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(as is pra&ifed by Medlers in Eng- 

 land), when they are efteemed a 

 pleafant Fruit. 



Thefe are both propagated by 

 Seeds, which will come up very 

 well in the open Ground ; but if 

 they are fown upon a moderate Hot- 

 bed, the Plants will come up much 

 fooner, and make a greater Progrefs ; 

 but in this Cafe the Seeds mould be 

 fown in Pots or Boxes of Earth, and 

 plunged into the Hot-bed ; becaufe 

 the Plants will not bear tranfplant- 

 ing till the Autumn, that the Leaves 

 fall off; fo that when the Plants are 

 up, and have made fome Progrefs, 

 they may be inured by degrees to 

 the open Air ; and in June they may 

 be wholly expofed, and may remain 

 abroad until November ; when it 

 will be proper to fet the Pots under 

 an Hot-bed-frame to protect them 

 from hard Froft, which, while they 

 are very young, may kill the Tops 

 of the Plants j but they muft have as 

 much free Air as pofiiblein mild Wea- 

 ther : next Autumn or Spring, be- 

 fore the Plants begin to lhoot, they 

 fhouldbetranfplanted into aNurfery, 

 in a warm Situation; where they 

 may be trained up for two Years, 

 and then removed to the Places 

 where they are defigned to remain. 

 The fecond Sort is hardy enough to 

 refift the greateft Cold of this Coun- 

 try; but I do not know how the 

 firft may be affected by fevere Froft; 

 tho* for two or three Years they 

 have been expofed without Injury. 



DIPSACUS, The Teafel. 

 The Char afters are ; 



The whole Flower batb no proper 

 Calyx, but Leaves reprefenting the 

 Perianthium encompajftng the Bottom 

 of the Head ; the little Flowers, which 

 arc produced Jlngly f r P™ between the 

 Scales i are .collided into a~i Head 

 f'.\w;kat likt a Bee-hive: theje 



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are fuciteded by longijh four-comer i 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Dipsacus Jylvejlris, aut 1'irga 

 pajloris major. C. B. The greater 

 wild Teafel. 



2. Dipsacus Jyhejiris, capitult 

 minor -e, <vel <virga pa f: oris minor, 

 C. B. Small wild Teafel, or Shep- 

 herd's Rod. 



3. D1PSACUS/0//0 laciniato. C.B. 

 Cut-leav'd Teafel. 



4. Dipsacus fativus. C. B. Ma- 

 nured Teafel. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common upon dry Banks, in molt 

 Parts of England; and is feldom 

 cultivated in Gardens, unlefs for 

 the fake of Variety. 



The fecond is alfo found wild in 

 many Parts of England, tho' lefs 

 common than the firft. 



The third is a Variety, which 

 differs from the firft, in having the 

 Leaves deeply cut or jagged. 



But it -is the fourth Sort only 

 which is cultivated for Ufe, which 

 is called Carduus Fullorum, or Ful- 

 lonum, being of fingular Ufe in raif- 

 ing the Knap upon Woollen-cloth ; 

 for which Purpofe there are great 

 Quantities of this Plant cultivated in 

 the Weft Country. 



This Plant is propagated by fow- 

 ing the Seed in March, upon a Soil 

 that has been well plowed: about 

 one Peck of this Seed will fow ai> 

 Acre ; for the Plants fhould have 

 room to grow, otherwife the Heads 

 will not be fo large, nor in fo great 

 Quantity. When the Plants are 

 come up, you muft hoe them in the 

 fame manner as is pracljfed for Tur- 

 neps, cutting down all the Weeds, 

 and fmgling out the Plants to about 

 fix or eight Inches Diftance ; and as 

 the Plants advance, and the W r eecU 

 begin to grow again, you muft hoe 



