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Show This Seed fhould be harrow’d in with Buthes, for if it be done with a commonHatrow, they willbe bury’dtoo deep. A Moft People have recommended the fowing of this Seed with feveral Sorts of Corn ; but if it be fown at the Seafon before directed, it to a brown Colour ; then it fhould be cy be hous’d until 77 r, when the Seeds fhould be threfh’d out ; but if th for immediate fowing, it may before it be hous’d or ftack’d, bu will be much better, if fown alone ; for the be well dry’d, otherwife the Seeds wil] p €orn prevents the Growthof the Plants until quit their Husks, it isreaped and taken off the Ground ; {o that Tt has been a plaint amoneft th one whole Seafon is loft, and manytimes, if Farmers, that they could not threfh out thef there be a great Crop of Corn upon the Ground, it often {poils the Clover, fo that it is hardly worthftanding ; whereas in the Way before directed, the Plants will have good Root before /Vinter, and in the Spring will come on muchfaiter than that which was fown the Spring before under Corn. About the Middle of May this Grafs will be fit to cut, when there fhould be great Care taken in mixing it, for it will require a great deal more Labour and Time to dry than common Grafs, and will fhrink into lefs Compafs ; but if it be not too rank, it will make extraordinaryrich Food for Cattle. The Time for cutting it is when it begins to flower, for if it ftands much longer, the lower Part of the Stems will begin to dry, whereby it will make a lefs Quantity of Hay, and that not fo well flavour d. Some People cut three Crops in one Year of this Grafs, but the beft Way is to cut but one in the Spring, and feed it the remaining Part of the Year, whereby the Land will be enriched, and the Plants will grow much ftronger. One Acre of this Graf will feed as many Cattle as four or five Acres of common Grafs: But great Care fhould be taken of the Cattle when theyare firft put into it, left it burft them. To prevent which, fome turn them in for a few Hours onlyat firft, and fo ftint them as to Quantity, and this by degrees, letting them at firft be only one Hourin the Middle of the Day, when there is no Moifture upon the Grafs, and {0 every Dayfuffer them to re- maina longer time, until they are fully feafon’d to it: But great Care fhould be had never to turn them into this Food in wet Weather ; or if they have been for fome time accuftom’d to this Food, it will be proper to turn them out at Night in wet Weather, and let them have Hay, which will prevent the ill Confequences of this Food: But there are fome who give Straw to their Cattle while they are feeding upon this Grafs, to prevent the ill Bffects of it ; which muft not be given them in the Field, becaufe they will not eat it wherethere is Plenty of better Food. There are others who fow Rye Grafs amoneft their Clover, which they let grow together, in order to prevent the ill Confequences of the Cattle feeding wholly on Clover : But this is not a commendable Way, becaufe the Rye Grafs will greatly injure the Clover in its Growth; Where the Seeds are defign’d to be fav’d, the firft Cropini the Spring fhould be permitted to ftand until the Seeds are ripe, which may be known by the Stalks and-Heads changing Seeds without great Labour and Difficulty, which I take to be chiefly owing to their cut- ting the Spring Crop whenit be and to leave the fecond Cropfc ripens fo late in Autun Heat enough to dry the whereby they are tough, der’d difficult to get out, whic tirely remedied by the leay Crop for Seed, as hath been d WhenCattle are fed withthis I Way is to put it in Ra 0 fhould be plac’d under a common Hot-bed Frame, where they may have Air in mild All thefe feveral Sorts of Wheat are culti2 vated in divers Parts of England; but thé Weather; but in frofty Weather may be fhels Manner of fowing and managing them being ter'd with Glaffes, &c. Ifthey are propagated fo well known to moft Farmers, and being from Seeds, thefe fhould be fown towards the more properfor.a Treatifé of Husbandrythan latter End of March upon a Bedoflight Earth, of Gardening, I fhall omit mention ing it in this and when the Plants are come up, they muft Place, be carefully clear’d from Weeds, that they may not be over-born thereby ; and when they TUBEROSE ; wide Hyacinthus Tuberofus are about four Inches high, they fhould be planted either into Pots, or the Borders where TUBEROUS ROOTS, are fuch asconfift they are to remain, becaufe if they are fuffer’d of an uniform fiefhy Subftance, to grow very rank before they are remov'd, roundifh Figure, as Lurnips, &e and are ofa they do not bear tranfplanting fo well. Thefe Plants are preferv’d in Gardens morefor the TUBULOUS PLANTS, are fuch whofé Sake of Variety than any real Beauty, efpeci- Stems are hollowlike a Pipe ally the two firft, which fmell {0 ftrong of Bitume#, when bruis’d, as fearcely to be born without Uneafinefs. wile tread a great Quantity of it down w Feet. This Feed is muchbetterfor moft other Cattle than Milch Cows, ¥R 1 dry Time: And whenit is well dry*d, it may fo th Id rarely have any of it, le TRIPETALOUS FLOWERS, are fuch as confift of three Leaves, which are call’d part of fim Leaves, Petais, to diftinguifh them from the Leaves of Pitcher ; the Pointal, Plants. of the Flower, furr jurious to anyfort of Cattle The fecond and third § Meadows amongft the Grafs, where their I will abide many Years, and are cut with the and dry’d for Food: But thefe are rarely cultivated in England, t e they are Plants of much fmaller Growth than the Clover. The fourth Sort is an annual Plant, which perifhes as foon a ripe. This grows wil England amongt Cc Land, and is feldomcultivated tanick Gardens, it being a medic The fifth and fixth Sorts do alfo in England, but are often prefe Gardens for Variety. The fifth Sort produces Heads very like a S f whence it had its Name ; and { has Heads verylike Heps, for which Diy they are fometimescultivated in Gardens, theyare not apply’d to any Ufe. The feventh, eighth, and ninth Sorts alfo preferv’d in Gardens for \ they are planted in Pots, and Winter amongft other Exotick Plants ; the feventh and eighth Sorts will endu Cold of our ordinary Winters in the open provided they are planted ona dr in a warm Situation; but the nir quires to be fhelter’d from, fevere fhould have as much free Air as pol mild Weather. Thefe Plants maybe pro Seeds, ith Stamina, afterwhich opens into Ns TRIPOLIUM ; vide After. them ; tho’ whenit is dry, Grafs, compos d for the moft 1 fomewhat like a avifes in the Middle i TRITICUM ; [fo call’d of Yriturare, Lat. to rhrefb, becaufe the Seeds or Grains are feparated from the Ears or Spikes by threfhing.] Wheat. The Charaéfersare ; It hath an apetalous Flower, into Spikes i Ft ich bath Awns; the Center, b aft the n coated Root, ‘ibres ¢ ma muft be added, a on the lower Part. It would be to little Purpofe to enumerate the feveral Varieties of thefe Flowers, which may be feen in one good Garden, fince there is no End of their Numbers ; and what fome People may valueat a confiderable Rate, others reject ; and as there are annually a great Quantity of new Flowers obtain’d from Breeders, fo thofe which are old, if they have not very good Properties to recommend them, are thrown out and defpis’d: I fhall therefore point out the Properties of a good Zu/ip, according to fingly, and g affixd to an indented Axis. The Char. I. Triticum; hbybernum, ariftis carens. CB. P. White or red Wheat without Awns. 2. Triticum; /pica & | rubentibus. the Char rifticks of the beft Florifts of the prefent Age. 1. It fhould have a tall, {trong Stem. 2. The Flower fhould confift of fix Leaves, three within, and three without ; the former ought to be larger than the latter. 3. Their Bottom fhouldbe proportion’dtotheir Top, and their upper Part fhould be rounded Sy#. Red Wheat, in fome Places calf'd off, and not terminate ina Point. 4. Thefe Kentifh Wheat. Leaves, when open’d, fhould neither turn in3. Triticum; /pical? 5 ward nor bendoutward, but rather{tand ereét, Syz. White Wheat. and the Flower fhould be of a middling Size, neither oyer large nor too {mall. 4. Triricum; ariftis circumvallatum,g & {pica rubentibus, glumi bt Stripes fhould be fmall and regul dibus. Raii Syn. Red-eat . quite from the Bottom of the I ¢ or if $. Triricum; /pica « uadrata lon- there are any Remains of the former {felfSiore, ariftis munitum. E Wheat. colour’d Bottom, the Flower is in Danger of lofing its ‘the Chives fhould 6. Triticum ; f cinericea, glum not be yello n Colour. W hen Wheat, aud in a Flower has all thefe Properties, it is efteem’d GreyPollard. a good one. 1 or byplanting Ci the Spring, upon a Bedof ri obferving to water and fhe have taken Root ; after i carefully clear’d from Weeds d mer Seafon, and in Auguf? fome of fhould be taken up andplanted in i Polon 8. Triticum; | 1 Many-ear’d Wheat. 9. TRITICUM; 4 2. C. B. P. Summer Wheat. to. Triticum 3% /pica bordei Lon R i Naked Barley, Is oer bur there is no Occafion for making Jiftin@ions than two, viz. Early not near fo Lateones, buc |
