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store-house, to retain the saline matter for the benefit of the young 

 sprout, after the materials that nature has placed in the seed itself 

 are exhausted ; and hence, this class of seeds are materially be- 

 nefited hy judicioits soaking. 



The foregoing observations are not intended to apply in any 

 degree to the important practice of simple washing seeds of any 

 kind, in saline solutions, for the purpose of freeing them from 

 smut, rust, insects, &c., before sowing or planting, for this is often 

 of very great service. 



