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The Characters are ; 

 The whole Plant bath the Jppear- 

 emce of a Reed : the Male Flowers 

 are produced at remote Dijiances from 

 the Fruit on the fame Plant, growing, 

 for the moji part, in a Panicle up- 

 on the Top of the Stalk : the Fe- 

 male Flowers are produced from the 

 Wings of the Leaves, and are fur- 

 rounded by three or four Leaves, 

 which clofely adhere to the Fruit 

 until it is ripe. 



The Species are ; 



1. Mays grants aureis. Tourn. 

 Common Indian Wheat, with yel- 

 low Grains. 



2. Ma ys granis albicantibus.Tourn, ; 

 IndianWhezt, with white Grains. 



2. Ma ys granis rubris. Tourn. ln- 

 . dian Wheat, with red Grains. 



3. Mays granis <viqJaceis. Tourn. 

 Indian Wheat, with violet-coloured 

 Grains. 



5. Mays minor, granis lutcis. 

 Lefler Indian Wheat, with yellow 

 Grains. 



6. Mays minor, grants rubris. 

 Lefler Indian Wheat, with red 

 Grains. 



7. Mays minor, granis violaceis. 

 Letter Indian Wheat, with violet- 

 colour'd Grains. 



There are fome other Varieties in 

 the Colour of the Grains of this 

 Plant, which are chiefly occafion'd 

 by the interchanging of the Farina 

 of one Sort with tnat of another, 

 whereby the Spikes are often of two 

 or three different Colours, as it com- 

 monly happens when the feveral 

 Colours are planted in the fame Spot 

 of Ground. 



This Plant is feldom propagated 

 in England but as a Curiolicy in 

 fome Gardens ; but in America it 

 is one of their greateit Supports, 

 and is there cultivated with great 

 Care, in the following manner : 



They dig the Ground well in the 



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Spring, and, after having drefied *i 

 well, they draw a Line acrofs the 

 whole Width of the Piece intended 

 to be planted ; then they raife little 

 Hills of Earth at about three Feet 

 Diftance, into each of which they 

 plant two or three good Seeds, co- 

 vering them about an Inch thick 

 with Earth : then they move the 

 Line four Feet farther, continuing 

 to do the fame through the whole 

 Spot of Ground, fo that the Rows 

 may be four Feet afunder, and the 

 Hills in the Rows at three Feet Di- 

 itance. Six Quarts of this Seed are 

 generally allow'd to an Acre of 

 Ground, which, if the Soil be good, 

 will commonly produce fifty Bulbejs 

 of Corn. 



If, in the planting of this Com, 

 you obferve to put the Grains of any 

 one Colour in a Field by itielr, and 

 no other coloured Grain Hand near 

 it, it will produce all of the fame 

 Colour again (as hath been affirm \d 

 by feveral curious Pcrfons in that- 

 Country) : but if you plant them in 

 Rows of the different Colours alter- 

 nately, they will interchange, and 

 produce a Mixture of ail the Sorts ia 

 the fame Row, and frequently oa 

 one and the fame Spike. Nay, i: is 

 affirm'd, that they will mix witk 

 each other at the Diftance of three 

 or four Rods, provided there be no. 

 tall Fence or Building between to 

 intercept them. 



There is nothing more obfervM 

 in the Culture of this Plant, but on- 

 ly to keep it clean from Weeds, by 

 frequent hoeing the Ground; and, 

 when the Stems are advanced, to 

 draw the Earth up in an Hill about 

 each Plant ; which, if done after a 

 Shower ofRain,will greatly ftrength- 

 en them, and prefer ve the Ground 

 about their Roots moiita long time. 



When the Corn is ripe, they cut 

 cfT the Steins dole to the Ground ; 



