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The Species are ; 



1 . Da y cus vulgaris. Cfof. Com- 

 mon wild Carrot. 



2. Daucus Jylveflris bu miliar, 

 latiore folio. Dwarf wild Carrot, 

 with broader Leaves. 



3. Daucus fativus, radice atro- 

 rubente. .Tourn. Dark red -rooted 

 Garden Carrot. 



4. Daucus fat'vvus, radice au- 

 rantii coloris. Tourn. The orange - 

 colour'd Carrot. 



5. Daucus fativus, radice alba. 

 Tourn. The white Carrot. 



The firft of thefe Species grows 

 wild upon arable Land in mod Parts 

 of England, and is feldom cultivated, 

 except in Botanic Gardens. This is 

 the particular Sort which fhould be 

 us'd in Medicine, and for which the 

 Druggifts commonly fell the Seeds 

 of the Garden Carrot. 



The fecond Sort was found by 

 Mr. Rand near Dover, and is fpeci- 

 fically different from the common 

 Sort, as hath been prov'd by fowing 

 them together in a Garden for feve- 

 ral Years. 



The fourth Sort is commonly cul- 

 tivated in Gardens for the Kitchen ; 

 as is the fifth Sort, though not fo 

 common in England as the former : 

 nor would they be worth the Gar- 

 deners while to propagate them ; for 

 their pale Colour would render them 

 lefs acceptable in theMarkets,where 

 the deepeft-colour'd Carrots are al- 

 ways moil erteem'd, though, for the 

 Table, the white are generally pre- 

 ferr'd as the fweeteft. 



They are propagated at two or 

 three different Seafons, or fometimes 

 ©ftener, where People are fond of 

 young Carrots through all the Sum- 

 mer-months. The firft Seafon for 

 fowing the Seeds is foon after Chrijl- 

 mas, if the Weather is open, which 

 fhould be in warm Borders, near 

 Walls, Pales, or Hedges ; but they 



Ihould not be fown immediately 

 clofe thereto ; but a Border of Let- 

 tuce, or other young Sallad herbs, 

 of about a Foot wide, fhould be next 

 the Wall, &c. for if the Carrots 

 were fown clofe to the Wall, they 

 would run up to Seed without make- 

 ing any tolerable Roots. 



Thefe delight in a warm fandy 

 Soil, which is light, and mould be 

 dug pretty deep, that the Roots may 

 the better run down ; for if they 

 meet with any Obftruction, they are 

 very apt to grow forked, and moot 

 out lateral Roots, efpecially where 

 the Ground is too much dunged the 

 fame Year that the Seeds are fown, 

 which will alfo occauon their being 

 worm-eaten : it is therefore the bet- 

 ter Method to dung the Ground in- 

 tended for Carrots the Year before 

 they are fown, that it may be con- 

 fumed, and mixed with the Earth. 



Thefe Seeds have a great Quan- 

 tity of fmall forked Hairs upon their 

 Borders, by which they clofely ad- 

 here, fo that they are difficult to fow 

 even, fo as not to come up in 

 Patches ; you mould therefore rub 

 it well through both Hands, where- 

 by the Seed will be feparated before 

 it is fown : then you mould choofe 

 a calm Day to fow it; for if the 

 Wind blows, it will be impomble 

 to fow it equal ; for the Seeds, be- 

 ing very light, will be blown into 

 Heaps. When the Seed is fown, you 

 ihould tread the Ground pretty clofe 

 with your Feet, that it may be bu- 

 ried, and then rake the Ground 

 level. 



When the Plants are come up, 

 you fhould hoe the Ground with a 

 fmall Hoe about three Inches wide, 

 cutting down all young Weeds, and 

 feparating the Plants to four Inches 

 Diftance each Way, that they may 

 get Strength; and in about three 

 Weeks after^ when the Weeds be- 



