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grew upon ftrong Land is the belt ; 

 and fo <viee verfa. 



There have been fome Perfons in 

 England curious enough to procure 

 their Seed- wheat from Sicily, which 

 has fucceeded very well ; but the 

 Grain of this has prov'd too hard 

 for our Englijh Mills to grind, which 

 has occafion'd their neglecting to 

 procure their Seeds from thence; 

 nor do I think there can be much 

 Advantage in procuring the Seeds 

 from Abroad, fince the Lands of 

 England are fo various, as to afford 

 as much Change of Seeds as will be 

 neceffary : and the lefs we purchafe 

 from Abroad, the greater will be 

 the Saving to the Public; fo that it 

 fliould be the Bufinefs of fkiifui 

 Farmers to want as few Seeds as pof- 

 fible ; fince, by Exchange with each 

 other, they may fo contrive, as not 

 to part with ready Money for any 

 Seeds. 



The Produce of an Acre of Wheat 

 is various, according to the Good- 

 nefs of the Soil. In fome of the 

 fhallow Down lands, where there 

 have been near fourBufhels of Corn 

 fown, I have known the Produce 

 not double of the Seed : but when 

 this is the Cafe, the Farmer had 

 much better let his Land lie wafte, 

 fince the Produce will not defray the 

 Expence; fo that more than the 

 Rent of the Land is loft. And al- 

 though thefe Sort of Crops are fre- 

 quent on fuch Lands, yet fuch is the 

 Paffion for plowing among the 

 Hufbandmen at prefent, that if they 

 were not reftrain'd by their Land- 

 lords, they would introduce the 

 Plough into every Field, notwith- 

 £anding they are fure to lofe by it. 



But although the Produce of chefe 

 poor. Downs is fo fmall, as before 

 related; yet upon good Land, 

 where the Corn has flood thin upon 

 the Ground, I have known eight 



Quarters reaped from an Acre, over 



the whole Field, and fometimes much 

 more : and I have been informed 

 by Perfons of great Credit, that on 

 good Land, which was drill'd, and 

 manag'd with the Horfe hoe, they 

 have had twelve Quarters from an 

 Acre of Land ; which is a great 

 Produce : and this is with greater 

 Certainty, if the Seafons prove bad, 

 than can be expected by the common 

 Husbandry. 



TRIUMFETTA. 



The Char afters are; 

 // hath a Flower confifting of fe» 

 qjeral Petals, which are placed cir» 

 cularly, and expand in form of a Ro/e; 

 from whofe Empalement arifes the 

 Pointaly which afterward becomes an 

 hard fpherical hurry Fruit, inclofing 

 four angular Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Triumfetta fruflu echinatt 

 racemofo. Plum. Nov. Gen. Trium- 

 fetta with a burry-branching Fruit. 



2. Triumfetta fruftu echinatt 

 racemofo, minor. Millar. Smallei 

 Triumfetta, with a burry-branching 

 Fruit. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in the Ifland of Jamaica, 

 and feveral other Parts of America \ 

 but the fecond Sort is more rare, be- 

 ing found but in few Places. The 

 Seeds of this Kind were fent to Eng< 

 land by Mr. Robert Millar, who dif- 

 covefd the Plant on the North Side 

 of the Mand of Jamaica. 



Thefe are both very tender Plants 

 fo muft be preferv'd in the warmefi 

 Stoves, otherwife they will not ]iv< 

 thro' the Winter in this Country 

 They are propagated by Seeds,whicl 

 muft be fown on an Hot- bed earl) 

 in the Spring ; and when the Plant! 

 are come up, they ftiould be eacl 

 tranfplanted into a feparate Pot fiH'( 

 with frefh light Earth, and thei 

 plung'd into a moderate Hot bed o 

 Tanner 



