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Bugs, which are placed at a fma!l 

 Diitance from the Stem of the Plant, 

 mull not be cut off", becaufe thofe 

 produce the new Shoots the follow- 

 ing Summer. Theie Plants fhould 

 be planted about two Feet afunder 

 in the Rows, and four or five Feet 

 Diitance Row from Row ; for if 

 they are planted too clofe, their 

 Fruit is never fo fair, nor will ripen 

 fo kindly, as when they have room 

 for the Air to pafs between the 

 Rows. The Soil in which they 

 thrive belt, is a frelh fandy Loan), 

 neither too moift nor over dry; the 

 Extreme of either being injurious to 

 thefe Plants. 



The time for drefiing of them is 

 in October, when all the old Wood, 

 which produced Fruit the preceding 

 Summer, (houM be cut down to the 

 Surface of the Ground, and the 

 young Shoots muit be fhorten'd to 

 about two Feet in Length ; then the 

 Spaces between the Rows mould be 

 well dug, to er.courage their Roots ; 

 and if you bury a very little rotten 

 Dung therein, it will make them 

 fhoot vigoroufly the Summer fol- 

 lowing, and their Fruit will be much 

 fairer. During the Summer-feafon 

 tbey mould be kept clear from 

 Weeds, which, with the before-men- 

 ticn'd Culture, is ail the Manage- 

 ment they will require : but it is 

 proper to make new Plantations 

 once in three or four Years, becaufe 

 thofe are better than where thePiants 

 are fufFefd to remain longer. 



The Virginian flowering Rafpber- 

 ry is commonly propagated in the 

 Nurferies a? a flowering Shrub. The 

 Flowers of tin's Scrt are as lar^e as 

 fmali Rofes ; and there is a Succef- 

 fion of them for two Months or 

 more, fo that they make an agree- 

 able Variety during their Continu- 

 ance This Sor; has produe'd Fruit 

 in England which were larger tfean 



thofe of the common Sort ; but had 

 little Flavour. Thefe were ripe in 

 September, and the Plants on which 

 they produe'd, grew on a ftrong 

 Soil ; but it is very rare to fee any 

 Fruit upon thefe Plants. 



The eleventh Sort frequently pro- 

 duces Fruit in England, which are in 

 Appearance very like the common 

 Blackberry ; but have a different 

 Flavour. Thefe ripen late in the 

 Autumn, and are not worth culti- 1 

 vating for their Fruit. 



RUDBECKIA, Dwarf Sunflow- 

 er, vulgo. 



The Characters are ; 



It hatb Male and Hermaphrodite 

 Flowers inclos'd in one common Em- 

 palement : the Empalement is com- 

 posed of two Orders of Leaves : the t 

 Flower has a Border of Rays, and the 

 Middle is occupied by a gnat Number 

 of Hermaphrodite flowers, which 

 form a Cone : the Hermaphrodite 

 Flowers are tub ulcus, and cut into five 

 Parts at the Brim ; thefe have the 

 Pointal f.tuatid in their Centre,which 

 is attended by five Jlender Stamina : 

 the Male Flowers, which grow rcuud 

 the. Border, and form the Rays, are 

 fir etched out on one Side like a Tongue , 

 which is cut into two or three Parts, 

 and is plain : thefe are barren ; but 

 the He rmaphrodite Flowers have each 

 a Jingle oblong Seed, which is four- 

 cornered, fucc ceding th.m. 



This Genus of Plants was by Mon- 

 fieur Vaillant titled Obtlifcotheca ; 

 but this being a compound Name, 

 Dr. Linnaus has altered it to this of 

 Rudbecha, in Honour to Dr. Rud- 

 beck % who was Profeiior of Botany 

 at UpfaJitX Sweden, 

 The Species are ; 



I. Rudbeckia foliis lanceola'iO- 

 cvatis alternis i'ndivifis, pi talis radii 

 in teg, is. Fior. Virg, Dwarf Sun- 

 flower, w;#b yellow Rays, and a dajrik 

 Middle, 



2. RVD- 



