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Sect. XVIL i, 3. ROOTS AND BARKS. 



477 



tion, and one in each furrow, at a foot diftance from the centre, 

 which will make five in all : a fourth hand fliould now follow with 



a barrow full of leaves, and lay them 



the plants ; fliould th 



fprinkle fome mould lightly 

 plants (hoot. 



them, and leave them fo 



the 



<( 



Thus the plants will occupy a fpace of two feet each way 



of the four feet between the furrows; and the remaining interval 

 between the plants on each fide will alfo be two feet, which interval 

 I would horfe-hoe at the proper periDds^ firft one way of the field 

 and then acrofs, laying the mould upon the plants at each h 

 fo that the fpaces which the plants occupied would by thefe 



9 



means 



lis be- 

 tween being thus hoed and crofs hoed, would h^ve the ufual o-ood 



become little lb 



hills filled with roots; and th 



efFe6ls of pulverizing the foil, deftroying the weeds, 

 the land iii the beft manner poffible for a crop of wheat 



and 



prepar 



Nr. 



3. The ground artichoke, helianthus tuberofu 



feldom 



feeds 



in 



th 



ountry,. and might probably be much 



ripens 



Si 



improved by 



ufing methods to ripen the feed, which are mentioned in Sed. XVI 

 3.4 ; and by thus producing new varieties ; and the pignut, buniura. 

 bulbocaftanum, might probably by cultivation from the feed fupply 

 an agreeable and falutary root to be eaten hke chefnuts either raw or 



roafted 



4. The feeds of the common 



ium cepa, generally, pro 



duce no flower-flems the firft year ; but each feed prod 

 trie leaves, which gradually form a large bulb below them with on 

 or two, and fometimes three, lefs internal bulbs,, included withii 

 three or four general concentric coats, befides the three or four coat 

 appropriated to the individual bulbs, as defcribed, in Sedt. IX. 3. 2 

 On the next year fome fpecies of this genus. produce bulbs after, thei 

 flowers inftead of feeds, as allium fativum and magicum ;,others pro 

 duce not only flowers but alfo bulbs, as allium moly 



phalum 



and fph 



If the bulbs of thefe leaft kinds of allium were planted 



with 



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