icgi Qn the Cultivation and UjTe 



3d, TCnth the inner white flcinj and the external grciSn huflf 

 of the capfules, which contain the feeds, might be employed 

 for manufa6bur"mg the liner forts of this (ilk paper. 



4th, That as little as pofiible of this plant fhould remain 

 ufelefs, Nature has provided in the fweet juice of its flowers 

 excellent nourifhment for bees. According to the author of 

 Gefcbichte-Meiner Bienen, this plant, in the above, refpecfy 

 t!ie lime-tree excepted, is fuperior to all other vegetable pro- 

 ductions. 



In America a kind of brown fugar is prepared from the 

 juice of thele flowers. 



The great utility of this plant has been known only within 

 thefe thirty years, though it is probable that it was intro- 

 duced into Europe about the time of the erufades. A ma- 

 nufactory of articles from the filk of this plant has been elia- 

 bliflicd at Paris fmce 1760, and it has long been employed at 

 Laufanne, with advantage, for making candle-wicks ; but no 

 one has (hown more zeal in regard 1o the cultivation and 

 preparation of this article than Mr. Schneider of Liegnitz, 

 who has recommended it in two different pamphlets. In 

 regard to the application of it to paper-making, Mr. Schmid 

 of Lunenburg has made a variety of experiments; and it id 

 much to be wiflied that others would imitate his example. 



(It. Ciiltiyationm — This plant is propagated two ways, 

 either by the feed or by flips. In the raoi ' oi darch, after 

 the land has been well dug, the feeds are fown thin, and 

 fingly, in furrows of the depth of an inch, and covered with 

 earth, which is thrown over them to the depth of half an 

 inch : they are fecurcd alio from the night froft by ittofs or a 

 little light dung. In from four to lix weeks the young plant* 

 begin to appear. The firft year they produce flowers; but do 

 not bear feeds (ill the fecond, and do not come to full ma- 

 turity till the third. In the third year tjaey are tranfplantcd. 

 Ihit tl'.is method is more laborious, and perhaps ought not to 

 be recommended hut in particular cafes, fuel) as when the 

 ro':ts have degenerated, or when tkey are tranfplanted to a 

 different climate. 



The ohjcol will be Conner accomplished by flips from the 

 roots. As ll« plant throws out mound it long, loots with 



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