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that Hops, being pickM green and 

 bright, will fell for a Third -part 

 more than thofe which are difco- 

 lourd and brown. 



It will be beft to begin to pick the 

 Hops on the Eaft or North Side of 

 your Ground, if you can do it con- 

 veniently ; this will prevent the 

 South-wed Wind from breaking in- 

 to the Garden. 



When the Poles are drawn up to 

 be pick'd, you muft take great Care 

 not to cut the Binds too near the 

 Hills, efpecially when the Hops are 

 green, becaufe it will make the Sap 

 to flow exceflively. 



And if the Poles do not come up 

 without Difficulty, they fhould be 

 raifed by a Piece of Wood in the na- 

 ture of a Lever, having a forked 

 Piece of Tron with Teeth on the In- 

 fide, fatten' d within two Feet of the 

 End. 



The Hops mull be pick'd very 

 clean, i. e. free from Leaves and 

 Stalks ; and, as there (hall be Occa- 

 lion, two or three times in a Day the 

 Bin mult be emptied into an Hop- 

 bag made of coarfe Linen-cloth, and 

 carried immediately to the Oaft or 

 Kiln, in order to be dried : for if 

 they mould be long in the Bin or 

 Bag, they will be apt to heat, and 

 be difcolour\3. 



If the Weather be hot, there fhould 

 no more Po'es be drawn than can be 

 pick'd in an Hour; and they Ihould 

 be gathered in fair Weather, if it 

 can be, and when the Hops are dry : 

 this will fave fome Expence in Fire- 

 ing, and preferve their Colour bet- 

 ter when they are dried. 



The beft Method of drying Hops 

 is with Charcoal on an Caft or Kiln 

 covered with Hair-cloth, of the fame 

 Form and Fafhion that is ufed for 

 crying M.lt. There is r.o need to 

 give any particular Directions for 

 ihc making it ; fmce every C&rpeh- 



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ter or Bricklayer, in thofe Countries 

 where Hops grow, or Malt is made, 

 knows how to build them. 



The Hops mu ft be fpread even 

 upon the Oaft a Foot ihick or more, 

 if the Depth of the Curb will allow 

 it : but Care is to be taken not t<*. 

 overload the Oaft, if the Hops be 

 green or wet. 



The Oaft ought to be firft warm- 

 ed with a Fire before the Hops are 

 laid on ; and then an even ileady 

 Fire muft be kept under them : it 

 muft not be too fierce at firft, left it 

 fcorch the Hops : nor muft it be fuf- 

 fered to fink or flacken, but rather 

 be increafed till the Hops be nearer 

 dried, left the Moiflure or Swea 

 which the Fire has raifed, fall back* 

 cr difcolour them. When they have 

 lain about nine Hours, they muft be 

 turn'd, and in two or three Hours 

 more they may betaken off the Oa 

 It may be known when they are we 

 dried, by the Erittlenefs of th 

 Stalks, -and the eafy falling off o 

 the Hop-leaves. 



LUTEOLA, Weld, Would, Yel 

 low-weed, or Dyers-weed. 

 The Characlers are ; 



The Leaves are oblong and intire t 

 it hatk an anomalous Flower, cdnfijn 

 ing of many dijjimilar Leaves : the 

 Fruit is globular^ holloiv, and divi- 

 ded info three Parts. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Luteola herbs, fa lids folio. 

 C. B. P. Common W r eld. 



2. LuTEOLA minima tpolyga 1st fo- 

 lio. I), du Bois. Raii Syn. Smalleft 

 Weld, with a Milkwort-leaf. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in Fngland^ growing upon 

 dry Banks, and the Tops of Walls 

 and Buildings, almoft every-where ; 

 but the fecond Sort is very rare : 

 this was found near Tunbridge-r.se! Is 

 by Charles du Bois, Eiq; feveral. 

 Yeats fince. 



