New. Principles’ of “Gardening. 
7. Their Cultivation. | 
The Skirret delights in a light, rich and moift Soil, and may 
be propagated by fowing the Seeds in March; but are more 
generally raifed from Slips or Sets planted in the fame Month. 
The manner of increafing them is as follows. In March, when 
they begin to fhoot forth their Leaves, take up the Roots, and 
part or divide them into as many Slips as poflible, taking 
away all the old Roots, and preferving none but the frefh grow- 
ing Fibres. This being done, take a large Hough, and draw 
deep Drills, about fix Inches in depth, wherein place or plant 
the young Slips at about five or fix Inches diftance from each 
other, and during all the time of their Growth keep them 
well water’d, which will add very much to their Growth. 
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Of Sorrel. 
7 1. Its Names. 
HE Garden Sorrel is called in Greek cZanric, and civazugic, 
and by Galen cfuadrabey, viz. Acidum lapathum, or Aci- 
dus Rumex, fower Dock, the Germans call it Sawrampher, in 
Low Dutch Surckele and Surinck, the Spaniards Azederas, 
Agrelles, and Azedas, in French Ozeille, and Surelle Aigrette, 
and in Englifh Garden Sorrel. 
The feveral Kinds of Sorrel are feven, viz. the firft called 
in Latin Oxalis five Acetofa, Sorrel. The fecond, Oxalis tude- 
rofa, knobbed Sorrel; the third, Oxalzs tenuifolia, Sheeps Sorrel 5 
the fourth, Oxalis Franca feu Romana, round Sorrel, called 
alfo French Sorrel ; and fifthly, Oxals Cri/pa, curled Sorrel; 
fixthly, Oxalis minor, fmall Sorrel ; and laftly, Oxalis minima, 
the fmalleft Sorrel: But French Sorrel is the beft for Sauce, 
Sallets, cc. 
2. Their Defcription. 
The feveral Kinds of Sorrels being well known to every 
one, need no Defcription. 
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