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cured ; or it may be propagated by 

 Cuttings, in the Tame manner as the 

 former Sort. This is a low Under- 

 fhrub, feldom rifing above two Feet 

 and an half, or at motl three Feet 

 high; but becomes very bufhy. The 

 Leaves of this Kind are narrow, and 

 of a whitifh Colour ; but are not fo 

 white as thofe of the former. This 

 may have a Place among/I o.her low 

 Shrubs ; and, if planted on a poor 

 gravelly Soil, will abide feveral 

 Years, and make a pretty Diver- 

 fity. 



The fixth, feventh, eighth, and 

 ninth Sorts grow wild in England 

 and Holland ; and are feldom pre- 

 served but in Botanic Gardens, for 

 the fake of Variety. Thefe are pro- 

 pagated by Seeds,which may be fown 

 foon after they are ripe, when they 

 will fucceed much better than if they 

 are fown in the Spring. When the 

 Plants are come up, they mould be 

 thinned, fo as to leave them four or 

 five Inches diltant, and kept clear 

 from Weeds ; which is all the Cul- 

 ture they require. If the Seeds of 

 thefe Plants are permitted to fall on 

 the Ground, they will flock the Gar- 

 den with Weeds ; therefore they 

 fhould be pulled up as foon as the 

 Seeds begin to ripen ; and, where 

 the Sorts are to be preferved, a few 

 Seeds of each may be faved, and the 

 Plants deftroyed before the Seeds 

 fcatter. 



The tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and 

 thirteenth Sorts were difcovered by 

 Dr. T ournefort, in the Levant, who 

 fent their Seeds to the Royal Gar- 

 den at Paris, from whence they have 

 been communicated to feveral Gar- 

 dens in Holland and England. The 

 tenth Sort may be propagated by 

 Seeds, as tjie four former Sorts ; but 

 mull: have a warmer Situation, other- 

 wife it will not perfecl Seeds in this 

 Country. 



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The other two Sorts may be pro- 

 pagated by Seeds, or by Cuttings 

 planted on a mady Border, as was di- 

 rected for the fourth and fifth Sorts. 

 Thefe mull be planted in Pots, and 

 fheltered in Winter under a Garden- 

 frame,where they may have as much 

 free Air as poffible in mild Weather; 

 but in hard Froft they muft be fhel- 

 tered, otherwife it will deftroy them. 

 Some of thefe Plants may be planted 

 on a warm Border, in a poor gra- 

 velly Soil, where they will endure 

 the Cold of our ordinary Winters 

 very well, and will make a pretty 

 Variety amongft Plants of the fame 

 Growth. The eleventh Sort will 

 feldom rife i>bove two Feet high ; 

 but the twelfth and thirteenth Sorts 

 will grow to be fix or feven Feet 

 high. 



A VENA, Oats. 



The Characters are ; 



It is dijtinguijhed from other Com, 

 by the Grain growing in loofe Pani- 

 cles. 



The Species are ; 



1. A vena vulgaris ftu alba. C. 

 B. P. Common or white Oats. 



2. Avena nigra. C.B.P. Black 

 Oats. 



3. Avena nuda. C.B.P. Naked 



Oats. 



4. Avena rubra. Red or brown 

 Oats. 



The firfi Sort here mentioned is 

 the mod common about London : the 

 fecond Sort is more cultivated in the 

 Northern Parts of England, and is 

 efteemed a very hearty Food for 

 Horfes ; but the lirft makes the 

 whiteft Pvleal, and is chiefly culti- 

 vated where the Inhabitants live 

 much upon Oatcakes. 



The third Sort is lefs common 

 than either of the other, efpecially 

 in the Southern Parts of England ; 

 but, in the North of England, Scot- 

 laud, pnd Wales, it is cultivated in 

 plenty. 



