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Show RU it up in Ridges eighteen Inches afunder, and about a Foot deep ; then about the Beginning of April, when the Ma will begin to fhoot out of the Ground, they open the Earth about their old Roots, and take offall the Side-fhoots which extend themfelves horizontally, juft under the Surface of the Ground, preferving as much Root to them as poffible: Thefe they tranfplant immediately upon the Tops of the new Ridges, at about a Foot apart, obferving always to do this when there are fome Showers, becaufe then the Plants will take Root in a few Days, and will require no Water. When the Plants are growing, they carefully p the Ground hoed, to prevent the Weeds from coming up between them, for if they are fmothered by Weeds, efpecially when young, it will either dcftroy or weaken them fo much, that they feldom do well after. In thefe Ridges theylet the Plants remain two Seafons, during which Time they keep the Ground very clean, and at Michael2 when the Tops ofthe Plants are decay’d, they take up the Roots, and dry them for Sale. This is what I could learn of their Methodofcultivating this Plant, to which I will fubjoin a few Obfervations of my own, which I have fince made upon the Culture of Madder i ad. And, firft, I find there ( as is practis’'d by the Cefpecially in dry Land) becaufe the Places where I faw it, were very wet ing it; but whoever fhall have Curiofity on h . cultivate this ufeful Plant, might eafily inform themfelves, by going fai Ho i at the Seafon eae ce - Ing Roots. needlefs to fay any thing more ofthem in this Place. Thefe Plants love a loofe Soil, neither too ges, their Secondly, They fhould be planted at a greater Diftance land, the Rows fhould be at leaft three Feet Diftance, and the Plants eighteen Inches afunder in the Rows; for as they extend themfelves pretty far underground, fo where they are planted too near, their Roots will not have Room to grow. And, thirdly, I find, that if all the horizontal Roots are deftroy’d from time to time, as e produced, it will caufe the large aright Roots to be muchbigger, in which the Goodnefs of this Commodity chiefly confifts: For if the upper Roots are fuffered to remain, theywill drawoff the principal Nourifhment from the downright Roots, as I have experienced ; for I planted a few Roots upon the fame Soil and Situation, which were of equal Strength, and rooted equally well, half of thefe I hoed round, and cut off the horizontal Roots, and the other half I permitted the horizontal Roots to remain on, and when 1 took them all up, thofe which I had hoed about and kept clear from horizontal Roots, were almoft as la again as the other, and the Roots were double the Weight; which inly proves it neceffary to cut off thofe rficial Roots. The Manner of drying and preparing thefe Roots for Ufe, I am not acquainted with, having never had an Opportunity of fecing that Part, fo can give no Inftructions concern- Curiofity. ‘This does not only differ from the common Bramble in the Colour of the Fruit, but alfo in the Colour of the Bark and the Leaves, which in this Sort are of a lively Green ; whereas thofe of the commonSort are of adark brown Colour. ‘The fourth Sortis a Variety of the common Bramble, differing therefrom only in having ftrip’d Leaves, for whichit is preferv’d by fome Perlons who are RUBUS, red Colour of the Fruit before it comes to Maturity.] The Bramble or Rafp-berry- bufh. ‘ ujor, fi F common Bramble or Black 7. Bane f ramble. major, > v B, C 1 min | Sar Ulth ath aw. Syn. ‘The common Greater BrambleRaii bufh with white Frui 4. Ruzus; wvul gi ohio eleganter 4 . ‘The greater Bramble-buth witha val beautiful ftrip’d Leaf. ~ 3: Rusus; Ideus, 5 frudiu The Rafpberry- ufh, Framboife, or Hind-berry. 6. Rusus; Ideus, Spine 7 B. The Rafpberry-b rcely worth cultivating, Gardens for Variety. are eafily propagated by 1 they fend from the Roots in The beft Time to take them off, and tranfplant them, is in Oéfober, that they may take good Root before Winter, which will caufe them to be ftrong, and produce Fruit the fucceeding |S er. In preparing thefe Plants, their Fibres fhould be thorten’d ; but the Buds which are plac’d at a {mall Diftance from the Stem of the Plant, muft not be cut off, becanfe thofe produce the new Shoots the fo lowing Summer. Thefe Plants fhould be planted about twoFeet afunder in the Rows, m, neither too moift nor over dry, the Extreme ofeither being injurious to thefe lants. The Time for dreffing of them is in Offober, whenall the old Wood, which produc’d Fruit Rafpberry-buth wi the preceding Swimmer, fhould be cut out down to the Surface of the Ground, and the young Shoots muft be fhorten’d to about two 9. Rusus ; Ide nL Banifter. The Virginian Rafp Rows fhould be well dug to encourage their 8 Rusus; black Fruit. to. Rusus; Ider Feet in Length ; then the Spaces between the oots; and if you bury a very little rotten Dung therein, it will make them fhoot v odorats flowering Rafpberry, wv Ir. Rusus ; 4 magis ef S[pinis varioribus, fiipite caruleo. Pluk ‘The upright Penfilyania Bramble, berry-buth. 12. Rusus; Alpinus, bur Bramble of the Alps. The firft and fecond Sorts are very comt dedges, and upon dry Banks in England, and are rarelyculti he third Sort was found by Mr. in a Hedge not far from Ox al called Ales | om its grow Kne ly or Butcher. cut into fev luced a alfo of ot if 7 the Pointal, which roundifo Fruit, in wh bard Seeds. The Species are ; 1. Ruscus ; myrti The common Knee-H¢ 2. Ruscus; cente, Tourn. toufly the Summer following, and their Fruit will be muchfairer. During the Summer Seaton they fhould be kept clear from Weeds, which, Narrow or Alexandrian Laurel, ing on the Leaves 3. Ruscus ; cente. To J r or Alexandrian Laurel, with the Fruit growing on the L y ( rd Butchers-Broom or Alexandrian Laurel, with the Fruit growing upon the Tops ofthe Branches. 3 and four or five Feet Diftance Row from Row ; for if they are Planted too clofe, their Fruit is never fofair, nor will ripen fo kindly as when they have Room for the Air to pafs between the Rows. The Soil in which theythrive beft, is a freth, fandy L ; Fruit. y it upontheir Fleth to d it from Mice, It is but as their Fruits are of no | 1. Rusus; g.da k Plant, becaufe the Countrymen in old this there commonat prefent than the other, r formof « Jive Par in the f. B. Of which are cultivated com- monly in the Gardens near London ; which are the common Red, late Red, and the White Sorts ; but the S without Thorns is lefs near London ; which 3. Rusus; ke of its Fruit. Kinds, are preferv'd as Curiofities in feveral Gardens It ba 2. RuBus; in the Northern Counties of Theninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Sorts The Char. very wet Soil. is cultivated in all curious Garare three [this Plant is fo call’d of the » provided it be not over which is apt to rot the Roots of fome Sorts in Winter, but efpecially of the © Sort, which is apt to perith if plante d in a it is fit for maki dry nor over wet, but will do better in a dry than on a wet S becaufeé in fuch Places the Roots are apt to rot in Winter Land, whichis often floated in Winter ; fo The Dewberry-buth, or Lef if the Plants were not elevated upor Roots would rot in Winter. up the The two Sorts of Wild Madder are of no Ute; though their Roots feem to be of the fame Quality with the manured Sort; and as they are never cultivated in Gardens it js fince been cultivated in feveral Gardens as a ki DUS. Shoots are cut, and boundinto Bundle fold to the Butchers, who ufe it as Bef {weep their Blocks; from whence it Name of But ont The fecond, third, and fourth Sorts a hardy Plants, and tho’ not Natives of £ 7 yet may bepreferv’d in Gardens, if plan a fhady Situation, as in Wildern &c. where they ferve tc Wood Plantsto make Variety ; anc Sort is fometimes ufed in Medicine. Plants may be propagated by part Roots in the § i r of the Shoots, obfervin with the before-mention’d Culture, is all the Seafon be dry, to water them until t taken Root ; after whic four Years, becaufe thofe are better than fuch Plants as are fuffer’d to remain longer, All the other Sorts are propagated from Suckers in the fame Manner as the Garden RaJpberries, and are equally hardy, fo that they may be placed in the open Air in any obferving not to tranfplan Management they will require : But it is proPer to make newPlantations once in three or 2 Alexandrian Laurel, with the Fruit g upon the Edges of the Leaves. The firft Sort is very commo in divers Parts of England, tivated in Gardens. The Roots of t are fometimes ufed in M { Roots oftner than onc for when the oft thrive well, and do rarely pro The fifth Sort isC tender, be plac’d in Pots fill’d f |