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3. SlN API Indicum, la Slue* folio. 

 Tar. Bat. Indian Muftard, with a 

 Lettuce-leaf. 



4. Si n a p 1 ar<venfe precox, femine 

 nigro. Hot. Hift. Early Field Mil- 

 liard, with a black Seed. 



5. Sin API Hifpa nicu m pumilum al- 

 bum, lift. R. H. Low white Spa- 

 mlb Muftard. 



6. Sin aviHifpanicum, nafturtii fo- 

 lio. In ft. R. H. Spanijb Milliard, 

 with a Crefs leaf. 



The firft Sort is very common in 

 the JJle of Ely in Cambridgejhirc, and 

 in many other Places, where the 

 Land has been flooded with Water 

 for many Years ; but upon being 

 drained, this Plant comes up in a 

 moll plenteous manner ; which has 

 given Occafion for fome Perfons to 

 Imagine, that it was produced fpon- 

 taneouily. without Seeds; but the 

 contrary of this has been fully pro- 

 ved by feveral learned Gentlemen, 

 and therefore would be needlefs to 

 repeat here ; for the Rcafon why 

 thefe Seeds remain good for fo many 

 Years, when cover'd with Water, is, 

 becaufe they abound with lb fharp 

 an Oil, that it prevents the Water 

 from prevading its Body ; and, being 

 kept from the Air, is prelerved from 

 Corruption. 



This Sort is alfo cultivated inGar- 

 dens, as a Salhd-herb, by fome Per- 

 fons ; tho' in general the Sort with 

 white Seeds is preferr'd to it for this 

 Purpofe ■ and in Fields, in divers 

 Parts of England, for the fake of its 

 Seeds. The Method of cultivating 

 this Plant is, to fow tne Seeds upon 

 an open Spot of Ground, which has 

 been well dug or plow'd, in the 

 Spring ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be hoed, in 

 order to dellroy the Weeds, as a'fo 

 to cut out the Plants where they ar r 

 too thick, leaving them about 

 Inches afunder j for when they are 



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left too thick, they draw up weak, 

 and the Seeds are never fo large, 

 and well nourifhed; and if the 

 Weeds mould grow again before the 

 Plants have gotten Strength enough 

 to bear them down, they muft be 

 hoed a fecond time; after which 

 they will require no farther Care, 

 until the Seeds are ripe, when the~ 

 Haulm Ihould be cut down, and 

 fpread upon the Ground to dry; but 

 it mull not lie long on the Ground j 

 for the Pods will foon open, and let 

 out the Seeds, efpecially after a 

 Shower of Rain, if the Sun Ihines 

 warm ; therefore the Seeds fhould 

 be threfn'd out as foon as poffible. 



The fecond Sort is chiefly culti- 

 vated in Gardens for a Sal Jad- herb 

 in the Winter- feafon. The Seeds 

 of this are commonly fown very 

 thick in Drills, either upon a warm 

 Border, or in very cold Weather 

 upon an Hot-bed, with Creffe?, and 

 other fmall Sallad-herbs, which are 

 commonly fit for Ufe in ten Days 

 or a Fortnight from lowing ; for if 

 they are large, thr'y are too llrong 

 to put into Sallads. In order to 

 fave the Seeds of this Plant, a Spot 

 of Ground muft be fown with it in 

 the Spring, which mould be mana- 

 ged in the lame manner as the for- 

 mer. 



The third Sort may alfo be ufed 

 in Sallads, when it is very young, at 

 which time it has no difagreeable 

 Talle ; but as it grows large, fo its 

 Strength increafes, and a certain Bit- 

 ternefs, which renders it very difa- 

 greeable. This is very hardy, and, 

 when allow'd fuffi ;ient room, will 

 fpread very Far, id produce iarge 

 Leaves. This Sort is eaten hy che 

 C: n . as a boiled Sallad r.crb ; and 

 ti oeeds have b?en frequently 

 wrought to Europe, for an elculent 

 Herb. 



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