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became warm enough to make it vegetate ; per- 

 haps in April. 



" When the seedling plants were strong enough 

 to bear removing, they were transplanted from 

 the seed-bed to the patch on which they were 

 intended to stand. 



" In the practice of one, they were planted out 

 in quincunx manner, a foot asunder : in that of 

 another, in rows two feet apart and one foot 

 asunder in the rows. 



" In both cases they were carefully hoed and 

 kept free from weeds during the summer. 



" In autumn, when the flowers began to drop 

 off, they were cut and dried in. the shade. 



" When dry, the leaves were picked off and 

 pressed down close in casks and other vessels. 



" The spring of 1782 being late, the plants 

 did not, upon weak soils, reach maturity before 

 the frosts began to set in. Hence a rich forcing 

 soil seems to be necessary to the culture of 

 tobacco in this climate. The vegetation, how- 

 ever, may be greatly forwarded by forcing the 

 seedling plants in a hot bed, and transplanting 

 them out as soon as the frosts of spring are 

 over, 



" Since that time, it does not appear that any 

 attempts have been made at the cultivation of 

 tobacco. The people, paying obedience to laws 

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