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time. The reason why old cole is full of green worms, 

 is dry poor ground never weeded ; or otherwayes 

 unqualified manures, and unseasonably applyed. 

 If they will, trench, mix, &c. as in Chap. II. that their 

 ground may be clean and sweet, they shall ripen 

 accordingly. 



Common colworts are usually sowen at spring, 

 planted in summer, and eaten through winter, and 

 at spring, when other green herbes are scarce ; you 

 may also so wand set them with cabbages, and reap 

 their seeds accordingly. 



Of sweet herbes : as, 



Clary ; raise it by seeds and off-sets in Aprile, at 

 which time, you may slip and set tansie, sage, cost, 

 mint, balme, winter-savory, thyme, penniroyall, 

 wild marjoram, maudlin, fennel, &c. Prune their 

 fibres, and plant in a garden soil, eight rowes in the 

 bed : they all continue long, but cutting their tops 

 in growing time, makes them more durable ; and 

 cut them all within a handful of the ground in 

 August, that they may recover against winter. You 

 may likewayes sow the seed of fennel, thyme, 

 winter as well as summer-savory, dill, sweet basil, 

 &c. in Aprile, in a warme well cultured soil, order- 

 ing them as above ; the three last are annualls. If 



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