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Ground ; and if they have not 

 room, they are apt to overbear each 

 other, and thereby are very often 

 rotted, efpecially in moift Seafons. 

 The Weeds mould alfo be diligently 

 clear'd from them,otherwife they will 

 grow over and deflroy them: in June 

 thefePlantswill produce fmall yellow 

 papilionaceous Flowers, which are 

 Succeeded by Pods, which of the firft 

 Sort are fo much like Caterpillers, 

 that a Perfon, at a fmall Diftance, 

 would imagine they were real Ca- 

 terpillers feeding on the Plants ; and 

 it is for this Oddnefs of their Pods 

 that thefe Plants are chiefly pre- 

 ferv'd. 



Thefe Plants will feldom thrive 

 well, if they are tranfplanted ; there- 

 fore the bell Method is, to put in 

 three or four good Seeds in each 

 Place where you would have the 

 Plants remain (which may be in the 

 Middle of large Borders in the Plea- 

 fure-garden, where being intermix'd 

 with other Plants, they will afford a 

 pleafing Variety). When the Plants 

 come up, there mould be only one 

 of the moft promifing left in each 

 Place, which mould be ccnftantly 

 kept clear from Weeds ; and when 

 their Pcds are ripe, they mould be 

 gather'd and prefervM in a dry 

 Place till the following Spring, in 

 order to be fown. 



The firft, third, and fourth Sorts 

 are the belt worth cultivating, their 

 Pods being large, and more vifible 

 than the other,and are more in form 

 of a Caterpilier. 



SCORZONERA, Vipers-grafs. 



The Char after s are ; 

 It hath afemifiofculous Flower, con- 

 fining of many Ha if -florets, which 

 refi upon tbcEntbryoes, which are in- 

 cluded in one common Empalement, 

 which is fcoly : the Embryoes after- 

 ward become oblong Seeds, nvbich are 

 fwnijVd with Down, 



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The Species are; 



1. Scorzonera latifolia Jtnuatal 

 C. B. P. Common or broad-leav'd 

 Vipers - grafs, with an indented 

 Leaf. 



2. Scorzonera lati folia altera; 

 C. B. P. Another broad-leav'd 

 Vipers-grafs. 



3. Scorzonera laciniatis foliis. 

 Toum. Vipers-grafs with jagged 

 Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is what 

 the College of Phyficians have di- 

 rected for medicinal Ufe ; and it 13 

 alfo cultivated for the Ufe of the 

 Kitchen in divers Gardens near Lon- 

 don ; tho* at prefent it is not fo much 

 propagated as it hath been fome 

 Years fince, when it was more com- 

 monly brought to the Markets. 



The fecond Sort is equally as good 

 as the firft for all the Purpofes for 

 which that is cultivated ; but as it is 

 lefs common, it is rarely found in 

 England, except in Botanic Gardens; 

 v/here the third Sort is alfo cultiva- 

 ted for Variety, but is never appl) 'd 

 to any Ufes. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds in the Spring 

 upon a Spotoffrefh light Soil. The 

 befc Method Of fowing them is, to 

 draw {hallow Furrows by a Line 

 about a Foot afunder, into which 

 you fhould fcatter the Seeds, thinly 

 covering them over about half an 

 Inch thick with the fame light 

 Earth; and when the Plants are come 

 up, they fhould be thinned where 

 they are too clofe in the Rows, leav- 

 ing them at leaft fix Inches afunder ; 

 and, at the fame time, you fhould 

 hoe down all the Weeds to deflroy 

 them : and this muft be repeated as 

 often as is neceflary ; for if theWeeds 

 are permitted to grow among the 

 Plants, they will draw them up weak., 

 and prevent their Growth. 



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