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has been known to grow upwards of eleven feet in 

 three months. Some of the leaves are five feet in 

 their largest extent; and the root, which remains 

 in the ground during the winter, grows also to a 

 very large size. Roots of five years old, produced 

 in this country, have been sometimes found to 

 weigh more than seventy pounds when fresh. 



We shall leave the tenth class till to-morrow ; 

 for I think you have heard quite enough for the 

 present 



