riibente jiore. Col. Ano- 

 ther Goats-beard, with a graffy 

 Leaf, and foft red Flowers. 



There are ieveral other Species of 

 this Plant, which are prcferv'd in 

 fome curious Botanic k Gardens for 

 the Sake of Variety; but as they 

 are not cultivated for Ufe, fo I 

 Ihall omit enumerating them in 

 this Place. 



The firft Sort here mention'd 

 prows wild in moift Meadows in 

 clivers Parts of England-, and in 

 May, when the Stems begin to ad- 

 vance, they are by many People 

 gather 'd to boil, and are by Ibme 

 preferr'd to Afparagus. 



The fecond Sort was formerly 

 more in Elleem than at prefent : 

 This was brought from Italy, and 

 cultivated in Gardens for Kitchen 

 Ufe, the Roots being by ibme Peo- 

 ple greatly valued ; but o{- iatc there is 

 but litile cultivated for the Mar- 

 kets, tho' ieveral Gentlemen pre- 

 ierve it in Gardens to Tupply their 

 Tables. 



The third Sort is by {bme pre- 

 ferv'd for the Variety of its Flow- 

 ers. 



Thefe Plants are propagated 

 from Seeds, which Ihould be ibwn 



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in the Spring upon an open Spot 

 of Ground, in Rows about nine or 

 ten Inches d iff ant; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they fliould be 

 hoed our, leaving them about fix 

 Inches afunder in the Rows: the 

 Weeds fhould alfo be carefully hoed 

 down as they are produced, other- 

 wife they will foon over-bear the 

 Plants, and fpoil them. This is 

 the only Culture they require ; and 

 it the Soil be light, and not too 

 dry, they will make large Plants 

 before Winter ; at which time the 

 Saljfafy, whofe Roots are the mofl 

 valuable Part, will be fit for Ufe, 

 and may be taken up any time af- 

 ter their Leaves are decay'd ; but 

 when they begin to fhoot again, 

 they will be fficky, and not fit for . 

 Ufe. 



The common yellow Sort, whofe 

 Shoots are preferr'd, will be fit for 

 Uie in April or May, according to 

 the Forwardnefs of the Sealon : 

 The beft time to cut them is, 

 when their Stems are about four 

 Inches long ; for if they ffand too 

 long, they are never fo tender as 

 thofe which are cut while young. 



Some People in cultivating thefe 

 Plants, fow their Seeds in Beds 

 pretty clofe, and when the Plants 

 come up, they tranfplant them out 

 in Rows at the before-mention'd 

 Diffance; but as they do always 

 form a Tap-root, which abounds 

 with a milky Juice, io when the 

 cxtream Part of their Roots is 

 broken by tranfplanting, they do 

 feldom thrive well atterward ; there- 

 fore it is by far the better Way to 

 make Ihailow Drills in the Ground, 

 and fcatter the Seeds therein, as 

 before dfre<ftcd, whereby the Rows 

 will be at a due Diffancc, and there 

 will be nothins; more to do than 

 to hoe out the Plants when they 

 are too thick in the PvOws, which 

 z will 



