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radice nigrdy the black radifh 5 in all 

 probability the Spanifl) radifli 5 raphanus 

 orbiculatuSy the round rooted radifli 5 

 and raphanus niger rotundiore radice, 

 round-rooted black radifli 5 perhaps an- 

 other fpecies of the Spanijh 5 befides the 

 raphanus rufticanuSy or horfe radifli : 

 All which are much the fame that gar- 

 dens furnifli us with now at this time 5 

 tho' the raphanus orbicuIatuSy or round- 

 rooted radifli, is not very plentiful in 

 England. I had fome of the feed from 

 Hollandy about feven or eight years 

 ago, and it is indeed a much better 

 kind than the common radifli, as lafting 

 longer, being much Ihorter, clearer, and 

 lefs fubjed to be fticky, and withal not 

 fo hot in the mouth 5 they are of the 

 fhape of turneps, and may be eaten raw, 

 as well as they or indifferent apples arc, 

 and by fome call'd Hanover radiflics, in 

 allufion to its turnep fliape, 

 virtues Notwitlifl:anding what has been before 

 ■and vices, f^jj jj^^j^ vittucs, Hippocratcs utterr 

 ly condemns them as vitiofe innatantes 

 ac agre concoEiilesy and fome call them 

 cibus illiberaliSy fitter rather for* ruftics 

 than gentlemens tables 5 that befides, it 

 decays the teeth> is hard to digeft, and 



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