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The Characters are ; 

 // is an umbelliferous Plant, <wbofe 

 Leaves are divided into cnpillaceous 

 Jags : the Petals of the Flower are 

 intire, and placed orbicularly, ex- 

 panding in form of a Rofe : each 

 Flower is fucceeded by two oblong 

 thick gibbofe Seeds, which are cha- 

 neWd on one Side, and plain on the 

 other. 



The Species are ; 



1. Foeniculum <vulgare Ger ma- 

 nhunt. C. B. Common Fenel. 



2 . Fo F. n I c u lu m foliis atro-wren- 

 tibus, H. Ed. Common Fenel, with 

 dark-green Leaves. 



3. Foeniculum dulce. C. B. 

 Sweet Fenel. 



4. Foeniculum Jyfoefre. C. B. 

 Wild Fenel. 



5. Foeniculum dulce Azoricum. 

 Pluk. Almag. Finoch'a, <vulgo. 



The firlt Sort is fo common in 

 England, that it will be needlefs to 

 fay any thing concerning it. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firlt ; which is very common 

 amongft it in moft Gardens in Eng- 

 land. 



The third Sort is the fweet Fenel, 

 vvhofe Seeds are ufed in Medicine : 

 this is by many Peop^ fuppofed to 

 be only a Variety of the common 

 Sort, or at leaft that the common 

 Sort is a Degeneracy from it : but 

 this is a great Miitake ; for the fweet 

 Fenel is an annual Plant, and never 

 furvives a Winter with us ; whereas 

 the common Sort will abide many 

 Years. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 promifcuoufly brought to the Mar- 

 kets for Kitchen- ules. Thefe are 

 propagated by fowing their Seeds 

 foon after they are ripe; and whin 

 the Plants are come up, they fhouid 

 be either tranfplanted, or hotd out 

 to the Diftance of fixteen or eighteen 

 Inches, Plant from Plant ; for they 



will fpread and increafe in Bulk 

 greatly: their Roots will abide many 

 Years ; but you mull be careful not 

 to fuffer their Seeds to Ihed upon 

 the Ground ; for the Plants will 

 come up, and over-run every thing 

 that grows near them, and they are 

 with much Difficulty extirpated. 



The fweet Fenel is an Annual, 

 and muft be fown upon a warm Soil, 

 and in an open Situation, in Febru- 

 ary, or the Beginning of March i 

 and when thefe Plants are come up, 

 they fhouid be hoed out to ten Inches 

 or a Foot Diftance from each other, 

 and kept clear from Weeds : in 

 Anruft this Plant will perfect its 

 Seeds, and foon after the Roots will 

 decay. The Seeds of this Plant, 

 which are faved in England, are not 

 near fo good as thofe which are 

 brought from Abroad, which are 

 generally imported at a very reason- 

 able Price ; therefore it is not worth 

 cultivating with us. 



The Finochia is a Plant which of 

 late Years has been introduced into 

 the Evgiijh Gardens ; where it is 

 cultivated as a Saliad herb, and is 

 by fomePeople very much efteemed, 

 tho 1 the Generality of Englijb Palates 

 do not at prefent relifh it ; but fince 

 it is 1-kely to become of more ge- 

 neral Ufe, I ill all give a fhort Ac- 

 count of its Culture. 



Firft, you muft provide yourfelf 

 with a Parcel of good Seeds from 

 Italy ; for thofe faved in England 

 are very apt to degenerate : in 

 February you may fow for the firft 

 Crop ; which fhouid be in a warm 

 Situation, and upon a light dry- 

 Soil. The manner of doing this 

 is as follows: After having well 

 dug and leveliM the Ground fmooth, 

 you mould make a (hallow Rill by 

 a Lfne, into which you muft fcatter 

 your Seeds pretty thin ; for if your 

 Plains are fix Inches afunder in the 

 K k \ Rows, 



