C 34° - J 
two, and fometimes three hours, before. they will 
be fufficiently tender. I have always found them 
beft when boiled with meat, efpecially with falt 
beef. They give a moft agreeable flavour to broth, 
A friend of mine, who is going to Jamaica, has 
undertaken to carry fome witli him to fea, for which 
purpofe I am inclined to think them well calcu- 
lated: the refult of his experiment fhall be commu- 
nicated to you. I have fent you a parcel of feed, 
about 121b. which was faved with great care, and 
will be fufficient to enable many perfons to make 
experiments; and I recommend it to fuch perfons 
to prefer a dry elevated fituation, even though the 
land be not fo good. If any circumftances fhould 
occur, worthy of notice in my further cultivation 
ef this plant, I fhall be careful to communicate 
them to you, 
And am, fir, 
Your very humble fervant, 
THOMAS BROUGHTON. 
fe a NS aS LES 
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