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leaves being fuffered to grow, it can never 

 be added ; and without a certain degree, 

 the tobacco will always be taftelefs and of 

 little value. On the contrary, though it 

 be ever fa much weakened by fweating, and 

 thereby rendered mild, yet it will never 

 lofe that aromatic flavour which accompa- 

 nied that ftrength, and which greatly adds 

 to its value. 



In the directions before given for railing 

 the plants from the feed, I have omitted to 

 mention the fize of the beds on which 

 a fpecified number of them may be pro- 

 duced. I apprehend that a fquare yard 

 of land, for which a very fmall quantity of 

 feed is fufficient, they being fo diminutive, 

 will produce about five hundred plants, and 

 allow proper fpace for their nurture till they 

 are fit to tranfplant. 



I fliall alfo juft add, though the example 

 can only be followed in particular parts of 

 thefe kingdoms, that the Americans ufually 

 chufe for the place where they intend to 



make 



