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wJiich they fow, be free of infedion ; for it is 

 an inconteftable fadl that difeafes are fometimes 

 hereditary in vegetables as well as in animals* 

 And further, if any are. doubtful of their feeds 

 not being free of infection, or are not of a good 

 fort, if they chufe to fend or write to me free 

 of poftage, I will fend them, gratis, feeds of the 

 cucumber of my own faving, perfectly free of 

 infedlfon, and of as good a fort for forcing as 

 any in the kingdom. 



In England fubfcriptions are become exceed- 

 ingly frequent, and their frequency has rendered 

 them liable to fome abufes which begin to giv^ 

 them difcredit. 



In the year 1 776, Mr. John Kennedy, gar- 

 dener to Sir Thomas Gafcoign, publifhed a book, 

 wherein he acknowledges that the pine-apple 

 plants under his management were for feveral 

 years in a very unprofperous ftate, occafioned 

 by their, being infefted with infe<2:s, and that he 

 tried every remedy that had been before pub^ 

 Hihed, but found them all ineffedlual; but that 

 at laft he found out a never-failing remedy j this 

 remedy he in that book publifhed, and which is 

 generally known. 



In the year 1779, Mr. William Speechly, 

 gardener to the Duke of Portland, publifhed a 

 pamphlet, price one guinea, on the culture of 



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