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thrive ; but it mufl be broken in a 

 Mill, otherwile it is apt to pafs thro' 

 the Cattle whole. 



It is commonly late in the Seafon 

 before it is ripe ; but there is no 

 great Danger of the Seeds falling, 

 nor of fuffering by Wet after it is 

 mown : it mull lie feveral Days to 

 dry, that the Stalks (which are hard) 

 may wither before it is hous'd. 



Buck - wheat is fomctimes fown 

 very thick, and fuffer'd to grow un- 

 til it is near flowering, and is then 

 plowed in, which makes a good Lay 

 for Wheat or Rye : but fome People 

 elteem it the better way to feed Cat- 

 tle with it, cfpecially Milch -cows, 

 which, they fay, will caufe them to 

 give a great deal of Milk, and make 

 both the Butter and Cheefe very 

 good. This will alfo afford Food for 

 Cattle in the drieil time, when all 

 other Grafs is burnt up. 



The fecond Sort is found wild in 

 clivers Parts of England-, but is never 

 cultivated in Gardens. 



FAGUS, The Beach-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath Leaves femevchat refem- 

 lling thofe of the Horn learn : the 

 Ma Ic F/owt rs grow together in a round 

 Bunch, and are produced at rimote 

 Dijlances frcm the Fruit on the fame 

 Tree: the Fruit conftfs of t-zvo or 

 th, ■ee triangular Nuts, which are in- 

 cloftd in a rough hairy Rind, divided 

 into four Parts. 



The Species are ; 



1. Fagus. Dod. The Beach- 

 tree. 



2. Fagus foliis ex luteo variega- 

 tis. The yei.'ow-ftrip'd Beach-tree. 



3. Fagus foliis cx albo -variegatis. 

 The white-ilrip'd Beach-tree. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Tree , at prefent known (except the 

 two Varieties with itrip'd Leaves, 

 which are accidental), though the 

 .Planters would dillinguifh two or 



Sorts, one of which they call the 

 Mountain Beach ; and, as they fay, 

 affords a much whiter Timber than 

 the other, which they call the Wild 

 Beach : but as thefe have never been 

 dillinguifhed by the Botanitts, nor 

 can J perceive any real Difference; 

 amongit all the Trees of this Kind 

 1 have yet feen, I rather think the 

 Difference in the Colour of the 

 Wood is occafioned by the Places of 

 their Growth ; which is often ob- 

 ierved to be the Cafe with moil other 

 Sorts of Timber. 



This Tree is propagated by fow- 

 ing the Malt ; the Seafon for which 

 is any time from October to Februa- 

 ry, only obferving to fecure the Seeds 

 from Vermin when early fown ; 

 which if carefully done, the fooner 

 they are fown the better, after they 

 are fully ripe : a finall Spot of 

 Ground will be fuflicient for railing 

 a great Number of thefe Trees from 

 Seed ; but you mufl; be very careful 

 to keep them clear fromWeeds ; and 

 if the Plants come up very thick, 

 you fhould not fail to draw out the 

 ltrongeft of them the Autumn fol- 

 lowing, that thole left may have room 

 to grow: fo that if you hufband a 

 Seed-bed carefully, it will afford a 

 threcYears Draught of young Plants ; 

 which fhould be planted in a Nur- 

 fery ; and, if defigned for Timber- 

 trees, at three Feet Diftance Row 

 from Row, and eighteen Inchei afun- 

 der in the Rows. 



But if they are defigned forHedges 

 (to which the Tree is very well 

 adapted), the Dillance need not be 

 fo great ; two Feet Row from Row, 

 and one Foot in the Rows, will be 

 fuflicient. In this Nurfery they may 

 remain two or three Years, obferv- 

 ing to clear them from Weeds, as 

 alfo to dig up the Ground between 

 the Roots, at leaft once a Year, that 

 their tender Roots may the better 



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