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Bath, that they endeavour to encourage its culti- 

 vation in this country, by offering a premium to 

 the perfon who fhall raife the greateft quantity of 

 the bed kind, and cure it in.fuch a manner as to 

 render it equal in quality to that annually imported 

 from abroad. It is a plant to which our climate 

 is not unfriendly, and it may eafily be cultivated 

 with fuccefs* 



I had laft fummer fbme plants of it in my gar- 

 den, which were very vigorous, rifing to the height 

 of eight feet. The roots weighed from eight to 

 twelve pounds, and, when cured, the quality was 

 allowed by the faculty to be equal to that of the 

 Turkey Rhubarb. 



But to give an opportunity for the medical gen- 

 tlemen of Bath to examine and afcertain its quality, 

 I herewith fend you a fpecimen of the cured root, 

 and a quantity of the feed in good prefervation, for 

 fuch perfons as may chufc to cultivate it. 



As to the culture of this plant, my knowledge 

 has been chiefly acquired by my own experience; 

 and that it may become an ufeful article of agri- 

 culture and commerce is, I think, not a very ha- 

 zardous prefumption. 



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