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obferving to keep them clear from 

 Weeds ; and in July following they 

 will flower, when they may be cut 

 for Ufe, which will caufe them to 

 pu{h out new Shoots, whereby the 

 Roots will be maintained thro' the 

 Winter, and flower in May, or the 

 Beginning of June, the iucceeding 

 Year. The cutting off the Shoots 

 will maintain thcRoots much longer, 

 than if they were permitted to Hand 

 till the Seeds are ripe ; fo that thole 

 Roots you intend forSeeds, mult not 

 [be depended on to Hand a very long 

 [time. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant, 

 [which may be fown as the two for- 

 mer; but fhould not be tranfplant- 

 ed, but rather hoed out to the Di- 

 tftance of five or fix Inches, and per- 

 mitted to remain in the fame Place, 

 obferving to keep them clear from 

 :Weeds ; and they will flower mjune, 

 Land their Seeds will be ripe xnAuguJi.* 

 The fix next-mentioned Sorts are 

 annual Plants, which grow wild in 

 the South of France, and in Italy ; 

 from whence the Seeds of them have 

 been procured by fuch Perfons who 

 are curious in Botany. Thele Sorts 

 are all of them preferved in Botanic 

 Gardens for Variety ; but they are 

 Plants of no great Beauty, nor ore 

 [they ufeel in Medicine. But if there 

 were Trials made of fome of the 

 Kinds, I believe they, might be 

 found ufeful to fow for feeding of 

 [Cattle, as the lalt Sort here men" 

 Lioned is at prefent in divers Parts 

 Lf Europe, which was the Reafon 

 lof my enumerating thefe Sorts here: 

 ■ for as fome of the other Sorts are 

 j/ery hardy, and will grow on al- 

 J-noit any Soil ; therefore if they are 

 I bund to be equally good with the 

 ■Nonefuch, they may be better worth 

 |i:ultivating,becaufe they are of much 

 l arger Growth ; fo • confequently 

 j=vi.l produce much more Fodder on 



on an Acre of Land, than that wif?„ 

 But as I have had no Opportunity 

 of trying if the Cattle will eat any 

 of them, I cannot recommend them, 

 but by way of Trial to fuch Perfons 

 who are curious in making thefc 

 Sorts of Improvement. 



As thefe are annual Plant?, their 

 Seeds mull be fown every Year ; or 

 if they are permitted to fcatter when 

 ripe, the Plants will come up in Au- 

 tumn, and abide the Winter's Cold 

 very well in this Country; and thofe" 

 Plants which come up in Autumn, 

 will grow much larger than thofe 

 which are fown in the Spring, and 

 will more certainly produce good 

 Seeds. Therefore thofe Perfons who 

 are curious to preferve their Kinds, 

 fhould either fow them in Autumn 

 foon after the Seeds are ripe, or per- 

 mit them to fcatter their Seeds ; and 

 the felt- fown Plants may be eafily 

 tranfplanted where they are defined 

 to grow ; and they will require no> 

 farther Care, but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds. They will all of them 

 grow on almoft any Soil ; but they 

 will thrive better on dry light fandy 

 Soil, than on a ftirf clayey Ground. 



The feventh Sort'is an abiding 

 Plant, which rarely produces Seeds 

 in this Country, and is propagated 

 by parting the Roots in the Spring. 

 This Sort is not fo hardy as the 

 others ; therefore fome of the Plants 

 fhould be preferved in Pots, that 

 they may be removed into Shelter 

 in Winter ; for very hard Frojds will 

 deflroy them, if tney are e^pofed ; 

 but they mull always have as much 

 free Air as pollible in mild Wearher ; 

 fo that if they are placed under a 

 common Hot-bed frame in Winter, 

 where the Glaffes may be drawn ofF 

 every Day in mild Weather, and 

 only covered in hard Frofl, the 

 Plants will thrive much better than 

 where they are placed in a Green- 



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