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Head about an Inch under the Sur- 

 face in a ftrait Line, about a Foot 

 afunder, or more, in Rows, and 

 two Feet Diftance Row from Row ; 

 and after having hniflied the whole 

 Spot of Ground, you may fow a 

 iliin Crop of Onions, which, being 

 Plants that don't root deep into the 

 Ground, nor fpread much above- 

 ground, will do the Liquorice no 

 Damage the firft Year ; for the Li- 

 quorice will not moot very high the 

 frit Seafon ; and the Hoeing of 

 the Onions will alfo keep the Ground 

 clear from Weeds : but in doing of 

 this you mud be careful not to cut 

 off" the top Shoots of the Liquorice- 

 plants, as they appear above-ground,, 

 which would greatly injure them ; 

 and alfo obferve to cut up all the 

 Onions which grow near the Heads 

 of the Liquorice ; and after your 

 Onions are pulled up, you mould 

 carefully hoe and clean the Ground 

 from Weeds : and in October, when 

 the Shoots of the Liquorice are de- 

 cayed, you mould fpread a little 

 very rotten Dung upon the Surface 

 of the Ground, which will prevent 

 The Weeds from growing during the 

 Winter ; and the Rain will wafh the 

 Virtue of the Dung into the Ground, 

 which will greatly improve the 

 Plants. 



In the Beginning of March fol- 

 lowing you mould (lightly fork the 

 Ground between the Rows of Li- 

 quorice, burying the remaining Part 

 of the Deng : but in doing of this, 

 you mould be very careful not to in- 

 jure the Roots. This itirring of the 

 Ground will not only preferve ic 

 clean from Weeds a long time, but 

 alfo greatly llrengthen the Plants. 



The Diitance which I have allow- 

 ed for planting thefe Plants, will, I 

 doubt not, by fome, be thought too 

 great : but in Anfwer to that, I 

 would only obferve, that as theLarge- 



nefs of the Roots is the chief Advan- 

 tage to the Planter, fo the only Me- 

 thod to obtain this, is by giving them 

 room : and befides, this will give a 

 greater Liberty to ftir and drefs the 

 Ground, which is of great Service 

 to Liquorice ; and if the Plantation 

 defign'd were to be of an extraordi- 

 nary Bignefs, I would advife the 

 Rows to be made at leaft three Feet 

 diftant, whereby it will be eafy to 

 ftir the Ground with a Breaft-plough, 

 which will greatly leften the Expence 

 of Labour. 



Thefe Plants mould remain three 

 Years from the time of planting, 

 when they will be fit to take up for 

 Ufe ; which mould not be done until 

 the Stems are perfectly decayed ; for 

 when it is taken up too foon, it is 

 fubject to frirink greatly, and lofe of 

 its Weight. 



The Ground near London, being 

 rich, increafes the Bulk of the Root 

 very fail; but when it is taken up, 

 it appears of a very dark Colour, 

 and not near fo fightly as that which 

 grows upon a fandy Soil in an open 

 Country. 



GNAPHALIUM, Cudweed. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hath donx>ny Leaves : the Cup of 

 the Flower is fcaly, neither Jhining 

 nor fpecious : the Flowers are divided 

 or cut in form of a Star. 

 The Species are; 



1. Gnaphalium Anglicvm. Gcr. 

 Long-leayM upright Cudweed. 



2 . Gnaphalium minus, feu herba 

 im'-ia. Park. Common Cudweed. 



3. Gnaphalium maritimum. C. 

 h. P. Sea Cudweed, or Cotton- 

 weed. 



1 he two flrfi. Sorts are found wild 

 in divers Parts of F.nglo.nd, upon 

 moitt. ftony Iler.ths, efpecially in fuch. 

 Places where the Water flood during 

 the Winter. The fecond Sort is 

 placed in the Catalogue of Simples 



