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obferve, that when a mold 



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fen has once feized any part of the ground, 

 it foon runs over the whole 5 and that the 

 grafs and other herbs, under the hops, are 



infeaed with it. 



Probably becaufe the fmall feeds of this 

 quick growing mold, which foon come to 

 maturity, are blown over the whole ground . 

 Which fpreading of the feed may be the 

 rcafon why fome grounds are infeftcd with 

 fen forfeveral years fucceflively; #;$. from 

 the feeds of the laft years fen : Might it not 

 then be advifeable to burn the fenny hop- 

 vines as foon as the hops are picked, in hopes 

 thereby to deftroy fome of the feed of the 



mold? 

 ." Mr. Auftln of Canterbury obferves fen 



" to be more fatal to thofe grounds that 

 " are low and flickered, than to the high 

 " and open grounds j to thofe that arc fliel- 

 « ving to the North, than to the fhelving 

 "to the South; to the middle of grounds, 

 " than to the outfides; to the dry and 

 " gentle grounds, than to the moift and ftiff 

 grounds. This was very apparent through- 

 out the Plantations, where the land had 



the fame workmanlbip, and help beftow- 



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