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weather. Don't spread it, and don't make a hole 

 in the plant, but leave the salt on it, and in two or 

 three days the leaves will blacken, and the root 

 will so completely perish that I have known a hole 

 left in the grass of two or three inches diameter. 

 This soon fills up, and the plant will not appear 

 again. Experto crede. A very few years ago I 

 had large carpets of plantain on my lawn ; they 

 are all gone, and in their place are carpets of rich 

 turf. If any of my readers tries the experiment, 

 I hope he may be as successful as I have been. 



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