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be chopped or clipped off previous to the flax 

 being ?ith^r vyatered or boiled. When the flax i$ 

 •watered, car^ Ihould be taken not to fpread it out 

 to dry, when there is a hazard of its be^ng ej^ppfcd 

 in its wet fta^c to frolt 



Article XXVIL 



On Mangel-JFurzcL 



gBy tjlie R^y. JMi;. Bromwich, to the Secretary.] 



Sir, 



T^ESIROUS to try the fuccefs of the Mangel 

 '^~^^ Wurzcl in our climate, and whether, with us, 

 it might merit thofe high encomiums it has met 

 with abroad, I was induced to make the following 

 cxperiirent to afcertain its value. If you think the 

 obfervarions I have been hitherto able to make will 

 be of the lead utility in promoting the cultivation of 

 fo beneficial a plant, 1 fhall be happy in having 

 communicated them to you. 



I am. Sir, 



Your, mod; obedient humble feryant^ 



BRYAN J*ANSON BROMWICH. 



Cli^rHQuJ^e^near^Rridgmrthj Dec. i, 1788, 



Ohfervations 



