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The twenty-fifth Sort is alfo an 

 abiding Plant, whore Shoots decay 

 every Autumn, and frefh ones are 

 produc'd in the Spring. This Sort 

 fhould have a moift fhady Situation, 

 in winch the Shoots will rife five or 

 fix Feet high, and produce great 

 Quantities of Flowers ; thereby af- 

 fording an agreeable Variety in fome 

 obfcure Maces, where few better 

 Plants will thrive. 



The twenty-fixth Sort grows wild 

 in fome Woods in the Not th of Eng- 

 land, as alio in Oxford/hire. This 

 is likewife an abiding Plant, which 

 fhould be treaied in the fame manner 

 as tn: j forrrier Sort. 



As ail thefe ^orts of Vetches grow 

 »e r Butties', or under Hedges, on 

 W ieh they climb, and are thereby 

 fir ported horn trailing on the 

 Ground, fc, whenever ihey are 

 broug> t into Gardens, they mould 

 be plan*ed in the like Situation ; for 

 if they ti ail on the Ground, they 

 will run over whatever Plants grow 

 near them, and make a ba i Appear- 

 ance ; whereas, if they are planted 

 near any ordinary Shrubs, over 

 which they may be allow'd to ram- 

 ble, their Flowers will appear fcat- 

 tering among the Branches of :he 

 Shrubs, and afford an agreeable Va- 

 riety. 



The twenty - feventh, twenty- 

 eighth, twenty ninth, and thirtieth 

 Sorts are annual Plants, which grow 

 too plentifully amongfl the Corn, fo 

 as to become very troublefome 

 Weeds in fome Parts of England; 

 therefore mould be rooted out in the 

 Spring, before their Seeds ripen ; for 

 if any of them are permitted to ftand 

 until their Seeds are ripe, the firft 

 hot Day after, the Pods will burft, 

 and call their Seeds to a great Di- 

 ftance, fo as to fill the Ground with 

 young Plants in Autumn. Thefe 

 Plants always come up in Autumn, 



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and abide the Winter ; during whk 

 time they do not appear as if the 

 would ever become large enough t 

 injure the Crop amongit which the 

 grow ; but in the Spring they wi 

 fend forth many lateral Shoots, f 

 as to fpread to a confiderable D 

 ftance; and by their Tendrils wi 

 fallen themfelves to the Stalks c 

 Corn, or any other Plants, and then 

 by greatly weaken them ; and fom« 

 times, where thefe Weeds are i 

 plenty, and the Corn but weak, the 

 will ramp quite over it, and thereb; 

 almoll dertroy it. The heft time ti 

 extirpate thefe Weeds is in March o 

 April, when, if they are cut up wit 

 a Spaddie in dry Weather, they wil 

 in a Day or two be effectually de 

 ftroy'd, fo as not to recover; and i 

 this be repeated two or three Sea 

 fons, it will intirely clear the Laru 

 of them. 



The thirty-firft Sort is a very fmal 

 annual Plant, which grows wild 01 

 chalky Hills in. fome Parts of Eng 

 land, but particularly near Greenbiti 

 in Kent. Jt flowers the Beginning 

 of April, the Seed.s are ripe in May, 

 and the Plant foon after perifhes ; fo 

 that whoever is defuous to find it, 

 mufl fearch for it while it is in Vi« 

 gour ; otherwife it is fo fmal!, thai 

 it can hardly be difcover'd. If this 

 Plant is defign'd to be prefcrv'd in * 

 Garden, the Seeds fhould be fown 

 early in Autumn, that the Plants 

 may get Strength before Winter; for 

 when they are fown in the Spring, 

 they feldom fucceed. When they are 

 once eitablihYd in a Garden, and their 

 Seeds permitted to fcatter, they will 

 maintain themfelves better than if 

 fown by Hand; and will require no 

 other Care but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds. 



There are fome of the larger Kinds 

 of thefe Vetches as well worth cul- 

 tivating in the Fields as the common 



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