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room to run dcr.vn. The Seeds 

 &ould be fown thin ; and in the 

 Spring, when the Plants come up, 

 they Ihculd be hoed out after the 

 manner direfted for Parfneps and 

 Carrots, leaving the large -growing 

 Kinds (as the true Rhubarb, Rha- 

 poiuic, and Alpine round-leav'd 

 Dock) two Feet and an half afunder 

 at leali, becaufe thefe produce very 

 large- fpreading Leaves; and if they 

 have not iufftcient room to grow, 

 the Roots will be fmall. When this 

 is done, the Plants will require no 

 other Management, but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds ; and in two 

 or three Years time the Roots will 

 be fit for Ufe, when they fhould be 

 taken up foon after their Leaves de- 

 cay in Autumn. But it wiil be well 

 worth trying, whether thofe Plants, 

 whofe Flovver-fteras are pinched off, 

 foon after they appear in Spring 

 {'and are never fuffered to jlower or 

 feed), do not produce better Roots, 

 than thofe which are permitted to 

 teed, becaufe we find moll: other 

 Roots grow fticky and tough, after 

 they have feeded, and not near fo 

 good for Ufe as before ; and as 

 thefe Plants frequently fend out 

 Flower-ftems the fecond Year, it 

 may be necefTary to prevent their 

 Growth, in order to encourage their 

 Roots. 



LARIX, The Larch-tree. 

 The Char a tiers are ; 



The Leaves [which are long and 

 narrow) are produced out of little 

 "T ubcrcles, in form of a Painter s Pen- 

 cil : the Cones are produced at remote 

 Difiances, from the Male Flowers on 

 the feme Tree : the Male Flowers are 

 •very like fmall Cones at their firft 

 Jppearance, but afterward Ji retch 

 cut in Length. 



The Species are ; 



I. Larix folio deciduoy conifera, 

 J.B. The Larch-tree,. 



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2. Larix folio dcci duo, rudiment 

 tis conorum candidijftmis. Pluk. Aim. 

 Larch tree with white Rudiments, 

 or rather, with white Male How- 

 ers. 



3. Larix Oriin talis t fruilu ro- 

 tundiori obtufo. Inf. R. Herb. The 

 Cedar of Libanus. 



There are two other Varieties of 

 the Larch-tree: one of them is 

 brought from North America, and 

 is called the Black Larch ; the other 

 came from Archangel This lad: Sort 

 ufually puts out its Leaves three 

 Weeks before the common Sort : 

 both thefe grow different from the 

 common Sort, having flender hang- 

 ing Branches : but 1 believe they 

 can hardly be deemed diftinct Spe- 

 cies. 



The firft of thefe Trees is pretty 

 common in the Englijh Gardens : 

 this is a Native of the Alps, and Py- 

 renean Mountains ; but thrives ex- 

 ceeding well here, efpecially if it be 

 planted upon an elevated Situation ; 

 as may be obferved by thofe which 

 were planted a few Years fince at 

 Wimbleton in Surry, which are now 

 grown to be large Trees, and pro- 

 duce annually a large Quantity of 

 Cones. 



The fecond Sort feems to be only 

 a feminal Variety from the firft, 

 from which it differs in the Colour 

 of the Male Flowers, which in this' 

 is white, but in the other of a bright- 

 red Colour i as alfo in the Colour of 

 the Leaves, which in this Sort are a 

 fomewhat lighter Green than thofe 

 of the other ; nor do the Trees of 

 this Kind feem to be fo vigorous : 

 but whether the Seeds of this Kind 

 will produce the fame, I can't as 

 yet fay, having never feen any of 

 the Plants which were raifed from 

 thefe Seeds produce any Flowers ; 

 but however, it may be obtairi'd by 

 inarching it into the common Sort. 



