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I believe, new, and may, ifproperlypurfued, prove 

 of much importance^ but take his account in his 

 own words :— r— 



" In the fnmmer of 177 1, I had a plant of the 

 true Rheum Palmatum, in great vigour and in full 

 flower, growing at the diftance of about fclur yard? 

 IroiTi a plant of the Rheum Compadum, which 

 was likewife at the fame time in flower. As the 

 firfl w^s the plant generally allowed to be the true 

 Turkey Rhubarb, 1 carefully coUedled and pre- 

 ferved the feeds of ir, which I fowed early in the 

 fpring of the year 1772, in a bed of common light 

 earth, about half an inch deep. In about five 

 weeks the plants appeared in great plenty, and were, 

 m the beginning of the winter following, thinned, 

 and tranfplanted at the diftances of fix and feven 

 feet from each other. The plants were healthy and 

 ftrong, although they had no particular care or 

 attention paid to them. But what feemed moft 

 remarkable in them was, that the leaves were nei- 

 ther diofe of the Palmatum or Compadum, but a 

 perfeft mixture of both s very large and broad like 

 the Compadlum, but terminating in long fliarp 

 points, and in fome degree indented, and refem.bling 

 the Palmatum. In the fummer 1775, they were 

 all in flower, the (terns being fix and feven feet 



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