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tceep good fix Months. The putting 

 bf them in the Oven is, to dry the 

 Germ, and prevent their Sprouting : 

 but if the Oven is too hot, it will 

 caufe them to fhrink; therefore 

 great Care mufi: be had to that. 

 JU|UBE. Vide Ziziphus. 

 JULIANS, or ROCKETS. Vi- 

 de Hefptris. 



JULY FLOWER. Vide Caryo- 

 phyllus. 



JUNCUS, Rufli. 



The Characters are; 

 It hath a Flower corr.pofed of navy 

 Leaves, which are placed orbicular ly, 

 and expand it; for?n of a Rofe ; from 

 the Centre of which rifes the Point at, 

 which afterward becomes a Fruit or 

 Hufk, which is generally three corner- 

 ed, Gpeni tig into three Parls y and full 

 of roundifb Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Juncus acutus, capitrJis fr- 

 ghi. C. B. P. Prickly ' large Sea 

 Rum. 



2. Juncus acutus marttimus An- 

 glicus. Park. Englfj Sea prickly 

 Rum. 



3. Juncus acutus, panic ".hi fpar- 

 Ja. C. B. P. Common hard kefih, 



4. Juncus £r*ffjr, p tr.icula /'par- 

 fa, major. C. B. P. Common (oft 

 Rum. 



5. Juncus lavis, panicula non 

 fparfa. C. B. P. Soft Rum, with a 

 more compact Panicle. 



6. Juncus acumine reflexo, ma- 

 jor. C. B. P. The greater bending 

 Rum. 



Thefe Sorts of Ruihes are not cul- 

 tivated, but grow wild in feveral 

 [Parts of England ; and feme Sorts 

 of them are very troubteforne Weeds; 

 !in low moifl (hong Lands. The firft 

 and fecond Sorts grow on the Sea- 

 liores, where they are frequently 

 watered by the Salt-water. Thefe 

 Wo Sorts are planted wiih great 



Care on the Banks of the Sea in Hs/~ 

 land, in order to prevent the Water 

 from warning away the Earth ; which, 

 being very loofe, would be in Dan- 

 ger of removing every Tide, if i: 

 were not for tne Roots of thefe 

 Rufhes ; which fatten themfelves 

 very deep in the Ground, and ma: 

 themfelves near the S:;r;'.ice, fo as to 

 hold the Earth clofely together. 

 1 nerefore, whenever the Roots of 

 thefe Rulhes are destroyed . the In- 

 habitants immediately repair diem to» 

 prevent farther Damage, in ths 

 Summer-time, when the Rulhes are 

 fully grown, tie Inhabitants cut 

 them, and tie them u-p into Bondfaf^ 

 which are dried, and afterward car- 

 ried into the larger Toans and Ci- 

 ties where they are wrought into 

 Baikets, and feveral other ufeful 

 Things, which are frequently fere 

 into England. Thefe Sorts do not 

 grow fo ltrong in England, as they 

 do on the Mae/e, and fome other 

 Places in Holland, where I have leen 

 them upward of four Feet high. 



The third and fourth Sorts grow 

 on moiil ftrong uncultivated Lanes 

 in molt Parts of 'England, and con- 

 fume the Herbage where thev are 

 fufFered to remain. The befi Me- 

 thod of dellroying thefe Rulhes is* 

 to fork them up clean by the Roots 

 in^A 1 ; and after having let them 

 lie a Fortnight or three Weeks to 

 dry, to lay them in Heaps, and 

 burn them gently ; and the /lilies 

 which thefe afford, will be good 

 Manure for the Land ; but in order , 

 to prevent their growing again, and 

 to make the Pafture good, the Land 

 mould be drained and well plowed, 

 and fown with Rye graft, and White 

 Dutch Clover, which will make a 

 good Sward in one Year, if it be re- 

 gularly managed ; for the right or- 

 dering of which you arefPefued to 

 Yy 2 turn 



