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and when it is got, if the bed is not in 

 proper order to receive it, there is a very 

 great difappointment, which may and 

 often happens to thofe who are well 

 acquainted with the different methods 

 which are now in practice for propa- 

 gating them, 



THERE is no plant that is raifed by art, 

 where nature has given fo many hints to 

 facilitate its propagation, as the Mum- 

 room ; and yet it is ftill in its infancy. 

 There is not in common practice (that I 

 know of) any certain method to raife 

 them fo as feldom to fail of producing a 

 good crop. 



I F the beginning of the fummer is 

 warm and dry, and afterwards there fall 

 kindly warm Ihowers, the fields produce 

 them in plenty ; whereas if the beginning 

 of the fummer is cold and wet, and after- 

 wards becomes warm and dry, there are 

 few or none. 



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