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order to prevent litter; as by such means the future blow is rendered 

 more weak and less beautiful. 



Where new varieties are wanted, recourse must be had to the 

 seed, which must be sown in the spring season, either where the 

 plants are to remain, in a bed of light mellow earth, or in pots filled 

 with the same sort of earth. 



The first species is the plant which is cultivated in fields, and 

 from the stigma of which the preparation known under the title of 

 English Saffron is made. 



