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wild in Meadows amongft the Grafs , 

 where their Roots will abide ma- 

 ny Years, and are cut with the 

 Grafs, and dry'd for Food : But 

 thefe are rarely cultivated in Eng- 

 laml, becaufe they are Pl.mts of 

 Uiuch fmaller Growth than the 

 Clover. 



The fourth Sort is an annual or 

 biennial Plant, which periflies as 

 fbon as the Seeds are ripe. This 

 grows wild in divers Parts of Eng- 

 land amongfl: Corn, or upon other 

 arable Land, and is feldom cultiva- 

 ted unlefs in Botanick Gardens, it 

 being a medicinal Plant. 



The fifth and lixth Sorts do alfo 

 grow wild in England, but are of- 

 ten preferv'd in Botanick Gardens 

 for Variety. The fifth Sort pro- 

 duces Heads very like a Stra-coberry^ 

 from whence it had its Name ,• 

 and the fixth Sort has Heads very 

 like Hofs, for which Diverfity they 

 are fometimes cultivated in Gardens, 

 but they are not apply'd to any Ufe. 



The feventh, eighth, and ninth 

 Sorts are alio preferv'd in Gardens 

 for Variety, where they are plant- 

 ed in Pots, and flielter'd in Winter 

 amongfl: other Exotick Plants j but 

 the feventh and eighth Sorts will 

 endure the Cold of our ordinary 

 "Winters in the open Air, provided 

 they are planted on a dry Soil, and 

 in a warm Situation ; but the ninth 

 Sort requires to be flieitcr'd from 

 fevere Froft, but fliould have as 

 much free Air as pofublc in mild 

 Weather. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 either from Seeds, or by planting 

 Cuttings of them in the Spring, 

 upon a Bed of rich, light Earth, 

 obierving to water and fliade them 

 until they have taken Root ,• after 

 v/hich they muft be carefully clear 'd 

 from Weeds during the Summer 

 ScafoHj and in Au^ufl ibme of the 



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Plants Ihould be taken up and plant- 

 ed in Pots fiird with light, fandy 

 Earth, which in Winter Ihould be 

 plac'd under a common Hot-bed 

 Frame, where they may have Air 

 in mild Weather; but in frofty 

 Weather may be fhelter^d with 

 Glafles, c^c. If they are propaga- 

 ted from Seeds, theic fhould be . 

 ibwn towards the latter End of 

 March upon a Bed ot light Earth, 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they mufl: be carefully clear'd from 

 W^eed?, that they may not be over- 

 born thereby; and when they are 

 about four Inches high, they fhould 

 be planted either into Pots, or the 

 Borders where they are to remain, 

 becaufe if they are fiiffer'd to grow 

 very rank before they are removed, 

 they do not bear transplanting fo 

 well. Thefe Plants are preferv'd 

 in Gardens more for the Sake of 

 Variety than any real Beauty, efpe- 

 ciaily the two firft, which fmell 

 fo ftrong of Bitumen, when bruis'd, 

 a.- fcarcely to be born without Un- 

 eafinefs. 



TRIPOLTUM; x7Ve After. 



TRITICUM i Wheat. 

 The characters are j 



It hath an apetalous Flomer^ which 

 is difpo-'d ijito Spikes; each fngle 

 Flower conjifts of many Stamina [or 

 Threads) which are included in a 

 Iquamous Flower-cup, which hath 

 Awns ; the Pointal alfo rifes in tht 

 Center, which afterwards becomes a» 

 oblong Seed, which is convex on ont 

 Side, but hath a Furrow on the o- 

 ther ; is farinaceous, and enclosed by 

 a Coat which was before the Flower- 

 cup : Thefe are produc'd fingly, and 

 are collecied in a clofc Spike, bein^ 

 affixd to an indented Axis, 

 The Species are^ 



I. Tritigum; hybernum, ariftis 

 carens. c. B, P. V/hitc or red 

 Wheat without Awns. 



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