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the Spring upon an Hot-bed ; and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 mutt be tranfplanted into a frefh 

 Hot- bed, to bring them forward. 

 After they have acquir'd a tolerable 

 Degree of Strength, they mould be 

 planted into Pots hll'd with rich 

 light fandy Soil, and plung'd into 

 another Hot-bed, managing them as 

 hath beendirefted for Amaranthus's; 

 to which I mall refer the Reader, to 

 avoid Repetition : for if thefe Plants 

 are not brought forward thus in the 

 former Part of the Summer, they 

 will not produce good Seeds in this 

 Country; though after they have 

 flower'd, if the Seafon is favourable, 

 they may be expos'd in a warm Si- 

 tuation with other annual Plants. 

 When thefe Plants have perfected 

 their Seeds, they decay, and never 

 continue longer than one Seafon. 



The Seed of the firft Sort is men- 

 tion'd in the Lilt of Officinal Simples 

 in the College Difpenfatory ; but 

 is rarely us'd in Medicine in England. 

 From nine Pounds of this Seed, 

 which came from Carolina, there 

 were upwards of two Quarts of Oil 

 producM ; which is as great a Quan- 

 tity as hath been known to be drawn 

 from any Vegetable whatever ; and 

 this, I fuppofe, might occafion its 

 being cali'd Oily-grain. 



SESELI, Wild-fpignel. 

 The Characters are ; 



It batb a rofe and umb ell at cd Flow- 

 er, confining of federal Leaves, placed 

 in a Circle, and rcfting on the Em- 

 paletnent, which afterward becomes 

 a Fruit ,_ composed of two long Seeds, 

 which are chamlled : to thefe Notes 

 tnujl be added, That the Leaves are 

 broader and jrjorter than thofe of Fe- 

 rn/. 



The Species are ; 

 I . Sesel i perenne, folio glauco bre- 

 ruiorc. Vtuil. Perennial Wild fp-g- 

 ael, wuh a ihorcer lea-green Leaf. 



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2. Seseli perenne, folio glauco 

 longiori. Vaill. Perennial Wild- 

 fpignel, with a longer fea - green 

 Leaf. 



3 . Seseli, qii(t feruhe facie, Thap- 

 fia Jive Turbith Gallorum. J. B. 

 Boerh. Ind. alt. Wild -fpignel with 

 the Face of Giant-fenel, tuppo^d 

 to be the Turbith of the Gauls. 



4. Seseli qu<e Saxifraga Panno- 

 nica. Cluf tiift. Boerh. Ind. alt. 

 Wild-fpignel, or the Portugal Saxi- 

 frage of Clufius. 



The three firft Sorts are abiding 

 Plants, whofe Roots will continue 

 feveral Yean ; but the fourtn Sort 

 is a biennial Plant, which periflies 

 foon after it has perfected its Seeds. 



Thefe may be propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds, whicn is bell: 

 done in the Autumn ; for when the 

 Seeds are fown in the Spring, they 

 frequently lie in the Ground till the 

 next Year, before the Plants will 

 appear; whereas thofe which are 

 fown in Autumn, always rife the 

 following Spring. Thefe Seeds mould 

 be fown in Drills, about eighteen 

 Inches afunder, in a Bed of frefli 

 Earth, where they are defign'd to 

 remain ; and in the Spring, when 

 the Plants come up, they mould be 

 thinn'd where they are too c!ofe, 

 leaving them about fix Inc.es Di- 

 france in the Rows ; after this the 

 Plants will require no farther Care, 

 but to keep them conftantly clear 

 from Weeds ; and the fecend Seafon 

 they will produce Seeds. Thefe 

 Sorts, which are permitted to re- 

 main after they have feeded, mould 

 have the Ground gently dug every 

 Spring between the Rows, to loofen 

 the Earth ; but there mould be Care 

 taken not to injure their R.oots with 

 the Spade. Tire Plants love a moiit. 

 Soil ; for when they are fown on a 

 dry Soil, they do not thrive near ib 

 well ; and feldoia psrfett their Sc:d?, 

 4 M 3 uniefs 



