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diners h-crc will life their own Onion-feed, for th3y 

 find it rur.nes to Scallions ■: Myrtle with us comes not 

 to feed , nor Mulhery. For the fenhtive plant , the, 

 Am.iracoc or Paltion flower &c. v^.e fend for feed to 

 the Barbado's* 



What advantage our Nation might have by propa- 

 gation oi'exonque plants by feed brought new from 

 feverall Countryes beyond the Seas, us hard to gbeffe 

 that there would be advantage tis certain. I remem- 

 ber that Belloh'ms a man very diligent, and much em- 

 ployed about knowing the nature of plants , growing 

 in other Countrys than his own , which *\as France* 

 wrote a whole book to fhew the poiT.bility and advaii-? 

 tage of this improvement , to perlwade Merchants to 

 furniih gentlemen with feed , and them to ufe it. Tis 

 known that Fenches , Aprecots , Nedhrins were 

 lately, not only Grangers to England , but to France 

 likewife. Mulbery is likewife m Exptique plant,and 

 by King James his Command fent for over and pro- 

 pagated by feed, 



i xodque Seeds are good not only to . propagate 

 plants yet not with us , but likewife to make a more 

 plentiful! production then can with eafe be madefrom 

 any other way. of propagation of fuch we -already 

 have. . , , 



Care nfliifl be had in fowing feed, or at leaf! in fet- 

 ting them, where you intend that they {hall thrive^ 

 that the ground bear the beft proportion may be to 

 the places and the particular Mip.era of the place?, 

 where fuch plants in other parts. nfe to grow, not to 

 put mountainous plants in lov and moiitgroundso 

 Why theTaurickCedars,were they planted ijnvYalles^ 

 fhould not grow I know no ieafon. 



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