are barren : but the Embryoes are 

 produc'd from the Wings of the Leaves 

 on the Female Plants, ivhich after- 

 'ward becomes a roundfh or angular 

 Seed, which in fome Sorts has Thorns 

 adhering to it. 



The Species are ; 



1. Spinachia vulgaris, eapfula 

 feminis aculeata. Tourn. The com- 

 mon prickly or narrow -leav'd Spi- 

 nach. 



2. Spinachia vulgaris, eapfula 

 feminis non aculeata. Tourn. Com- 

 mon fmooth - feeded Spinach, with 

 broader Leaves. 



3. Spinachia vulgaris, eapfula 

 feminis non aculeata , folio maximo ro- 

 tunda. Spinach with fmooth Seeds, 

 and a very large round Leaf. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is com- 

 monly cultivated in Gardens for 

 Winter- ufe ; it being much hardier 

 than any of the other Sorts. 



The Seeds of this Kind mould 

 be fown upon an open Spot of 

 Ground towards the Latter-end of 

 July ; cbferving, if pomble, to do it 

 when there is an Appearance of 

 Rain : for if the Seafon mould prove 

 dry for a long time after the Seed is 

 fown, the Plants will not come up 

 regularly ; and many times there 

 will not be half a Crop. When the 

 Spinach is come up, the Ground 

 ihould be hoed to defiroy theWeeds, 

 and alfo to cut up the Plants where 

 they are too clofe, leaving the re- 

 maining Plants about three or four 

 Inches afunder ; but this mould al- 

 ways be done in dry Weather, that 

 theWeeds may be deftroy'd ioon af- 

 ter they are cut. 



' About a Month or five Weeks af- 

 ter the rlHl Hoeing, the Weeds will 

 begin to grow again ; therefore the 

 Ground fnould be then hoed again 

 the iecond time, obferving, as be- 

 fore, to do it in dry Weather. But 

 if the Seafon fhouid prove ippift, it 



will be proper to gather the Weedt 

 up after they are cut, and carry them 

 off the Ground ; for if the Spinach 

 is not clean'd from Weeds before 

 Winter, they wiil grow up, and flifle 

 it fo, that in wet Weather the 

 Spinach will rot away. 



In Ocloher the Spinaeh will be fit 

 for Ufe ; when you fhouid only 

 crop off the largeft Leaves, leaving 

 thofe in the Centre of the Plants to 

 grow bigger ; and thus you may 

 continue cropping it all the Winter 

 and Spring, until the young J Spi- 

 nach, fowed in the Spring, is large 

 enough for Ufe, which is commonly 

 in April-, at which time the Spring 

 advancing, the Winter-fpinach will 

 run up to Seed ; fo that the Roots 

 mould be then cut up, leaving only 

 a fmall Parcel to produce Seeds. 



But the Ground in which this 

 Winter-fpinach is fown, being com- 

 monly planted with early Cabbages, 

 it is not proper to let any of the 

 Spinach, remain there for Seed ; but 

 it mould be cleared off as foon 

 as ever the Spring Spinach is fit for 

 Ufe, that the Cabbages may be 

 earth'd up, and laid clear, which is 

 of great Service to them ; therefore 

 you mould fow a fmall Spot of 

 Ground with this Sort of Spinach, 

 on purpofe to ftand for Seed ; where 

 there mould be no other Plants 

 among it. 



The two Sorts with fmooth Seeds 

 produce much larger and thicker 

 round Leaves than the former ; but 

 being fome what tenderer, are always 

 fown in the Spring ; efpecially the 

 third Sort, which is preferable to 

 either of the former for Summer- 

 ufe. 



Thefe are either fown upon an 

 open Spot of Ground by themfelves, 

 or elfe mix'd with Radiih-feed, as is 

 the common Practice of the Lor.don 

 Gardener?, who always endeavour 



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