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tut into many Parts , by which Crefs 

 is diflinguijhed from Th/a/pi, or 

 Treacle-muflard. 



The Species are ; 



1. Nasturtium hortenfe <vu/ga- 

 tum. C. B. P. Common Garden- 

 crefs. 



2. Nasturtium hortenfe cri- 

 fpum. C.B.P. Curl'd Garden-crefs. 



3. Nasturtium hortenfe latifo- 

 lium. C. B. P. Broad - leav'd Gar- 

 den-crefs. 



4. Nasturtium fylvejlre> cap~ 

 fulis crijiatis. Tourn. Swine's- crefs, 

 or Warted Bucks- horn. 



The firft Sort is commonly culti- 

 vated in Gardens as a Sallad-herb; 

 and is chiefly efteem'd in the Winter 

 and Spring, it being one of the warm 

 Kind. During the Winter - feafon, 

 it muft be fown upon a gentle Hot- 

 bed, and cover'd with either Mats 

 or GlafTes, to preferve it from great 

 Rains or Froft, both of which are 

 equally deftructive at that Seafon : in 

 the Spring it may be fown in warm 

 Borders, where, if it be defended 

 from cold Winds, it will thrive very 

 well : but if you would continue it 

 in Summer, you muft fow it upon 

 lhady Borders, and repeat fowing 

 every third Day ; otherwife it will 

 be tco large fcr Ufe ; for at that 

 Seafon it grows very fail. 



The broad-leav'd and curl'd Sorts 

 are preferv'd in fome Gardens for 

 Curiofity-fake, and to garnifh Dimes ; 

 but the common Sort is equally as 

 good for Ufe. Thefe mould be 

 fown fomewhat thinner than the 

 common Sort, and, when the Plants 

 come up, they mould be drawn out, 

 fo as to leave the remaining ones 

 1 half an Inch afunder, whereby they 

 will have room to expand their 

 Leaves, in which their Difference 

 from the common Sorts confifts. 



In order to preferve thefe Varie- 

 ties diilincl, you mult carefully fe- 



parate all fuch Plants as appear in- 

 clin'd to degenerate from their 

 Kinds, leaving only fuch of the 

 broad-leav'd Kind as have very fair 

 broad Leaves ; and fo of the curl'd 

 Sort, only fuch as have their Leaves 

 very much curl'd ; being very care- 

 ful not to intermix them together. 

 When the Seeds are ripe, the Plants 

 mould be drawn up, and fpread up- 

 on a Cloth two or three Days to dry; 

 after which theSeeds mould be beaten 

 out, and preferved in a dry Place for 

 Ufe. 



NASTURTIUM INDICUM. 

 Vide Acriviola. 

 NECTARINE. 



This Fruit mould have been pla- 

 ced under the Article of Peaches, to 

 which it properly belongs, differing 

 from them in nothing more than in 

 having a fmooth Rind, and the Flefti 

 being firmer. Thefe the French 

 diftinguifh by the Name of Brugxon, 

 as they do thofe Peaches which ad- 

 here to the Stone, by the Name of 

 Pavies, retaining the Name of 

 Pefche to fuch only as part from the 

 Stone : but fince the Writers in Gar- 

 dening have diitinguilhed this Fruic 

 by the Name of Neftarine from the 

 Peaches, fo I mall follow their Ex- 

 ample, left, by endeavouring to 

 rectify their Miftakes, I mould ren- 

 der myfelf lefs intelligible to the 

 Reader. I fhall therefore mention 

 the feveral Sorts of this Fruit which 

 have come to my Knowlege : 



1. Fairchi/d's Early Nectarine. 

 This is one of the earlieft ripe Ne- 

 ctarines we have : it is a fmall round 

 Fruit, about the Size of the Nutmeg 

 Peach, of a beautiful red Colour, 

 and well-flavoured: it ripens the 

 Middle of July. 



2. Elruge Nectarine : the Tree 

 has fawed Leaves : the Flowers are 

 fmall : it is a middle-frVd Fruit, of 

 a dark-red or purple Colour next 



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