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RAPHANUS, Radifh. 



The Chai afters are; 

 The Flower confifts cf four Leaves, 

 which are placed in form of a Crofs : 

 cut of the Fl wer^cup rifes the Poin- 

 tal } which afterward turns to a Pod 

 in form of an Horn, that is thick , 

 fpongy, and fwrnfffd with a 'double 

 Row cf roundifh Seeds, which are fe- 

 f crated by a thin Membrane. 

 The Species are ; 

 T. Raphanus minor oblongus. C, 

 B. P. Small oblong or common 

 Radifh. 



2. Raphanus niger major rotun - 

 dus, Mor. Hifl. Great round black 

 Radifii, commonly calTd The Spa- 

 nifh Radifn. 



3. Raphanus major orbicularis •, 

 f.oribus candidis. C. B. P. Great 

 round - rooted Radifh, with white 

 Flowers. 



4. Raphanus minor oblongus py- 

 riformisy <vu1go Ramurazza. Hort. 

 Cath. The leffer Radifh, with an 

 oblong pear-fnap'd Root. 



5. Raphanus major orbicularis •, 

 ivil rotundus. C. B. P. Greater 

 Radilh, with a round Root, com- 

 monly call'd White Spanijh Radifh. 



The firll Sort here mention'd is 

 that which is commonly cultivated 

 in Kitchen-gardens for its Root ; 

 of which there are feveral Varieties, 

 as the Small-topp'd, the Deep-red, 

 and the Long- topp'd ftrip'd Radifh ; 

 all which are Varieties arifing from 

 Culture. The fmall-topp'd Sort is 

 moft commonly preferr'd by the 

 Gardeners near London ; becaufe 

 they require much lefs room than 

 thofe with large Tcp% and may be 

 left much clofer together ; and as 

 the forward Radifhes are what pro- 

 duce the greater!: Profit to the Gar- 

 dener, fo tnefe being commonly fovvn 

 upon Borders near Hedge?, Walls, 

 or Pales, if they are of the large- top- 

 ped Sort, they will be apt to grow 



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moftly at Top, and not fwell fo 

 much in the Root as the other,efpe- 

 cially if they are left pretty clofe. 



The Seafons for fowing this Seed 

 are various, according to the time 

 when they are defired for Ufe ; but 

 the earlier!: Seafon is commonly to- 

 ward the Latter-end of Oclober, when 

 the Gardeners near London fow them 

 to fupply the Market; and thefe, if 

 they do not mifcarry, will be fit for 

 Ufe in March following, which is 

 full as foon as moll People care to 

 eat them. Thefe (as I faid before) 

 are commonly fow n on warm Bor- 

 ders, near Walls, Pales, or Hedge?, 

 where they may be defended from 

 the cold Winds. 



The fecond Sowing is commonly 

 about ChriflmaSy provided the Seafon 

 be mild, and the Ground in a fit 

 Condition to work : thefe are fown 

 near Shelter, but not fo near Pales 

 and Hedges as the firft Sowing. 

 Thefe, if they are not deflroy'd by 

 Froft, will be fit for Ufe the Begin- 

 ning of April t but in order to have 

 a Succefhon of thefe Roots for the 

 Table through the Seafon, yen 

 mould repeat fowing of their Seeds 

 once a Fortnight, from the Middle 

 of January till the Beginning of 

 April i always obferving to fow the 

 latter Crops upon a moift Soil, 'and 

 an open Situation ; otherwife they 

 run up, and grow fticky, before they 

 are fit for Ufe. 



Many of the Gardeners near Zo«- 

 don fow Carrot-feed with their early 

 Radifhes; fo that when their Ra- 

 difhes are kilPd, the Carrots will re- 

 main : for the Seeds of Carrots com- 

 monly lie in the Ground five or fix 

 Weeks before they come up, and 

 the Radifhes feldom he above a 

 Fortnight under-ground ; fo that 

 thefe are often up, and kill'd, when 

 the Carrot-feed remains fafe in the 

 Ground : but when both Crops fuc- 



cecd, 



