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I mall not repeat it in this Place ; 

 but fhall only add, that many Per- 

 fons fow their Leeks very thick 

 in Beds in the Spring ; and in June, 

 after lome of their early Crops arc 

 taken off, they dig up the Ground, 

 and plant their Leeks out thereon, 

 in Rows a Foot apart, and fix Inches 

 afunder in the Rows, obferving to 

 water them until they have taken 

 Root ; af:er which they will require 

 no further Culture, but to clear the 

 Ground from Weeds : the Leeks, 

 thus planted, will grow to a great 

 Size, provided the Ground be good; 

 and this Method is very proper for 

 fuch Perfons whc have little room. 



If you wculd lave the Seeds of 

 this Plant, you mould make choice 

 of fome of the largeft and belt you 

 have, which muft remain in the 

 Piace where they grew, until Fe- 

 bruary ; when they mould be tranf- 

 p'anted in a Row againft a warm 

 Hedge, Pale, or Wall, at about eight 

 Inches afunder ; and when their 

 Stems advance, they mould be fup- 

 ported by a String, to prevent their 

 being broken down, to which they 

 are very liable, efpecially when in 

 Head ; and the clofer they are drawn 

 to the Fence in Autumn, the better 

 the Seeds will ripen ; for it fome- 

 times happens, in cold Summers or 

 Autumns, that thole which grow in 

 the open Garden, do not perfect 

 their Seeds in this Country, efpeci- 

 al'v if there mould be lharp Frolts 

 tarly in Autumn, which will intire- 

 Jy fpoil the Seed. 



When it is ripe {which may be 

 bftown by the Heads changing 

 brown), you mould cut oil* their 

 Heads w ieh about a Foot or more of 

 the Stalk to each, and tie them in 

 Bundles, three or four Heads in 

 each, and hang them up in a dry 

 Place, where they may remain till" 

 Cbrijlm&s s or af;er, when you isay 



threfh out the Seeds for Ufe. The 

 Hulk of thefe Seeds is very tough, 

 which renders it very difficult to get 

 out the Seeds ; therefore fome Per- 

 fons, who have but a fmall Quantity, 

 rub it hard againft a rough Tile, 

 which will break the Hulks, and get 

 the Seeds out better than molt other 

 Methods I have known ufed. 



PORTULACA, Purflane. 

 The Chambers are ; 



The Flower conftjls of many Leaves, 

 •which expand in form of a Rofe ; out 

 of whofe Tlower-cup ( which conjtjls 

 of one Leaf) arifes the Pointal y which, 

 together with the Flower - cup, be- 

 comes a Fruit for the mojl part oval, 

 full of fmall Seeds, and furniffd with 

 two o hells or Hujks at top \ of which 

 the outer one, which --was the Part of 

 the Flower-cup that was fplit in two, 

 opens prjl ; and the inner one, which 

 is the Pointal inlargd, opens lajl, dou- 

 bly and tranPverfly , while the lower 

 Part of the Flower-cup adheres to the 

 Footjlalk. 



The Species are ; 



1 . PO rt u L a c A latifolia feu fati- 

 <va. C. B. P. Broad-leav'd or Gar- 

 den Purflane. 



2. Portulac a fativa latifolia, 

 foliis fat-is. Mor. Hif. Broad- 

 leav'd Garden Purflane, with yellow 

 Leaves. 



3. Portulac a angufti folia f<v& 

 ■ jlris. C. B. P. Narrow-leav'd 

 or Wild Purflane. 



4. Portulaca Curaffawca, fo- 

 lio capparidis. Par. Bat. Purflane 

 from Curaffo, with a Caper-leaf. 



The nril'Sort here mentioned is 

 what the Gardeners near London do 

 chiefly cultivate ; though the fecond 

 Sore does very often come up mix'd 

 wuh the firft ; but whether it is only 

 an accidental Variety arifmg from 

 the fame Seeds, or that the Seeds are 

 promifcupufly faved, I cannot deter- 

 mine : indeed, there is no other Dif- 

 ference 



