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Sect. XVII. 2. 5 



ROOTS AND BARKS. 



485 



N 



.ay be preferved fro™ an, degree ^ ^^^^^^^^t^ftST:. 



k 



which feeds 

 for a^es even without germination or decay 



below that of the internal parts of the earth 



It is neverthelefs neceffary to dry many palmated roots, when they 

 ■ taken out of the ground, either becaufe they 



live 



barns or ftore-rooms, like the bulbous 



becaufe 



ey req 



be kept for fome years 



the (hops 



f med 



S 



of thefe roots, as 



thofe of rhubarb, are faid like the bulbous 

 f fcllla or fquill to contain five fixths of their weight of water, 

 and therefore require confiderable care in the method of drynig them; 

 for unlefs they are prope.ly dried, they are liable to contra^ mould 

 or mucor ; which is a vegetable produdion, which will grow on pu- 

 trefying materials without hght or much air ; but might be prevent- 

 ed from growing by the vapour of perhaps a teafpoonful of fpirit of 



wine, as mentioned in Se6:. XV. 2. 3. 



There is neverthelefs fome precaution neceifary in exhaling the 

 moifture of thefe roots, as they (hould^be placed in a fituation, wh 

 they are ventilated as well as heated 

 forward the tendency of th 



for warmth alone is liable 



facch 



rine and mucilaginous parts of 



¥ 



them to pafs into fermentation or putrefaaion, and thence to deflroy 

 them • as the alburnum or fap-wood of timber trees is liable to de- 

 cay by what is termed the dry rot. 



With this defi<^n drying houfes are conflruaed for the preparatio 



of madd 



th 



a 



defcribed in Miller's Diaionary 



d 



hubarb of the (hops has frequently large holes bored through it 

 which it is fuppofed, were defigned to pafs cords through for th 



purpofe of fulpend 

 warm climate. 



to d 



as it IS 



eyed 



cam 



5 



Th 



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of muflirooms, morel 



d truffl 



& 



phallus, lycoperdon, (hould be here mentioned ; as they are propa 



o 



ated by th 



The fungi feem to conftltute an ifthmus be- 

 the two great continents of nature, the vegetable and animal 



o 



kingdoms 



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