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THE AMERICAN GARDENER. 



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Team. 



- 3 

 4 



- 2 

 3 



- 2 

 2 



- 4 

 4 



- 7 

 4 



- 10 



3 



- 4 

 2 



- 2 

 4 



- 2 



Marigold 

 Melon 

 Mint 

 Mustard 

 Nasturtium - 

 Onion - 

 Parsley - 

 Parsnip 

 Pea 



Pennyroyal 

 Potatoe - 

 Pumpkin - 

 Purslane 

 Radish - - 

 Rampion 

 Rape - 

 Rhubarb - 

 Rosemary - 



151. Notwithstanding this list, I always sow new 

 seed in preference to old, if, in all other respects, I 

 know the new to be equal to the old. And, as to 

 the notion, that seeds can be the better for being 

 old, even more than a year old, I hold it to be 

 monstrously absurd ; and this opinion I give as the 

 result of long experience, most attentive observa- 

 tion, and numerous experiments made for the ex- 

 press purpose of ascertaining the fact. 



152. Yet, it is a received opinion, a thing taken 

 for granted, an axiom in horticulture, that Melon 

 seed is the better for being old. Mr. MARSHALL, 

 quoted above, in paragraph 145, says, that it ought 

 to be " about four years old, though some prefer it 

 much older." And he afterwards observes, that 

 " if new seed only can be had, it should be carried 

 a week or two in the breeches-pocket, to dry away 

 some of the more watery particles !" What should 

 we do here, where no breeches are worn ! If age 

 be a recommendation in rules as well as in Melon 



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