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they will be fix inches in length : and this 

 operation muft be performed with great 

 care, as the buds will be found to rife very 

 thick. The tan being of a loofe nature, 

 there is no difficulty in thrufting down the 

 finger and thumb to the crown of the 

 root ; and, as forced roots are of no ufe af- 

 terwards, I prefer twifling off the bud to 

 cutting it, left the others that are rifing be 

 injured. 



A three-light frame (which is generally 

 ten or twelve feet long, and five or fix 

 broad) will contain a number of roots; 

 and, after it is fairly begun to produce, will 

 yield an ordinary dim every day, for fif- 

 teen or twenty days. If, therefore, a fuc- 

 ceffion of grafs is required, it will be ne- 

 cefiary to make up a fecond bed about 

 eight or ten days after the firft, and a third 

 about three weeks after the fecond ; which 

 laft time will be a good medium for each 

 fucceffive bed: but of this, the operator 

 will be the beft judge 3 as much depends 

 on the ftrength and quality of the roots, 

 and on the confumpt of the family. 



In many places, it is probable, there may 



not be fuch a thing as old tan : as a fub- 



B ftitute, 



