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fo common as the former. Thefe 

 Plants grow three Feet high, and 

 fpread out into many Branches, 

 which are furniih'd with fine Spikes 

 of large Flowers, which make an 

 handfome Appearance, and continue 

 a long time in Beauty. The Seeds of 

 thefe Plants mould be fown very 

 early in the Spring, upon a warm 

 dry Border, where they muft remain 

 to flower ; for if they are fown late, 

 they feldom perfect their Seeds with 

 Us : therefore the better way is, to fow 

 them in Auguf, under a warm Wall 

 or Hedge, where the Plants will 

 come up, and endure the Cold of 

 our ordinaryWinters very well :'and 

 thefe Plants will flower earlier the 

 fucceeding Summer, and never fail 

 to produce "ripe Seeds ; whereas 

 thofe fown in the Spring very often 

 mifcarry. 



By not pracYifing this Method, 

 when there happened two or three 

 fucceeding cold Summers, thefe two 

 Species were almoit loft in England a 

 few Years fince. 



The feventh Sort is an abiding 

 Plant,which grows in greatPlenty in 

 America-, from whence the Seeds have 

 been brought into England, where 

 it thrives very well, provided it be 

 fuffered to remain in the Place where 

 it was fown ; for the Roots of this 

 Plant generally run very deep into 

 the Ground, whfch by removing are 

 commonly broken ; after which the 

 Plant faldom does well. This mould 

 be fown on a light dry Soil, in 

 which it will thrive very well, and 

 continue feveral Years, producing 

 fine Spikes of blue Flowers : but 

 this Sort creeps fo much at the 

 Root, as not to produce many Seeds 

 in this Country. 



LUPULUS, The Hop. 

 The Characters are ; 

 - // hath a creeping Root : the 

 heaves are rough , angular ', and can- 



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jugated : the Stalks climb and twiji 

 about whatever is near them : the 

 Flowers are Male and Female on 

 different Plants : the Male Flowers 

 conjijl of a Calyx, divided into jive 

 Parts, which furrounds the Stamina, 

 but has no Petals to the Flower : the 

 Female Plants have their Mowers col- 

 lected into fquamofe Heads, which 

 grow in Bunches : from each of the 

 leafy Scales is produced an horned 

 Ovary, which becomes a Jingle roundifb 

 Seed. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Lupulus mas. C.B.P. The 

 Male Hop, commonly called the 

 wild Hop. 



2. Lupulus faemina. C.B.P. The 

 Female, or manur'd Hop. 



Of this lafl Sort, the People who 

 cultivate them reckon three different 

 Varieties j as, firfr, the long and 

 fquare garlick Hop ; the long white 

 Hop ; and the oval Hop ; all 

 which are indifferently cultivated in 

 England: but of the Male Hop there 

 has been no Notice taken of any dif- 

 ferent Varieties. This Sort grows 

 wild in Hedges in divers Parts of 

 England ; but is never cultivated, as 

 being of no Ufe. 



There being the greateft Planta- 

 tion of Hops in Kent, that are in any 

 County in England, it is very pro- 

 bable, that their Method of planting 

 and ordering them mould be the 

 belt. 



As for the Choice of their Hop- 

 grounds, they eiteem the richefl and 

 itrongeil: Grounds as the moll pro- 

 per : they choofe a warm dry Soil, , 

 that has a good Depth of hazel 

 Mould j and if it be rocky within 

 two or three Feet of the Surface, 

 the Hops will profper well ; but 

 they will by no means thrive on a 

 fluff Clay, or fpongy wet Land. 



If it may be, choofe a Piece of 

 Meadow or Lay - ground to plant 



Hops 



