and ferved up to the table; and of late years there are 
1'onle perfons who cultivate it for the (talks, which are 
cut in the fpring when they are four or. five inches 
high, which are dreffed like Afparagus, in the like 
manner as the i'econd fort. The (talks of this are much 
longer and are tenderer than the other, fo are better 
(or this purpote than thofe of the fecond fort ; the 
leaves of this are broad ; the flowers are large and 
blue ; the foot-ftalk immediately under the flower is 
much thicker than below, and the empalement is 
longer than the rays of the flower. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Crete, and alfo 
in Italy ; this is an annual plant very like the Sow- 
t hi Pde in dalk and leaf, but the empalement of the 
flower is prickly. It is feldom admitted into gardens, 
becaufe the feeds are wafted by the winds to"~a great 
didance, and thereby fill the garden with weeds. 
The fifth fort grows naturally about Montpelier; this 
hath many large, plain, fhaped leaves at the root, 
which are fix or (even inches long, and two broad, 
indented on their fides ; the foot-dalks of the flower 
arife immediately from the root, and are a foot in 
length, fupporting one large fuiphur-coloured flower, 
compofed of many florets, included in an empale- 
ment of one leaf, which is (horter than the corolla ; 
the florets arc fucceeded by oblong feeds, crowned by 
a feathery down. 
Thefe plants are propagated from feeds, which fhould 
be (own in April upon an open fpot of ground, in 
rows about nine or ten inches didance, and when the 
plants are come up, they fhould be hoed out, leaving 
them about fix inches alunder in the rows. The 
weeds fhould alfo be carefully hoed down as they are 
produced, other wife tney will foon overbear the plants 
and fpofi them. This is all’ the culture required, and 
if the foil be light and not too dry, the plants will 
have large roots before winter, at which time the Sal- 
fafy, whofe roots are eaten at that feafon, will be fit 
for ufe, and may be taken up any time after their 
leaves begin to decay ; but, when they begin to fhoot 
again, they will be dicky and not fit for ufe ; but ma- 
ny perfons cultivate this fort for the (hoots, as was be- 
fore mentioned. 
The common yellow fort, whofe fhoots are fold in the 
market, wilEbe fit for ufe in April or May, accord- 
ing to the forward nefs of the feafon. The bed time 
to cut them is, when their dems are abour four inches 
long, for if they dand too long, they are never fo 
tender as thofe which are cut while young. 
Some people, in cultivating thefe plants, low their 
feeds in beds pretty dole, and when they come up, 
they tranipiant them out in rows at the before men- 
tioned didance ; but, as they form a tap-root, which 
abounds with a milky juice, when the extreme part 
of their roots are broken by tranlplanting, they fel- 
dom thrive well afterward ; therefore, it is by far the 
better way to make (hallow drills in the ground, and 
fcatter the feeds therein, as before directed, whereby 
the rows will be at a due didance ; and there will be 
nothing more to do than to hoe out the plants when 
they are too thick in the rows, which will be much 
lefs trouble than the other method of tranfplanting, 
and the plants will be much larger and fairer. 
TRAGOSELINUM. See Pimpinella. 
TRANSPLANTING OF TREES. See 
Planting. 
TRANSPORTATION OF PLANTS: In 
fending plants from one country to another, great re- 
gard fhould be had to the proper feafon for doing it; 
for example, if a parcel of plants are to be lent from 
a hot country to a cold one,, they fhould be fent in 
the fpring of the year, that, as they come toward 
the colder countries in the warmed feafon, fo if they 
have differed a little in their paffage, there will be 
time to recover them before winter ; whereas thofe 
which arrive in autumn, are often lod in winter, be- 
caufe they have not time to recover and get root be- 
fore the cold comes on. 
On the contrary, thofe plants which are fent from a 
cold country to a hot one, fhould always be fent in the 
beginning of winter, that the cold may prevent their 
(hooting during the paffage, and that they may arrive 
time enough to be rooted before the great heats come 
on, otherwife they will loon perifh. 
The bed way to pack up plants for a voyage (if they 
are dich as will not bear to be kept out of the ground) 
is to have Come drong boxes with handles to them, 
for the more eafily removing them in bad weather • 
thefe (hould have holes bored in their bottoms to let 
out the moidure, otherwife it will rot the roots of the 
plants. Over each of thefe holes fhould be laid a 
flat tile, or oyder-fhell, to prevent the earth from 
flopping them ; then they (hould be filled up with 
earth, into which the plants (hould be let as dole 
as poflible, in order to lave room, which is abfolute- 
ly necefiary, otherwife they will be very troublefome 
in the (hip ; and as the only thing intended is to pre- 
(erve them anve, ann not to make any pro^reis while 
on their paffage, a fmall box will contain many 
plants, if rightly planted. The plants (hould alfo be 
placed in the box a fortnight or three weeks before 
they are put on board the (hip, that the earth may be 
a little fettled about their roots; and during the time 
they are on board, they fhould' remain, if poflible, 
on the deck, that they may have air ; but in bad 
weather they fnould be covered with a tarpaulin to 
guard them againd the fait water and (pray of the fea, 
which will dedroy them, if it comes at them in any 
quantity. 
The water thefe plants fnould have, while on board, 
mud be proportioned to the climate whence they come, 
and to which they are going. If they come from a hot 
country to a cold one, then they fhould have very little 
moidure after they have paffed the heats ; but, if 
they are carried from a cold country to a hot one, they 
mud have a great (hare of moidure when they come 
into a warmer climate, and fhould be fbaded in the day 
from the violent heat of the fun, to which if they are 
too much expofed, will dry them up and dedroy them. 
If the plants to be fent from one country to another, 
are fuch as will live out of the ground a confiderable 
time, as all* thofe which are full of juice will do ; as 
the Sedums, Ficoides, Euphorbiums, Cereufes, &c. 
then they require no other care but to pack them up 
’ in a clofe box, wrapping them up well with dry Mofs, 
oblerving to place them fo clofely that they may not 
be tumbled about, which will bruife them, and that 
thofe plants which have fpines may not wound any of 
the others. The box alfo fhould be placed where they 
may receive no moidure, and where rats cannot come 
to them, otherwife they are in danger of being eaten 
by thofe vermin ; if thefe plants are packed too dole, 
they are apt to ferment, and thereby either rot, or at 
lead grow fiqkly to prevent which, they (hould have 
a good quantity of dry hay or draw laid between them, 
and feveral lmall holes (hould be made in the boxes, 
to let out the noxious air. 
If thefe plants are thus carefully packed up, they will 
grow though they fhould be two, three, or four 
months on their paffage ; and will be lefs liable to 
differ than if planted in earth, becaufe the iailors ge- 
nerally kill thefe plants by over watering them. 
There are alfo feveral forts of trees, which may be 
packed up in chefts with Mofs about them, which 
will bear to be kept out of the ground two or three 
months, provided it be at a feafon when they do not 
grow ; as may be feen by the Orange-trees, jaf- 
mines, Capers, Olive, and Pomegranate-trees, which 
are annually brought from Italy ; and if fkilfully ma- 
naged, very few of them mifcarry, notwithdanding 
they are many times kept three or four months out of 
the ground. 
In fending feeds from one country to another, the 
great care to be taken is, to fecure them from vermin, 
and preferve them dry, otherwife they mould and de- 
cay. The method Mr. Catefby always obferved was, 
to put up his (eeds dry into papers, and then put 
them into a dry Gourd -(hell, and feal them up ; in 
which 
