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which is the Male Plants ; but it 

 would be much the better Method 

 to defer this a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks longer, until thefe Male 

 Plants have fully Ihed their Dull ; 

 without which the Seeds will prove 

 abortive, produce nothing if fown 

 the next Year, nor will thofe con- 

 cerned in the Oil-mills give any- 

 thing for them, there being only 

 empty Hufks, without any Kernels 

 to produce the Oil. 



The fecond Pulling is a little after 

 Michaelmas, when the Seeds are ripe: 

 this is ufually called Karle-hemp : 

 they were the Female Plants, which 

 were left at the time when the Male 

 were pulled. This Karle hemp is 

 bound in Bundles of a Yard Com- 

 pafs, according to Statute-meafure, 

 which are laid in the Sun for a few 

 Days to dry ; and then it is flacked 

 up, or houfed, to keep it dry, till 

 the Seed can be thremed out. An 

 Acre of Hemp on a rich Soil will 

 produce near three Quarters of Seed, 

 which, together with the unwrought 

 Hemp, is worth from fix to eight 

 Pounds. 



Of late Years the Inhabitants of 

 the Britijb Colonies in North Ame- 

 rica have cultivated this ufeful Plant, 

 and a Bounty was granted by Par- 

 liament for the Hemp which was im- 

 ported from thence ; but whether 

 the Inhabitants of thofe Colonies 

 grew tired of cultivating it, or the 

 Bounty was not regularly paid, I 

 cannot fay ; but whatever has been 

 the Caufe, the Quantity imported ' 

 has by no means anfwered the Ex- 

 pectation of the Public, which is 

 greatly to be lamented ; becaufe as 

 this Commodity is fo eflential to the 

 Marine, which mould be the prin- 

 cipal ObjecY of this Kingdom, the 

 being furniflied with it from our own 

 Plantations will not only fave the 

 ready Money paid for it, but fecure 

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to the Country an ample Supply at 

 all times, without being ^obliged to 

 our Neighbours for it. 



CANNACORUS, The Indian 

 flowering Reed. 



The Characters are ; 



// hath a knobbed tuberofe Root: 

 t he Leaves are long and nervous : the 

 Flohver conjijis of one Leaf, is tubu- 

 lous, and cut into fx Segments: thefe 

 are fucceeded by roundijh membrana- 

 ceous Veffrls, which are divided into 

 three Cells, each containing two or 

 three round hard Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cannacorus latifolius vul- 

 garis. Toum. The common broad- 

 leav'd Indian Reed, with pale Flow- 

 ers. 



2. Cannacorus latifolius vul- 

 garis, foliis variegatis. The com- 

 mon Indian Reed, with ftriped 

 Leaves. 



3. Cannacorus fore luteo pun- 

 dato. Tourn. The yellow fpotted 

 Indian Reed. 



4. Cannacorus fore coccineo 

 fplendente. Tourn. The fine fcarlet- 

 coloured Indian Reed. 



5. Cannacorus amplijfmo folio , 

 fore rutilo. Tourn. The largeft-leav'd 

 Indian Reed, with redifh-coloured 

 Flowers. 



6. Cannacorus angvjfifolius ,fore 

 flavefemte. Tourn. Narrow-leav'd 

 Indian Reed, with yellow Flowers. 



Thefe Sorts are all propagated by 

 Seed?, which muft be fown on an 

 Hoi -bed in March, and afterward 

 mould be tranfplanted into Pots 

 filled with good rich Earth, and, 

 during the Summer-feafon, muft be 

 plentifully watered, Thefe Plants, 

 thus managed, will many times pro- 

 duce Flowers the firft Seafon ; but 

 it is not till the fecond Year that 

 they blow ftrong : in order to which, 

 you mould houfe them before the 

 Froft pinches their Leaves, obferving 



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