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extremely well, if they are planted 

 in Pots filled with light rich Earth, 

 and plunged into the Bark - bed in 

 the Stove, and managed as hath 

 been directed for the tender Sorts of 

 Amaryllis. 



PAKSIES. Vide Viola Tricolor. 



PANICUM, Panic. 

 The Characters are ; 



It is a Plant of the Mill t '-fond \ 

 differing from that, by the Difpofi- 

 tion of the Flowers and Seeds ; which, 

 of this, grow in a clofe thick Spike. 

 The Species are ; 



J. Panicum Germanicum, five 

 panicula mi nor e fiava. C.B.P. Yellow 

 German Panic, with a fmaller Spike. 



2. PANICUM Germanicum, five 

 patiUuIa minore alba. C. B. P. White 

 German Panic, with a fmaller Spike. 



3. Panicum Germanicum, five 

 panicula minore purpurea. C. B. P. 

 Purpte German Panic, with a (mail- 

 er Spike. 



4. Panicum It ali cum, five pani- 

 cula ?najore. C. B. P. Italian Panic, 

 with a larger Spike. 



5 . Panicum Indicum, fpica obi u fa 

 cccrulea. C. B. P. Indian Panic, with 

 a blue obtufe Spike. 



6. Panicum Indie urn, fpica longif 

 fima. C. B. P. Indum Panic, with a 

 very long Spike. 



7. Panicum Americanum, fpica 

 ebtufii brcvi. Jnfi. R. H. American 

 Panic, with a fhort obtufe Spike. 



8. Panicum Americanum, fpica 

 hngiore acuta. Inf. R. H. American 

 Panic, with a longer-pointed Spike. 



g. Panicum Indicum altifjimum, 

 fpicis fimplicibus mollibus, in foliorum 

 a! is Lngijpmis pediculis infidentibus. 

 Inf. R. H. The taileft Indian Panic, 

 with a foft fmgle Spike, which is 

 produced on a long Footilalk from 

 the Wing of the Leaf. 



The three firil Sorts are only Va- 

 rieties, which differ in the Colour of 

 the Grain. Thefe arc fovved in fe- 



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veral Parts of Europe, in the Field?, 

 as Corn, for the Suftenance of the 

 Inhabitants : but it is reckoned not 

 to afford fo good Nourifhment as 

 Millet; however, it is frequently 

 ufed in fome Parts of Germany, to 

 make Puddens, Cakes, and Bread. 

 This is not fo much eiteemed as the 

 Italian Sort ; but as it will ripen 

 better in cold Countries than that, 

 it is generally cultivated where a 

 better Sort ofGrain will not fucceed. J 



The Seeds of thefe Sorts may be 

 fown in the Spring, at the fame time 

 as Barley is fown, and may be ma- 

 naged exactly in the fame Way : but 

 this lhould not be fown too thick ; 

 for thefe Seeds are very fmall, and 

 the Plants grow ftronger ; therefore 

 require more room. The German 

 Sort doth not grow above three Feet 

 high, unlefs it is fown on very rich 

 Land ; in which Cafe it will rife to 

 be four Feet high ; but the Leaves 

 and Stems of this Corn are very 

 large; fo require to ftand four or 

 fivelncheo apart ; otherwife they will 

 grow up weak, and come to little. 

 Thefe large - growing Corns mould 

 be fown in Drills at about eighteen 

 Inches apart, fo that the Ground 

 may be hoed between the Rows of 

 Corn, to keep them clear from 

 Weeds ; and the ftirring of the 

 Ground will greatly improve the 

 Corn. Jn July the Corn will ripen, 

 when it may be cut down and dried; 

 and then mould be houfed. 



The Italian Panic grows much 

 larger than the German, and pro- 

 duces much larger Spikes ; fo this 

 mould be allowed more room to 

 grow, otherwife it will come to lit- 

 tle. This is alio later before it ri- 

 pens ; fo it is not very proper for 

 cold Countries. 



The other Sorts are Natives of 

 very warm Countries, where they 

 are ufed by the Inhabitatns to make 



S f f 3 Bread. 



