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The whole of the crop is taken up in the month of 

 November, in dry weather. The tops are cut off near 

 the crown of the plants, and the plants, when perfectly 

 dry, are piled up in a shed, and covered with straw 

 sufficiently thick to preserve them from the frost. They 

 kept last year till the latter end of March, and they 

 would have kept much longer. 



The seed may be had of Cochran, seedsman, in Duke 

 street, Grosvenor square, and of Messrs. Gibbs and 

 Co. Half Moon street, Piccadilly. From three to four 

 pounds of the seed will be sufficient for an acre of 

 ground, prepared and dibbled according to the method 

 here stated. The price last year was seven shillings 

 per pound, but it may probably be less hereafter, as 

 the growers of the root, so long as that high price con- 

 tinues, will of course save their own seed, and thereby 

 lessen the demand from the seedsman. 



THE METHOD BEFORE DESCRIBED ELUCmATED. 



Form of the Ridges before manuring. 



b b b 



The tops of the ridges, about two inches broad, a a a a. 

 Intervals of twenty four inches from one a to another. 

 Depths about twelve inches from a to b. 

 Furrows where the manure is deposited, b b b. 

 Form of the Ridges after splitting and rolling. 

 A A A A 



B B B 



Tops, A A A A, nine inches broad, in the middle of which 



the seed is deposited. 

 Situation of the manure, B B B B. 



