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by the following management: On the 8th of August 

 he took up a plant of wheat which had been sown 

 in the beginning of June, and divided it into eighteen 

 parts, each of which was transplanted separately ; about 

 the latter end of September they were again removed, 

 and divided into sixty-seven roots. In the end of the 

 March following, and the beginning of April, they 

 were separated into 500 plants, which yielded 21,109 

 ears ; and thus this single grain produced 570,000 fold. 



ThSfpisSifc. UMEELLIFEROUS CHICK WEED. This is 

 an annual plant, found wild in Norfolk and Suffolk, 

 and blossoms in April and May. It was first noticed 

 in England in \7$5> when it was found on the walls 

 of Norwich. 



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