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ground, that you may not put flowers of the 

 same colour too near each other. The sticks 

 are to be prepared in the following manner: 

 some laths must be cut into pieces six inches 

 long, and made pointed at one end, and smooth 

 on one side of the other end, on which a small 

 quantity of white paint is to be rubbed with a 

 bit of flannel, as thinly as possible, and the 

 names of thQ seeds written with a black-lead 

 pencil, while the paint is wet. This process 

 will effectually prevent the rain from effacing 

 what is written on these markers. Herbaceous 

 plants may be marked in the same manner, 

 only that part of the stick which is put into the 

 ground ought to be dipped in pitch, to prevent 

 it's decaying during the winter. 



Yours very truly, 

 G 



