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Show eREAY RA RA necae init Ufe in March following, which is full affoon as inoft People care to eat them. Thefe (as I faid before) are commonly fown on warm Borders, near Walls, Pales, or Hedges, where they maybe defended from the cold Winds. The fecond Sowing is commonly about Chrifimas, provided the Seafon be mild, and the Ground in a fit Condition to work: Thefe, are alfo fow’d near Shelter, but not fo near Pales or Hedges, as the firft Sowing: Thefe if they are not deftroy’d by Froft, will be fit for Ufe the Beginning of Apri/: But in Order to have a Succeffion of thefe Roots for the Table through the Seafon, you fhould repeat fowing of their Seeds once a Fortnight, from the Middle of Fanuarytill the Beginning of April, always obferving to fow the latter Crops upon a moift Soil, and an open Situation, otherwife they will run up, and grow fticky before theyare fit for Ufe. Manyof the Gardeners near London fow Carrot-Seed with their early Rad fo that many times when their Radifbes are kill’d, the Carrots will remain; for the Seeds of Carrots commonly lie in the Ground five or fix Weeks before they come up ; and the R adifhes {eldom lie above a Fortnight under Ground ; fo that at each fowing, as can be fpent ina Family while they are good. If youintendto fave Seeds of your Radifh es, always make Allowance for bad Seafon s, be- cato flore, Col. in Rech. Greater Rampions, with a Crimfon-fpiked Flower, commonly call’d The Scarlet Cardinal’s Flower, 2. RapuNtium ; Americanum, flore dilute ceruleo. H. R. Par. The Blue Cardinal’s that there will not be a fourth Part of the Flower. 3. Rapuntium; Americanum, virge auree of Ground as there will be in a moift Seafo n): This Ground fhould bewell dug andlev ell’d. foliis, parvo flore ceruleo. Tourn. Cardinal's Flower, with Golden Rod Leaves and a {mall Blue Flower. you fhould, about the Beginning of May, prepare a Spot of Ground in Propo rtion to the Quantity of Seeds intended, (but you fhould caufe it often happens, in a very dry Seafon, Quantity of Seeds upon the fame Propo rtion then you fhould drawup fome of the ftraite ft and beft colour’d Radi/bes, (throwing away all fuch as are fhort, and that branch out in their Roots: ) ‘Thefe fhould be planted in Rows three Feet diftance, and two Feet afunder in the Rows, obferving, if the Seafon be dry, to water them until they have taken Root ; after which theywill require no firther Care but only to hoe down the Weeds between them, until they are advane’d fo high, as to fpread over the Ground, when they will pre« vent the Growth of Weeds. When the Seed begins to ripen, youfhould carefully guard it againft the Birds, who will otherwife deftroy it: When it is ripe, (whic h thefe are often up, and kill’d, when the CerrotSeed remains fafe in the Ground: But when both Cropsfucceed, the Radi/bes muftbe drawn off very young, otherwife the Carrots will be drawnup fo weak as not to be able to fupport themfelves when the Radifhes are gone. It is alfo a conftant Pradtice with thefe you may know by the Pods changing brown) lat- it is the only Sort cultivated: ‘The Roots of this Kind are many times as large as a {mall Turnip, and are very fweet. This m ay be propagated in the fame manner as the common Gardeners, to mix Spinach-Seed with their ter Crop of Radifbes ; fo that when the Radi/bes are drawn off, and the Ground clean’d between the Spinach, it will grow prodigioufly, and in a Fortnight’s-time will as completely cover the Ground as tho’ there had been no other Crop: And this Spinach, if it be of the broad-leav'd Kind, will be larger and fairer than it commonly is when fown by itfelf; becaufe where People have no other Crop mix’d with it, they commonly fowit too thick, wherebyit is drawn up weak: But here the Roots ftandpretty far apart, fo that after the Radihes are gone, they have full Room tofpread, and ifthe Soil be good, it is a prodigious Size this Spinach will growto before it runs up for Seed: But this Husbandry is chiefly praétis’d by the Gardeners who payvery dear for their Land, and are oblig’d to have as manyCrops in a Year as poffible, otherwife they could not afford to pay fuch large Rents, When the Radifbes are come up, and have gotfive or fix Leaves, they muft be pull’d up where they are too clote, otherwife theywill draw up to Top, but the Roots will not increafe their Bulk: In doing ofthis, fome only draw you fhould cut it, and {pread it in the Sun to dry ; after which you fhould thrahhit out, and layit up for Ufe, where the Mice cannot come to it, otherwife they will eat it up. The {mall round-rooted Radijh is not very commonin England, but in manyParts ofItaly Sort, but only with this Difference, viz. ‘That this muft not be fowntill the Beginning of March,andthe Plantsallow’dagreater Diftance. The Seeds ofthis Kind are veryfubjec to de- generate when fay’din England, fo that it is properto have them from Abroad everyYear. The other round-rooted Radifbes are rarely cultivated in England, but thofe who havea mind to have them, mayfowthem inthe fame manner as the laft, adifh is onlycultivated The Black Spani for Medicinal Ufe in England: 'The Seeds of this maybe fownin May, and when the Plants come up, theyfhould be hoed out, fo as to leave the remaining ones ten Inches or a Foot afunder ; after which they muft be conftantly cleared from Weeds in Summer, and in Autumn they will be fit for Ufe. RAPUNTIUM; Rampions, or Cardinal’s Flower. _ The Charaéfers are ; them out by Hand ; but the beft Methods to The Flower confifs of hoe them with a {mall Hoe, which will ftir the an anomalous Figu / Ground, and deftroy the young Weeds, and furrowd or chan alfo promote the Growth ofthe Plants. The many Parts, in the Diftance which thefe fhould be left, if for by a Vi drawing up {mall, maybe three Inches; but if they are to ftand until theyare pretty large, fix Inches is full near enough; and a {mall Spot of Ground will afford as many Radifbes The Species are ; 1. RapunTIuM ; maximum, coctineo, {pi-~ Pointe cup turi full of whichis d There are feveral other Varieties of this Plant growing in divers Parts of America ; but thofe here mention’d are all which I have obferv’d cultivated in England. ‘The firft Sort isgreatly priz’d by the Curious for the Beauty of its rich Crimfon Flowers, which exceedall the Flowers I have yet feen, in the Deepnefs of its Colour: And thefe commonly, when their Roots are {trong, produce large Spikes of thefe Flowers, which continue a long time RH the Plants will come up, when they fhould be tranfplanted and managed as the other Sort, with which Culture this will alfo agree. This is prefery’d for Variety ; but the Flowers are not near fo beautiful as thofe of the former Sorts, The other Sort, with fmall Blue Flowers, is a biennial Plant, perifhing as foon as the Seeds are ripe. This may be rais’d in the fame Manner as the former, but is fea ely worthyof a Place in a Flower-garden. RHABARBARUM MONACHORUM; vide Lapathum. RHAMNOIDES ; The Sea Buckthorn. The Characters are ; It bath the whole Appearance of the Buck« thorn, but is Male and Female in different Trees: The Flowers of the Male bave no Pe~ tals ; the Flower-cupconfifts of two Leaves, in the Center of which are feveral {mall Stamina: The Female Trees produce roundifh Berries, each of which contains a fingle Seed. The Species are ; 1. Ruamnorpes ; flerifera, falicis foliis. in Beauty, and make a moft magnificent Shew amongft other Flowers. The Time of their Flowering is commonly in Fuly and Augu/t, and if the Autumn proves very favourable, they will fometimes produce good Seeds in T. Cor. Male Willow-leav’d Sea Buckthorn. England. 'Thefe Plants are Natives of Virginia 2, Ruamnorpes ; fruétifera, foliis (alicis, and Carolina, where they growbythe Sides of baccis leviter flavefcentibus. I. Cor. Female Rivulets, and make a moft beautiful Appear- Willow-leav’d Sea Buckthorn, with yellow ance; from whence the Seeds are often fent erries. into England. 'Thefe Seeds do commonlyarThefe Plants do grow in great Plenty upon tive here in the Spring ; at which Time they the Sea-coafts of Lincolufbire, and at Sa b, fhould be fown in Potsfill’d with light Earth, Deal and Folkfton in Kent, as alfo in divers and but juft cover’d over, for if the Seeds are Parts of Scotland. bury’d deep they will not grow: Thefe Pots Theyare preferv'd in feveral Gardens near fhould be placed under a Frame to defend them London for Variety ; where, being intermix’d from Cold until the Seafonis a little advanc’d, with other Shrubs of the fame Growth, they but they fhould not be plac’d on a Hot-bed, afford an agreeable Profped. which will alfo deftroy the Seeds. Thefe Shrubs are eafily propagated from Whenthe Weather is warm, towards the Suckers, which they fend forth in great Plenty Middle of 4pri/, thefe Pots fhould be plac’d from the old Plants. ‘Thefe Suckers may be inthe open Air, in a Situation where they taken off any time in February or March, and may have the Morning-Suntill twelve o’Clock, planted in a Nurfery, where they may be oblerving to water them conftantly in dry train’d up for two or three Years; after which Weather; and when the Plants come up, they may beremov'd to the Places where they they fhould be tranfplanted each into a fall aretoremain. ‘There is no very great Beauty Por fill’d with freth light Earth, and plac’d in in thefe Plants, but as their Leaves and Flowthe fame Situation, obferving to water them in ers are very different from moft other Trees, dry Weather ; and in Winter they fhould be fo they make a pretty Variety in fmall WilPlac'd under a Hot-bed Frame, where they dernefs-Quarters ; or whenplanted in Clumps taybe fhelter’d from fevere Frofts; but in with various Trees, they will grow to be ten mild Weather, they fhould be as much expos’d or twelve Feet high, but it is very rare to fee to the open Air as poffible. them larger. The March following, thefe Plants fhould be put into larger Pots fill’d with the fame frefh RHAMNUS: The Buckthorn; Earth, and plac’d, as before, to the Morning- The Ch S are ; Sun, obferving to water them in dry Weather, it bath a l-foap'd Flower, confifing of which will caufe them to flower ftrong the one Leaf, bisd Top into Autumn following. four or five Segments ; out of the cup Thefe Plants are alfo propagated byparting rifes the Pointal, which afterwa ifo Berry, very full of their Roots : The beft Seafon for which is, either foon after they are paft Flower, or in g four hard . March, obferving to water and manage them, as hath been directed for the Seedling Plants, oth in Winter and Summer. The Blue Sort does conftantly produce ripe Seeds in England, which fhould be fown foon after they are ripe; in the Spring following ‘[mooth on the Ou ; The Species are ; 1. Ruamnus 3 Catharticus. C. B.P. Com- monpurging Buckthorn, 2. Ruamnus ; Catharticus, minor. C.B.P. Leffler purging Buckthorn. 3. RHAMNUS 5 |
