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from the circumftance of its being the firft 

 fpecies cultivated in England. 



The feeds were procured at the feed-mops, 

 and handed about from one cultivator to 

 another. 



The feed-bed zs rich and fine as pomble. 



The time of fowing as foon as the wea- 

 ther became warm enough to make it ve- 

 getate : perhaps in April. 



When the feedling plants were ftrong 

 enough to bear removing, they were tranf- 

 flanted from the feed-bed to the patch on 

 which they were intended to ftand. 



In the practice of one, they were planted 

 out in the quincunx manner, a foot afunder : 

 in that of another, in rows two feet apart, 

 and one foot afunder in the rows. 



In both cafes, they were carefully hoed, and 

 kept free from weeds during the fummer. 



In autumn, when the flowers began to drop 

 off, they were cut and dried in tbejhade. 



When dry, the leaves were picked off, and 

 prejfeddown clofe, in cafks or other veflels. 



The fpring pf 1782 being late, the plants 

 did not, upon weak foils, reach maturity be- 

 fore the frofls began to fet in. Hence a rich 

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