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tyhen they are not cut down, and 

 have room to grow, will rife to a 

 confiderable Height, and become 

 large Trees : fo that they may be 

 planted for the fame Purpofes as the 

 firft Sort, and will make a Variety 

 when intermix'd with it j though 

 they are commonly cultivated for 

 their Twigs, which are annually 

 cut, and produce good Profit to the 

 Owner of the Land. 



All the Sorts of Willows may be 

 eafily propagated by planting Cut- 

 tings or Sets in the Spring, which 

 readily take Root, and are of quick 

 Growth. Thofe Sorts which grow 

 to be large Trees, and are culti- 

 vated for their Timber, are gene- 

 rally planted from Sets, which are 

 about feven or eight Feet long : thefe 

 are Iharpen'd at their larger End, 

 and thrylt into the Ground by the 

 Sides of Ditches and Banks, where 

 the Ground is moiit ; in which Pla- 

 ces they make a confiderable Pro- 

 grofs, and are a great Improvement 

 to fuch Eftates ; becaufe their Tops 

 will be fit to lop every fifth or fixth 

 Year. The larger Wood, if found, 

 is commonly fold for making wood- 

 en Heels or Soles for Shoes ; as 

 alio to the Turners, for many Kinds 

 of light Ware. 



The Sallows are commonly plant- 

 ed in Cuttings made from itrong 

 Shoots of the former Year, and are 

 about three Feet long : thefe are 

 commonly thruft down two Feet 

 deep into the Ground, and are one 

 Foot above it. The Soil mould al- 

 ways be dug or plow'd before they 

 are planted, and the Cuttings plac'd 

 about three Feet Rcw from Row, 

 and eighteen Inches afunder in the 

 Rows; obferving alwavs to place 

 the Rows the Hoping Way of the 

 Ground (fpecially if the. Tides 

 overflow the Place) ; becaufe if the 

 Rows are plac'd the contrary Ways, 



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all the Filth and Weeds will be de- 

 tain'd by the Plants, which will 

 choak them up. 



The bell Seafon for planting thefe 

 Cuttings is in February ; for if the/ 

 are planted fooner, they are apt to 

 peel, if it proves hard Froft ; which 

 greatly injures them. Thefe Plants 

 are always cut every Year ; and if 

 the Soil be good, they will produce 

 a great Crop; fo that the yearly- 

 Produce of one Acre has been often 

 fold for fifteen Pounds; but ten 

 Pounds is a common Price, which is 

 much better than Corn-land ; fo that 

 it is great Pity thefe Plants are not 

 more cultivated, efpecially upon 

 moift boggy Soils, upon which few 

 other Things will thrive. s 



SALVIA, Sage. 



The Characters are ; 



// hath a labiated Flower, confin- 

 ing of one Leaf whofe Upper-lip 

 is fometimes arched, and fome- 

 times hooked ; hut the Under- lip, or 

 Beard, is divided into three Purts, 

 hunching out, and not hollowed, as 

 the Clary: cut of the Flower -cup 

 rifes the Pointal, attended, as it were, 

 by four Embryocs, which afterward 

 become fo many Seeds, which are 

 roundijh, fiut up in an Hufk, which 

 was before the Flower- cup : to which 

 may be added, That the Stamina fome- 

 what refmble the Os Hyoidis. 

 The Species are; 



1. Salvia major, an Sphacelus 

 Theophrafi. C. B. P. The greater 

 or common Sage. 



2. Salvia nigra. C.B.P. Com- 

 mon red Sage. 



3. Salvia major, foliis ex wridi 

 Iff albo mariegatis, Boerh. Ind. The 

 greater Sage, with Leaves variega- 

 ted with White and Green. 



4. Salv/a foliis <verfic:loribus. C. 

 B. P t Party-colour'd Sage. 



5. Salvia I at if alia /errata. C. B. 

 P. The Broad- leav'd notched Sage. 



6. Salvia 



