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fma.ll Turnep, and are very {weer. 

 This may be propagated in the fame 

 manner as the common Sort; but 

 only with this Difference; mix. That 

 this muft not be fown till the Be- 

 ginning of March, and the Plants 

 allow'd a greater Diitance. The 

 Seeds of this Kind are very fubjett 

 to degenerate when fav'd in England; 

 ib that it is proper to have them from 

 Abroad every Year. 



The other round-rooted Radifnes 

 are rarely cultivated in England ; but 

 thofe who have a mind to have 

 them, may fow them in the fame 

 manner as the Jaft. 



The Black and White Spanijh Ra- 

 diih.es are commonly cultivated for 

 medicinal Ufe ; though there are 

 (ome who are very fond of them for 

 the Table. Thefe are commcnly 

 fown about the Middle of July, or a 

 little earlier; and they are fit for the 

 Table by the End of Auguf, or the 

 Beginning of September; and they 

 vviil continue good till the Fro ft 

 fpoils them. Thefe muft be thinned 

 to a greater Diftance than the com- 

 mon Sort ; for the Roots of thefe 

 grow as large as Turneps ; there- 

 fore mould not be left nearer toge- 

 ther than fix Inches. 



Some Perfons who are very curi- 

 ous to have thefe Roots in Winter, 

 draw them out of the Ground before 

 the hard Froft comes on, and lay 

 them up in dry Sand, in the fame 

 manner as is praclis'd for Carrots ; 

 being careful to guard them from 

 Wet and Froft ; and by this Method 

 they preferve them till the Spring. 



RAPIST RUM, Charlock, or 

 Wild Muftard. 



There are two or three Species of 

 this Plant, one of which grows wild 

 •in England; the other two are 

 Weeds in - the South of France, Italy, 

 and Spain. Thefe are never pre- 



ferv'd, except by Eotanifls for Va- 

 riety. 



RAPUNCULUS, Rampions. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flo-ucer covjijls of one Leaf, in 

 its Form approaching to a Bellfhape ; 

 but is fo expanded and cut, that it 

 almcjl represents the Figure of a Star: 

 the Point al is commonly fplit into tnxio 

 horned Dimijtom, and the Flo<vuer-cup 

 becomes a Fruit, ivhich is divided in- 

 to three Cells, inclafng many fmall 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Rapunculus fpicatus. C.B.P. 

 Spiked Rampion 



2. Rapunculus fpicatus o.lbus. 

 C. B. P. Spiked Rampion, with a 

 white Flower. . 



3. Rapunculus Alpinus cornicu- 

 latus. C. B. P. Horned Rampion of 

 the Alps. 



4. Rapunculus fcabiof<e ca pi tula 

 cceruleo. C. B. P. Rampion with 

 blue fcabious-like Heads. 



5. Rapunculus Jcabiofa capitulo 

 albo. C. B. P. Rampion with white 

 fcabious-like Heads. 



6. Ranunculus fpicatus, fore 

 favefcente. Inf. R. H. Spiked Ram- 

 pion, with a yeilowifh Flower. 



7. Rapunculus Creticus, feu 

 pyramidalis altera. C.B. P. Pyra- 

 midal Rampion of Crete. 



8. Rapunculus folio graminco. 

 Inft.R. H. Grafs-leav'd Rampion. 



9. Rapunculus Creticus petro- 

 maruln ,fore albo. Tourn. Cor. Ram- 

 pion of Crete, with a white Flower. 



10. Rapunculus Orient alls, fo- 

 liis cinguftis dentatis. Tourn. Cor, 

 Eaftern Rampion, with narrow in- 

 dented Leaves. 



11. Rapunculus Orient alts an- 

 gv.Jiifciius multicaulis totus fioridus* 

 'lourn. Cor. Eaftern- narrow - leav'd 

 Rampion, with many Stalks, filled 

 with Flowers, 



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