MATERIAL FOR FUMIGATION. 2I7 



double fift. There is alfo a fmall fort, 

 about the fee of a fmall apple, but of a 

 very weak quality. 



Both forts grow on dry pafture grounds, 

 and in woods ; and thrive where muih- 

 rooms do, and nearly about the fame time, 

 or either fooner or later,— or fometimes not 

 at all. 



They are to be gathered in dry weather, 

 if poffible, and as foon as full grown, which 

 is in about eight days. They then begin to 

 turn brown and powdery, and are then 

 moft fit for the purpofe. But if not come 

 to their growth, when dried, they become too 

 hard to hold fire. Prefently after the puffs 

 are gathered, expofe them as much as pof- 

 fible to the funmine to dry ; or for want of 

 that, in a dry made, &c. fecure from wet 

 or dew. Drying them by the fire makes 

 them hard, however moderate the heat. 



Care muft be taken to preferve them dry, 

 in paper bags, in a dry room, till they are 

 wanted. For as they feldom come in fea- 

 fon early enough for ufe, they ihould be 

 preferved in readinefs for next fummer. 

 They are to be laid on the hearth for an 



5 hour 



