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The indigo is then taken off likewife, and 

 put into facks made of common fiickcloth, 

 where the remaining water may run off. After 

 this it is fpread upon boards, and when dry it is 

 cut into Ivrtle iquare pieces, put into barrels, 

 and fo fent to Europe, 



In order to have feeds, it is necefTary only to 

 let fo many plants grow up as are wanted •, it 

 grows more or lefs tall according to the nature 

 of the foil, which ought to be light ♦, in the 

 Well India idands they have four crops a-year, 

 on account of the great heat, but in Louiftana 

 they cannot have above three -, the indigo in the 

 latter place is likewife not fo good *. 



The cot,ton-fhrub is no bigger than a rofe- 

 bufh, but fpreads more. It does not fucceed fp 

 well in fbrong or rich grounds as in others ; there- 

 fore that which grows in ho'^tv Louifiana is in- 

 ferior in goodnefs to that which is cultivated in 

 the higher parts of that province. 



The 



* The indigo plant is, with Dr. Lmnaus^ the Indignfera 

 UnQoriiiy and the indigo mentioned to grow fpontaneoully 

 \l\ Louijiafia h ih.Q Sophora tinS:oriay Linn.; which, with a 

 proper management, is faid to aftbrd as good indigo as the 

 celebrated J/iU of the Indies and Egypt. F. 



