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Article XXIX. 



An AcGCunt of an Experiment made in the Tear 

 1788, in raijing of the Mangel-WurzeL 



[By James Bernard, efqi of Crcwcombe.] 



YN the beginning of the year 1788, Dr. Lettfom, 

 "^ through the intervention of a friend, gave me 

 67 feeds of the Mangel-Wurzel, which 1 fowed in 

 the hot-bed the latter end of March 1788, and 

 they all came up in about eight 6r nine days. On 

 the 14th of May fixty-fix of the plants were tranf- 

 flanted into a common bed in rtny kitchen garden; 

 the bed was C13 feet long and 5 feet wide, the plants 

 were placed about 17 inches apart every way from 

 <fach other, the outer plants being placed near the 

 ddge of the bed. On the 13th or 14th of June, in 

 the midft of that remarkably dry and' hot weather, 

 they were all well hoed and cleared of all weeds 5 

 the plants grew vigoroufly, and upon the firft rain 

 fhot out their leaves {o flrong as entirely to cover 

 the ground, and prevented any weeds from grow- 

 ing afterwards. 



Xn the beginning of Auguft I took up one of the 

 plams of about 3; lb. weight, by way of tafte and 

 trial, and had the leaves and root boiled. The 

 tafte of the leaves was 10 much like fpinach \ 



QQUW 



