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mite to the general (locks as I think, by the fol- 

 lowing method, the plants may be raifed in lefs 

 time, and with greater certainty. 



Having found myfelf difappointed for many years 

 back, in raifing the rhubarb plants from feed, in 

 the open borders of my garden, I was induced to 

 try what fuccefs I fhould have by feparating fome 

 of the eyes or buds, which fhoot out on the upper 

 parts of the root, together with a fmall part of the 

 root itfelf, with fome of the fibres to it 5 many of 

 thefe may be feen, both in the fpring and autumn, 

 on plants of three or four years old. My fuccefs 

 was equal to my expectation ; and all the rhubarb 

 plants which I now grow, are raifed after the above- 

 mentioned method. I have juft feparated twenty 

 eyes or buds from a plant of four years' growth, 

 which plant was itfelf raifed the fame way. The 

 old plant is not at all injured, by taking the eyes 

 from it, but is fuffered to grow till it be feven or 

 eight years old, or fometimes longer, as the quality 

 of the rhubarb, as well as the fize of the root, will 

 be much increafed, if it lie in the ground till it be 

 ten or twelve years old. 



By the above method, I fave a year in the growth 

 of the plant ; it is not in fuch danger of being eaten 

 by vermin as feed, nor fo uncertain of "its growing; 



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