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sun ; or, near a fire in a dry room ; and, when 

 quite dry, should be put into bags, and hung up 

 against a very dry wall, or dry boards, where they 

 will by no accident get damp. The best place is 

 some room, or place, where there is, occasionally 

 at least, di fire kept in winter. 



150. Thus preserved, kept from open air and 

 from damp, the seeds of vegetables will keep sound 

 and good for sowing for the number years stated 

 in the follovving list ; to which the reader will par- 

 ticularly attend. Some of the seeds in this list 

 will keep, sometimes, a year longer, if very well 

 saved and very well preserved, and especially if 

 closely kept from exposure to the open air. But, 

 to lose a crop from unsoundness of seed is a sad 

 thing, and, it is indeed, negligence wholly inex- 

 cusable to sow seed of the soundness of which we 

 are not certain. 





Years. 



Artichoke 



- 3 



Asparagus - 



- 4 



Balm 



- 2 



Basil - 



2 



Bean - - - 



- 1 



Bean (Kidney) - 



1 



Beet 



. 10 



Borage 



4 



Broc.oli - 



. 4 



Burnet 



6 



Cabbage - - - 



- 4 



Calabash - 



7 



Cale 



- 4 



Gale (Sea) 



3 



Camomile 



- 2 



Capsicum - 



2 



Caraway 



- 4 



Carrot 



1 



Cauliflower - 



- 4 



Celery 



10 



Chervil - 



- 6 



Years 



Cives- ... 3 



Corn - - - , 3 



Corn-Salad - - 2 



Coriander 3 



Cress - - - - 2 



Cucumber - - - 10 



Dandelion - - - 10 



Dock - . . - 1 



Endive - 4 



Fennel - - - - 5 



Garlick - - - 3 



Gourd - ... 10 



Hop ... - 2 



Horse-Radish - - 4 



Hyssop - 6 



Jerusalem Artichoke - 3 



Lavender ... 2 



Leek .... 2 



i Lettuce ... 3 



Mangle Wurzel • - 10 



! Marjoram - - - 4 



