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DIRECTIONS FOR importing 



of the feed on it; tliefe may be either furrounded as before 

 with falts, or packed without the fahs, in a box, as is 

 mod: convenient. 



There are many feeds, which we receive both from the 

 Weft-Indies and the fouthern parts of our North-American 

 colonics, as South-CaroHna, Georgia, &c. which the gar- 

 deners find very difficult to raife here, unlefs the following 

 'method is purfued. Divide a box, according to your 

 quantity and forts of feeds, into fevcral fquare partitions; 

 then mix the feeds with loamy earth and cut mofs, and 

 put each fort into its feparate cell, filling it up to the top : 

 The earth and mofs muft be rather inclining to dry than 

 wet; then nail the lid down very clofe on your box, keep- 

 ing it in an airy fituation. If the voyage does not exceed 

 two months, they will arrive in good order in the fpring; 

 and, though many of them may begin to germinate, yet, 

 if they are fown diredlly, they will fucceed much better 

 than ttofe that are brought over in papers, as is well 

 known to our moft curious gardeners. Seeds of the nut- 

 meg-tree from Tobago, the cinnamon-tree, the cocoa or 

 chocolate-nut, and Avocado pear, muft be brought in this 

 manner. Seeds of all the forts of magnolias, ftewartias, 

 chionanthus, and many others from South-Carolina, will 

 fucceed better tins way, than any other method we yet know. 



The feeds of many of the fmall fucculent fruits may be 



brought to England from very diftant parts, by preffing 

 them together, fqueezing out their watery juices, and dry- 

 ing them in fmall cakes gradually, that they may become 

 hard; they may be then wrapt up in white writing paper, 

 not fpongy, as this is apt to attrad and retain moifture; 

 but 1 believe it will be found, that a covering of wax will 

 be better than one of paper. 



The Alpine ftrawberry was firft fent to England in a let- 

 ter from Turin to Hemy Baker E(q; F. R. S. by prefting 

 the pulp with the feeds thin upon paper, and letting it dry 

 before they were inclofed. The paper mulberry from 

 China was brought hither about the year 1754, much in 



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