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In order to have broccoli produce well, tranfpl'ant it 
into the alleys of your onion, carrot, &c. beds, the be¬ 
ginning of July; preserving it from fnails, and hilling it 
up, it will produce molt noble heads in January and Fe¬ 
bruary, and will furnifli the table until it is quite over. 
By thus Sowing very early in the Spring, the mod forward 
will (ucceed the autunmal-fown crops, by which means 
there will be a conftant fucceflion. 
The Roman or blue broccoli fliould be Sown by the 
roth of March ; when the plants have five leaves, trans¬ 
plant them into nurfery-beds at three inches diftance; at 
the end of June plant them out into a good foil in rows 
three feet diflant, and two feet between the plants: hill, 
dig, and keep them clear from weeds, and in November 
tiiey will (hew their heads ; thefe mud be cut off, except 
in Severe frod, that their fide Sprouts may advance in the 
Spring; for thefe will be fit for Service long after the other 
forts are quite gone. All the varieties of broccoli profper 
bed in a rich loamy foil, not much expofed to the Sun ; 
but they mud never be planted under the drip of trees. 
Of faving Seeds .—The bed method to Save the feeds of 
all the beft Sorts of cabbages is, about the end of Novem¬ 
ber to make choice of Some of your bed cabbages, which 
you Should pull up, and carry to Some died, or other co¬ 
vered place, where you Should hang them up for three or 
four days by their flalks, that the water may drain from 
between their leaves; then plant them in Some border, 
under a hedge or pale, quite down to. the middle of the 
cabbage, leaving only the upper part of the cabbage above 
ground, observing to raife the earth about it, So that it 
may dand a little above the level of the ground ; but, if 
the ground be wet, it will require to be raifed pretty 
much above the Surface. If the winter fliould prove very 
hard, you mud lay a little draw or peafe-haulm lightly up¬ 
on the cabbages, to Secure them from the trod, taking it off 
as often as the weather proves mild, led by keeping them 
too clofe they fliould rot. In the Spring of the year they 
will dioot out drongly, and divide into a'great number of 
Small branches: you mud therefore fupport their dems, 
to prevent their being broken off by the wind ; and, if the 
weather fliould be very hot and dry when they are in flow¬ 
er, you fliould refrefli them with water once a week all 
over the branches, which will greatly promote their feed¬ 
ing, and preferve them from mildew. 
When tlie pods begin to change brown, you will do 
well to cut off the extreme part of every Shoot with the 
pods, which will flrengthen your feeds ; for it is generally 
observed, that thofe feeds which grow near the top of the 
flioots are very fubjeCt to run to feed before they cab¬ 
bage ; So that by this there will be no lofs, hut a great 
advantage, efpecially if you have more regard to the qua¬ 
lity than to the quantity of the feeds, which indeed is not 
always the cafe, when it is intended for Sale ; but thofe 
who Save it for their own ufe, will be careful to have it 
good. When your feeds begin to ripen, you mud be 
particularly careful that the birds do not deflroy it, for 
they are very fond of thefe feeds. In order to prevent 
their mifehief, Some ufe old nets, which they throw over 
their feeds, to prevent their getting to it: but this will 
not always do, for, unlefs the nets are very flrong, they 
will force their way through them, as has been often 
Seen; but the bed method is to get a quantity of birdlime, 
and daub over a parcel of flender twigs, which fliould be 
fadened at each end to dronger dicks, and placed near 
the upper part of the feed, in different places, So that the 
birds may alight upon them, by which means they will 
be fadened thereto, where you mud let them remain a 
considerable time, if they cannot get off thenifelves; and, 
although there fliould be but few birds caught, yet it will 
Sufficiently terrify the red, that they will not come to. that 
place again for a considerable time after. When your feed 
is fully ripe, you muft cut it ofl'; and, after drying, threfh 
it out, and preferve it in bags for ufe. See Arabis, 
Arum, and Turritis. 
BRAS'SICA MONENSIS. See Sisymbrium 
Vol. Ill, No. 135. 
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BRAS'SICA MARINA. See Convolvulus, Sol- 
danella, and Crambe. 
BRAS'SICA Ski NOS A. See Bunias. 
BRASSICA'VIT, or Brachica vit,/. in the manege, 
is a liorfe whole fore-legs are naturally bended arch wile : 
being fo called by way of diltinction from an arched liorfe 
whole legs are bowed by hard labour. 
BRAS'SINESS, f. An appearance like brafs; fome 
quality of brafs. 
BR AS'SY, adj. Partaking of brafs.—The part in which 
they lie, is near black, with fome Sparks of a brajjy py¬ 
rites in it. Woodward. —Hard as brafs. Impudent : 
Loffes, 
Enough to prefs a royal merchant down 
And pluck commiferation of his date 
From brajjy bofoms, and rough hearts of flint. Shake/. 
BRAST, particip. adj. [from bur/.} Bind; broken. 
A word ufed in Spenfer, but now obfolele. 
BRAT,/! [its etymology is uncertain ; bratt, in Saxon, 
Signifies a blanket; from which, perhaps, the modern Sig¬ 
nification may have come. ] A child, fo called in contempt i 
This brat is none of mine : 
Hence with it, and, together with the dam, 
Commit them to the fire. Skake/peare. 
The progeny ; the offspring.—The two late conspiracies 
were the brats and offspring of two contrary factions. South. 
BR A'THYS, f. [Gr. the name of a plant in Diofcori- 
des.] In botany, a genus of the clafs polyandria, order 
pentagynia, natural order of rotaceae. It has no Englifh 
name. The generic charafters are—Calyx: perianthium 
five-leaved; leaflets lanceolate, acute, permanent. Co¬ 
rolla: petalsfive, lanceolate, twice as long as the calyx. 
Stamina : filaments many, more than twenty, capillary, 
the length of the calyx ; antherae twin. Piftillum : germ 
Superior, ovate; flyles five, patulous, filiform; digmas 
capitate. Pericarpiuin : capfule ovate, with five little 
Swellings, one-celled. Seeds: very many, roundifh.—■ 
EJ/entia! Charabier. Calyx five-leaved ; petalsfive; necta¬ 
ry none ; capfule one-celled, many-feeded. 
There is but one Species, called bratliys juniperina. It 
is a flirub of a habit between heath and juniper, very 
branching and upright, the branches covered with leaves, 
which are oppofite, much crowded, acerofe, an inch long, 
acute, unarmed, and evergreen ; flowers terminating the 
branches, Several together, feflile. Found in New Gra¬ 
nada by Mutis. 
BRAT'SKOI, a town of Siberia, on the river Hugu- 
ra : 140 miles north-ead of Niznei Udinfk. 
BRAT'TELEN, a plain of Switzerland, near Bade, 
where, in the year 1444, 1500 Swifs withftood the whole 
army of France, amounting to 30,000 men, till they were 
all cut to pieces, only fixteen efcaped, and thirty only 
were found alive of thofe wounded in the field. 
BRAT'TLEBOROUGH, a town of North America, 
in the date of Vermont, which, in the year 1790, contain¬ 
ed 1589 inhabitants, Situated on the wed fide of the liver 
Connecticut: thirty-five miles eafl of Bennington, and Se¬ 
venty north-wed of Boflon. 
BRA'VA, or St.John, one of the Cape Verd iflands: 
the land is high and mountainous. There are fcarcely 
300 inhabitants; they cultivate maize, gourds, water-me¬ 
lons, potatoes, Sec. Oranges and lemons grow in great 
plenty; horfes, cows, alfes, and hogs, are numerous; and 
the earth yields a great proportion of nitre. The moun¬ 
tains are fuppofed to be rich in metallic ore, efpecially 
copper, as there are many vitriolic fprings; the coads 
abound in fifh. It is four leagues wefl-fouth-wefl of Fuego. 
Lat. 14.45.N. Ion. 7.0. W. Ferro. 
BRA'VA, a fea-port town of Africa, on the coafl of 
Zanguebar. Lat. 0/45.,N. Ion. 44.0. E. pree-nwich. 
BRAVA'DO, f. \_bravada , Span.] A baud ; a brag: 
Spain, to make good the bravado , 
Names it the invincible armado. 
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BRAU'BACH, 
