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CULTIVATION OF POPPIES WITH CARROTS. 



but too much moisture is more dangerous than drought. 

 When the weather is dry, it will be necessary to give them 

 a little fresh water now and then, the periods and quantity 

 cannot be pointed cut in any instructions, as the state of the 

 weather rau£.t be the guide. 



IDirections where to place the chests cannot well be given, 

 as that will in a great measure depend on the size, structure, 

 &c. of the ship. In our Indiamen, round the capstan on the 

 quarter-deck seemsthe best on many accounts. The greatest 

 danger in such a situation is while the deck is washing in 

 the mornings, the boxes must then be shut, and covered with 

 a piece of canvas, or something to prevent the salt water 

 getting in between crevices. 



W hen plants from a cold climate get into a warm one, 

 they shoot most luxuriantly, and often kill or choke one 

 another; the longer shoots must therefore be frequently 

 shortened, and as many of the leaves thinned as will give the 

 rest air and room. Insects, particulai-Iy caterpillars, often 

 make their appearance about the same time, they must be 

 carefully picked off. 

 Boots and snc- Baskets with roots, (such as potatoes, &c.) or succulent 

 culent planh. p|yj^|.j,^ ^^^y j-^g hm^g ^p Jn any cool, airy place, such, for ex- 

 ample, as the projecting part of the deck which covers the 

 wheel in our Indiamen, or hung over the stern, but in that 

 case they must be covered with a tarpaulin or painted canvas. 

 Speds, Seeds ought to be kept in a cool, dry place, and never put 



below in the gun-room, hold, or lower deck. 



Roots ought to be' packed in dry sand, after being mode- 

 rately dried, and despatched in any ship that sails about the 

 close of the year. 



F.oots. 



IX. 



Cultivation of Poppies with Carrots*. 



Curots ad- J, jsj some parts of Germany poppy and carrot seeds are 



Tantjgeously 



sown together. On light soils the poppy branches out but 



* Sonnini's Biblioth. Pliysico-cconom. Oct. 1S08, p. 221. 



little. 



