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rendered capable of refilling our fe- 

 vcreft Cold. 



And thefe different Graftings feem 

 to have been greatly in Ufe among 

 the Antierits ; though they were cer- 

 tainly rtiiftaken in the feveral Sorts 

 of Fruits, which they mention to 

 have fucceeded upon e:ich other, as 

 the Fig upon the Mulberry, the 

 Plum upon the Cheftnut, with many 

 others of the like Kind ; moil of 

 which I have already tried, and find 

 them all Miftakes ; or at leaft they 

 did not mean the fame Plants which 

 at prefent are called by thofe Names : 

 tho' I can't help thinking we are apt 

 to pay too much Deference to the 

 Writings of the Antients, in fuppofe- 

 ing them feldom to be miftaken, or 

 to affert a Falmood : whereas, if 

 their Works are carefully examined, 

 it will ( e round, that they often 

 copied from each other's Writings, 

 without making Experiments to 

 prove the Truth of their Ailertions : 

 3nd it is well known, tha: the Rang- 

 ing of Plants before C<efalfinus\ 

 Time (which is buc about 150 Years 

 fince) jyas, by their outward Appear- 

 ance, or from tne fuppuled Virtues 

 of them : which Method is now jult- 

 ly exploded ; and it hath been ob- 

 ferved, from many repeated Trials, 

 that however Plants tnsy refemble 

 each other in the Shape and Make of 

 their Leaves, Manner of Shooting, 

 &e. unlefs they agree in their Man- 

 rer of Fruiting, and their other di 

 ftinclive Characters, they will not 

 grow upon each other, tho' grafted 

 with ever fo much Art. 



GRAMEN, Grafs. 



There are a great Variety of this 

 Tribe, which are divided into feveral 

 Genera by fome of the modern Bo- 

 tanifts; but I mall not inlarge fo far 

 on this Article, as to enumerate a]l 

 the Differences which they have 

 made ; but mail beg leave to infer* 



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fome of the Sorts which are com; 

 monly cultivated in England. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Gram en loliaceum, angnfliore 

 folio & /pica, C.B. P. Red Darnel- 

 grafs, or Rye-grafs. 



2. Gram EN prater/e minus /en 

 <vulgatijfimvm. Rait Syn. The moit 

 common Meadovv-grafs. 



3 . G r a m e n /ecalinum. Ger. Emac. 

 Tall Meadow Rye- grafs. 



4. Gramen /ecalinum £*f fecale 

 /ylvejlre. Ger. Emac. Wild R^e, or 

 Rye-grafs. 



5. Gramen /pi cat urn , /mine mi- 

 liaceo albo. Town. Common Canary 

 Grafs. 



6. Gramen /pica triticea, repens 

 vulgar e, caninum diclum. Raii Syn. 

 Common Dogs-grafs, or Quick- 

 grafs, or Couch-grafs. 



7. Gramen fpicatum, duriorihut 

 Cif cra/Jioribus locujlis, /pica br&vi. 

 Toum. French Haver-grafs. 



8. Gramen p iniculatum aquatl- 

 cum, Pbalaridis /emine, /olio <varie- 

 gato. R. H. The ftriped Grafs, 

 or Ribband-grafs. 



9. Gramen daclylon efculentum. 

 C. B. P. The Manna-grafs. 



The four firft-mentioned Sorts 

 prow pretty common in the Paftures 

 in molt Parts of England, and are 

 often intermixed in the fame Pafture; 

 fo that it is very rare to meet with a 

 Pafture, which hath not feveral Sorts 

 of Grafs in it ; but the Sort which is 

 generally fown about London, is the 

 R) e-grais, which is very hardy; and 

 will grow on cold four Land better 

 than molt other Sorts ; but as it fel- 

 dom happens, that the Seed is laved 

 intire, without a Mixture of other 

 Grafs feeds, it is very difficult to 

 meet with a Pafture, which has not 

 many Sort? in it. 



The beft Seafon for fowingGraf- 

 feeds is the Latter-end of Auguft, and 

 the Beginning of September, that 

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