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Bed of light Earth the Beginning of 

 March ; and when the Plants appear 

 above-ground, they {houid be care- 

 fully weeded, and in dry Weather 

 often refrelhed with Water. By the 

 Beginning of May the Plants will be 

 fit to tranfplant ; when you mould 

 prepare fome Beds of light rich 

 Earth, in:o which they mould be 

 tranfplanted, placing them in Rows 

 one Foot afunder, and eight Inches 

 Diftance Plant from Plant in the 

 Rows; cbferving to water them con- 

 stantly, until they have taken Root ; 

 after which time they will require 

 little more than to be kept cltar 

 from Weeds. About the Middle of 

 Latter-end of June, the Plants will 

 have acquired Strength enough to 

 plant out for Continuance ; at which 

 time you mult carefully dig a Spot 

 of light rich Ground, into which 

 you mould tranfplant the Plants, 

 placing them in Rows at four Feet 

 Distance every Way, obferving to 

 water them, until they have taken 

 Root ; after which you muft keep 

 them very clear from W eeds. In Au- 

 gufi thefe Plants vvil be fit to tie up, 

 which mull be performed in the 

 following manner; viz.. You mould 

 firft prepare a Parcel of Hay-bands- 

 then, in a dry Day, you mull gather 

 up the Leaves .egularly, a* they 

 were produced ; and having taken 

 them up as clofe as poffible, without 

 bruifing them, you muft fallen the 

 Hay-band round them near the Top, 

 fo as to keep them up : then with a 

 Spade you mull bank up the Earth 

 round the Plants, leaving about ten 

 Inches or a Foot of their Tops un- 

 covered; being careful that the Earth 

 does not get into the Centre of the 

 Plants, which would endanger their 

 rotting. As the Plants advance in 

 Height, they muft be earthed up 

 from time to time, in the fame man- 

 ner as is praclifed for Celery ; by 



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which means moft of the Earth be- 

 tween the Plunts will be raifed about 

 them ; for if they thrive kindly, 

 they will grow to the Height of three 

 Feet and an half, or four Feet ; and 

 will, when taken up for Ufe, be 

 near three Feet in Length, when 

 trimmed from their outer Leaves. 

 And it is in this their Excellency 

 coniifts ; for it is only the tender 

 blanched Part which is valuable. 



ThofeChardons which were tranf- 

 planted out in "June, will be fit for 

 Ufe by September i but thofe which 

 were later tranfplanted, will not be 

 fit for Ufe until Oclober j and fome 

 of them will continue until the End 

 of November, or the Middle of De- 

 cember, provided the Seafons be fa- 

 vourable ; but in very wet Seafons, 

 or fevere Frolls, they often rot and 

 decay. 



In order to fave Seeds of this 

 Plant, you fhould preferve fome of 

 the ftrongeft and moft vigorous 

 Plants, obferving in fevere Froits to 

 cover them lightly with Straw, or 

 Peas-haulm ; which mould be con- 

 stantly taken off in mild Weather,, 

 otherwife it will e. danger the rot- 

 ting of the Plants. In the Spring 

 the Earth mould be taken from the 

 Plants gradually, that the Stems may 

 advance ; and in June their Heads 

 will be formed much like a fmall 

 Artichoke, but full of fharp Thorns: 

 in thefe Heads the Seeds are con- 

 tained, which will be ripe in Auguff. 



CINERARIA. Vide Jacobsea. 



CIRCE A, Inchanter's Night- 

 fhade. 



The Characters are ; 



It bath a ptrcnnial creeping Root : 

 the Leaves, which are whole, and 

 fbapsd fomewhat like thofe of Nigbt- 

 fbade, are placed alternately upon the 

 Branches : the Flower confijls of two 

 Leaves, which refl upon a two-leavd 

 Empahment ' the Flowers are fuc 

 Y 2 ceede 



