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Show C I. CI The Charaéfers are; it bath a Pea-foayd (or papitionaceots ) Flower, which is fucceeded by fh welling Pods, fomewhat like the inflated Bladder Fifh: The Seeds are joapd fomewhat like a Ram’s-Head. The Species are ; 1. Cicer; fativum, flore candido. C. B. BP. Garden Chiches, with a white Flower. z, Cicer; fativum, femine rufo. C. B. Manur’d Chiches, with reddifh Seeds. 3. Cicer ; fativum, femine nigro. C. B. Manured Chiches, with black Seeds. 4. Cicrr 5 fativum, flore ex rubro purpuvafcente femine rubro. C. B. Manured Chiches, with purplifh-red Flowers and red Seeds. aun dau There are fome other Varieties of this Plant preferv'd in curious Botanick Gardens abroad : But thefe here enumerated are the common Sorts, which are cultivated in the KitchenGardens in France, Italy, Spain, &c. and, | believe, are all Seminal Varieties, whichalter and change the Colour oftheir Flowers and Seeds, as do the common Garden-Beans. This Plant is feldom cultivated in Euglaud. except in particular Gardens: Nordo I think it worth planting for Ufe where Peas will do well, which are fo muchpreferable for Goodnefs, and much greater Bearers, producing 3. CrcnoriumM ; Endive. m. Tourn. Curled that you may have a Supply as long as- the 4 CrcuortuM 3 ¢rifpt angufifolium, Boerb. Ind. Narrow-leav’d Curl’d Endiye. But in order to this, fhould be faften’d to Nails drove into the Pale you muft tranfplant all the Plants of the faft fowing under warm Walls, Pales, or Hedges, to fereen the Plants from Froft: And if the Winter fhould prove very fharp, you fhould cover them with fome Peas-haulm, or fuch other light Covering, which fhould be conftantly taken off in mild Weather: 'Thefe Borders fhould alfo be as dry as poffible ; for thefe Plants are very fubject to rot, if planted ina moift Soil in Winter. Altho’ I before direéted the tying up of the Plants to blanch them, yet this is only to be underftood for the two firft Sowings ; for after Michaelmas, when the Nights begin to be frofty, thofe Plants which are fo far aboveground will be liable to be muchprejudiced thereby ; therefore the beft Method is, to take up your Plants of the latter Sowings in a very dry Day, and with a large flat-pointed Dibble plant them into the Sides of Trenches of Earth, which are laid very upright, fidewife, towards the Sun, with the Tops of the s only out of the Ground, fo that the hafty Rains may run off, and the Plants be kept dry, and fecured from Frofts, or to the Stakes of the Hedge, and runalong before the Stems, to draw them upright clofe to the Hedge or Pale ; otherwife they will be liable to break with the ftrong Winds, Obferve alfo to keep them clear from Weeds, and about the beginning of 7#/y your Seeds will begin to ripen: Therefore, as foonas youfind the Seeds are quite’ripe, you muft cut off the Stalks, and expofe them to the Sun upon a coarfe Cloth to dry ; and then beat out the Seeds, which muft be dried, and put up in Bags or Papers, and preferv’d for Ufe in fome dry Place. But I would here caution you, Not to wait for all the Seeds upon the fame Plant; for if fo, all the firft ripe and beft of the Seeds will {catter and beloft before the other are near ripe ; fo great a Difference is there in the Seeds of the fame Plant beingripe. The wild Succory, Cof which there are fome §. Crevorium ; fylvefire, five oficinarum, C.B. Wild Succory. The firit and fecond Sorts of Endive are nowwholly difufed in the Kitchen-Gardens, as being vaftlyinferior to the Curl’d Kinds, which are by much the larger and handfomerHeads, The Seafons for fowing their Seeds is in May, Fune, and Fuly, at fouror five different times; for that which is firft fown js very fubjeét to run to Seed, efpecially if the Autumn prove warm and dry: But however, it is neceffary to have little fown in the Decreafe of the Moon in May, for the firft Crop ; and again in June the middle andlatter End; and for the laft Crop, about the middle of Fuly. Thefe Seeds fhould be fown in anopenSituation, and a good rich Soil, but not too thick, When the Plants are come up, and grownto be about two Inches high, they muft be tranf= plantedinto another open goodSpot of Ground, at about ten Inches diftant every way, obferving to trim off the Tops of the largeft Leaves with your Knife before you plant them; as alfo to water them conftantly every other Evening, until they have taken frefh Root: above double the Quantity upon the fame After which Time they will need no other Ground: But in warmer Countries, where our Care, but to keep them clean from Weeds, delicate Sorts of Peas feldomthrive well, thefe until they have {o {pread as almoft to meet may fupply their Place; and, perhaps, in and cover the Ground, thofe Countries they are much more fruitful Then you fhould provide a Parcel of {mall thanwithus. Ofier Twigs Cor Bads-Mar) to tie up fome of The Seeds of thefe Chiches thould be fown the largeft to blanch ; which fhould be done in March, in an open Situation, and upon a in a dry Afternoo n, when there is neither warm drySoil, in Rows about twoFeet afunDewnorRain to moiften the Leaves in the der, and as thick as Peas are ufually fown in middle of the Plants, which would occafion the Rows. When the Plants are come up, their rotting foon after their being ty’d up. the Ground muft be hoe’d, and the Plants The Manner of doing it is as follows; 4 earth’d, as is practis’d for common Peas, to You muft firft gather up all whichthis Plant agrees very well in its Cul- of the Plant, in a regular the inner Leaves Order, into one ture. In Fune and Fuly it will lower, and its Hand, and then take up thofe on the Outfide Seeds will be ripe in Auguft and September. that are found, pulling off, and throwing away The People in France and Italy preferve all therott en and decay’d Leaves ; ob: them for boiling in the Winter-feafon, as we do our White and Grey Peas, to which thefe ate fomewhatakin, CICHORIUM, [Xi dv, Of uxelo I find, becaufe ir is found every where in walking ; or, as othersfay, of xia Igo, and Xép@-a Place.| Succory. The Charaéfers are ; It is one of the Milky Plants with a plain radiated Flower: The Flowers are produced fromthe Sides of the Branches, at the Setting off of the Branches upon bort Foot-falks: CI to place the outfide Leaves all round the middle ones, as near as poffible to the natural Order of their Growth, fo as not to crofs cach other : Then having got the whole Plant clofe Weather will permit. The Plant thus planted, will be blanchedfit for Ufe in about three Weeks Time ; after whichit will not keep good long: You fhould therefore keep planting fome frefh ones into Trenches every Fortnight at leaft, that you may havea Supply: And thofe which were lafttran{planted out of the Seed-beds, fhould be preferv’d till February or March, before theyare planted to blanch ; fo that from this you maybe fupply’d until 4pril, orlater, accordingto the Seafon: For at this laft planting into the Trenchesit will keep longer than in Winter ; the Days growing longer, and.the Sun advancing with more Strength, dries up he Moifture much fooner than in Winter, h prevents the rotting of thefe Plants. When your Endiveis blanch’d enough for Ufe, you muft dig it up with a Spade; and after having clear’d it from all the outfide green and decay’d Leaves, youfhould wathit well in two orthree different Waters, to clear it the better from Slugs and other Vermin, up in your Hand, tie it up with the Twig, &¢. at about two Inches below the Top, very which commonly fhelter themfelyes amongft Leaves thereof ; and then you may ferve tup to the Table with other Sallading. not prevented this Way. for the next Seafon, you muft look overthofe Borders where the laft Crop was tran{planted, before you put them into the Trenches to blanch ; and make choice of fome of the largeft, foundeft, and moft curled Plants, in clofe ; and about a Week after go over the Plants again, and give them another Tie about the middle of the Plant, to prevent the HeartLeaves from burfting out on one Side ; which they are fubje@ to do, as the Plants grow, i The In doing of this you need Cup of the Flower is like a contract tie up the ed Seed- largeft Plants firft, and fo goonly over the Piece veffel: The Seeds are angular, umbilicated once a Weck, as the Plants increafe their aud in Shape fomewhat like a Wedee. : Growth ; by which means you will continue The Species are ; e the Crop longer than if they were all ty’d up a: Cicuortum ; latifolium, vulgaris, Tourn. Common five Endivia at one time: For when they are quite blanch’d, Broad-leay’d which will ben three Weeks or a Month after Endive, tying, they will not hold found and good wget ae arent foli e, five Endivia above ten Days ora Fortnight, efpeciallyif masaris. a Tourn, ommon N arrow-le -leay ay’d ’ the Seafon proves wet: ‘Thereforeit is that 1 would advife to fow at four different eal that But in order to havea Supply of good Seeds Number according to the Quantity of Seeds required: For a {mall Family, a dozen good Plants will produce enough Seeds; and fora large, two Dozen, or thirty Plants. Thefe fhould be taken up and tranfplanted under a Hedge or Pale at about eighteen Inches diftant, in one Rowabout fix Inches from the » &c. This Work fhould be done in inning of March, if the Seafonis mild, herwife it maybe deferr’d a Fortnight longer. When the Flower-ftems begin to advance, they fhould be fupported with a Packthread, which Varieties in the Colour of the Flowers) is fel- dom propagated in Gardens ; it growing wild in unfrequented Lanes and Dunghills in divers Parts of England, where the Herb-women gather it, and fupply the Markets for Medicinal Ufe. CICUTA, properly fignifies an Hollowintercepted between two Knots, of the Stalks or Reeds of which the Shepherds us’d to make their Pipes; as Virgil fings : Eft mibi difparibus feptemcompatta Cicttis, Fiftula Cicuta. Hemlock. The Charaéfers are ; The Leaves are cut into «many minute Seg= ments: The Petals of the Flower are bifid, Heart-foap'd, and unequal: The Flower is Jucceeded by two foort channelled Seeds. The Species are ; 1. Creura ; major. C. B. Common or Greater Hemlock. e 2. Cicura ; minor, petrofelino finilis, C. B: Leffer Hemlock, or Fool’s Parfley. There are fome other Varieties of this Plant preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens; but the two Sorts here mentioned, are what we find wild in England. The firft Sort grows to a confiderable Height, and is chiefly found upon the Sides of dry Banks in many Parts of Eugland: ‘The Leaves of this Plant are ofa fhining green Colour, and the Stalks are full of purple Spots; by which it is eafily diftinguifh’d from any Plants that refemble it.. This Sort is fometimes ufed in Medicine ; tho’ by many People it is thought to havea noxious Quality: But the Hemlock of the Antients, which was fuch deadly Poyfon, is generally fuppos’d to be verydifferent from this. The fecond Sort is of a {maller Growth, and fo like Parfley, that fome unskilful Perfons have gather’d it, and us’d it as fuch ; by which feve- ral Perfons have fuffer’d in their Health, and fome have been deftroy’d thereby. Thefe Plants are never propagated in Gar- dens for Ufe, but are gather’d by the Herbwomen in the Fields CICU- |
