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borders in my garden, and planted out at two 

 months old where they are to remain. They ap- 

 pear to be ftrong and vigorous. I have alfo fome 

 from the feed fent me by your Secretary 3 and 

 others from a friend in RufTia, fown in the open 

 ground, where I have no doubt of their coming 

 to perfedion. ' 



I am^ Si;c, 



^eff, 16, 1778, 



Article XLIX. 



On the Cultivation and Cure of the True 

 Rhubar?. 



Gentlemen, 



PERUSING the Farmer's Magazine for Sep- 

 tember, I was much pleafed with fome judi-i 

 cious remarks on the cultivation of the Rheum 

 Palmatum, made, I think, by a gentleman at Mine-r 

 Jiead. With the utmoft deference and refpecl to 

 that gentleman's abilities and experience, I beg 

 leave to fubmit the following obfervations, relating 

 to the culture of that valuable plant, to your confi- 

 deration ; which may be depended on as fa6bs, proved 

 by myfelf and others from long experience. 



