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marginatis. The leaft Spurrey, with 

 botder'd Seeds. 



Thefe Plants grow wild in feveral 

 Parts of England : the fecond Sort is 

 found on the Sea-fhores, where the 

 Salt-water ufually flows ; but the 

 Other Sorts grow on fandyCommons, 

 an 1 amonglt Corn, in great Plenty. 



The hrft Sort is cultivated in Hoi- 

 land and Flanders, for feeding their 

 Cattle : the ufuai time of fowing 

 the Seed is in Auguft, that the Planes 

 may acquire Strength before the 

 Winter's Cold. The Ufe that is 

 made of this Grafs, is to feed Sheep, 

 and other Cattle, in Winter, when 

 the common Grafs hath perfected 

 its Growth. This Plant feldom rifes 

 above fix Inches high ; fo will not 

 affbid avery great Quantity of Food; 

 but as it wiii grow on the pooreft 

 Sand, it may be cultivated in many 

 Places to good Advantage, where no 

 other Grafs will thrive fo well ; and 

 by feeding it off the Ground, the 

 Dung of the Cattle will improve the 

 Land. This Pafture, it is affirm'd, 

 will make excellent Butter ; and the 

 Mutton fed on it is faid to be well 

 tailed; lo is by many preferr'd to that 

 fed on Turneps. Hens will greedily 

 eat this Herb, and it makes them lay 

 more Eggs. 



This Plant, being annual, muft 

 be fown every Year ; and whoever is 

 willing to fave the Seeds, mould fow 

 it in April, that the Plants may flow- 

 er the Beginning of July, and the 

 Seeds will ripen in Auguft ; when it 

 muft be cut before the Heads are 

 quite brown, otherwife the Seeds 

 will foonfeatter. 



The Seeds being very fmall, about 

 twelve Pounds will be fufficient to 

 fow an Acre of Land. The Ground 

 fliould be well drefs'd before the 

 Seeds are fown ; for if the larger 

 Clods are not broke,there will be an 

 uneven Crop of Grafs : People in 



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the low Country fow this Seed after 

 a Crop of Corn is taken off the 

 Land. The fourth Sort is now 

 much cultivated in Flanders, though 

 it is a much lower Plant than the 

 common Sort; but theyefteem it a 

 much better Grafs. The Seeds of 

 this Kind arefmaller and flatter than 

 thofe of the common Sort, and have 

 a white Border round each. 



SPHONDYLIUM, Cow - parf- 

 nep. 



The Charatlers are ; 

 It is an umbelliferous Plant, with 

 a rofe-JkapedFlowtr, conftfting of five 

 uneven heart-fap d Leaves, which 

 are -placed circularly, and reft on the 

 Empalemtnt ; which afterward be- 

 comes a Fruit, compofed of two large 

 Seeds, which are fat and oval, hav- 

 ing a Point that wants a Border 

 within, chaneWd, and generally caft- 

 ing off their Cover, and marked with 

 dark Spots, on the Part where they ad' 

 here to each other, 



The Species are ; 



1. Sphondylium vulgar e hir- 

 Jut um, C. B. P. Common hairy 



Cow-parfnep. 



2. Sphondylium vulgare hirfu- 

 turn, floribus purpureis. C. B. P. 

 Common hairy Cow-parfnep, with 

 purple Flowers. 



3. Sphondylium majus,five pa- 

 nax Herculeum quibufdam. J. B. 

 Greater Cow-parfnep, or Hercules'** 

 All-heal. 



4. Sphondylium crifpum. J. B. 

 Curled Cow-parfnep. 



5. Sphondylium hirfutum, foliis 

 anguftioribus . C. B. P. Hairy Cow* 

 parfnep, with narrower Leaves. 



6. Sphondylium foliis angufti- 

 oribus atro-purpureis. H. R. Monfp. 

 Cow-parfnep with narrower dark- 

 purple Leaves. 



7. Sphondylium Alptnum par* 

 vum. C. B. -P, Small Cow-parfnep 

 of the Alps, 



S. Spuott* 



