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tliem at 1 8 inches diftance : there remains, 

 indeed, a fraction in this calculation ; but 

 this may be difregarded. 



As to the weight of the roots, as that de- 

 pends upon the goodnefs and nature of the 

 foil wherein they are planted, it muft con- 

 fequently depend upon the choice made of 

 the land. But it may here be obierved, that 

 if the land be but middling, and little dung- 

 ed, thefe roots may be planted a foot, or 

 fifteen inches diflance from each other but, 

 in a good foil, eighteen inches mould always 

 be allowed. 



Many of the inhabitants of Puttelange, 

 and all the farmers who have imitated me, 

 have fucceeded as I have done ; but thofe 

 who have not conformed to my directions 

 relative to the plantation and culture, thofe 

 who have funk their plants too deeply into 

 the earth, thofe who have fee them too 

 near to each other, or who have mixed 

 them with other kinds of roots, and who 

 have not attended properly to their cul- 

 tivation, have not fucceeded : they would 

 D 4 undoubtedly 



