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lateft, allotting an op<rn fituation, and light 

 rich ground ; fow the feed cither broad-call 

 on the rough furf'ace, and rake it well into 

 the ground, or as being a Uirge feed, fow it 

 in drills an inch deep, the drills a foot afun- 

 der, raking the earth evenly over the feed; 

 or it may be dotted in with a thick blunt 

 ended dibble in rows ten or twelve inches 

 apart, making the holes the fame dirtancc, 

 a^d an in^H deep, dropping two or three 

 feeds in each hole ; but of which to leav« 

 only one good plant. 



When the plants are come up with leaves 

 a« inch or two b/oad, they mufl: be thinned 

 and cleared from weeds, performed either by 

 hand, or fmail-hoeing, thinning out the 

 fuperabundant plants, eight, or nine, to ten 

 or twelve inches diftance, eradicating all 

 weeds; and of the plants raifed from the feed 

 dotted 'in, pull out the weakefl, and leave 

 only one good plant in each patch. * 



The plants will attain a large growth in 

 the roots, to begin taking up fome for ufe in 

 September; but will be of full lize in O£lo- 

 ber, when, or November, when the leaves 

 decay, dig up a quantity, cut off the leaves 

 and depolite the roots in fand, under cover, 

 ready for Winter fupply, or fome may be 

 digged up, and trenched in clofe together in 

 dry earth, and covered in froily weather v/ith 

 long litter. 



The roots will remain good till April, or 



May following ; they are ufed ;o llice raw 



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