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mediately after the flrft white frofts appear ; 

 then the ftalk ihould be cur, and, if the 

 weather will permit, they (hould be raifed 

 up againft a wall, or palifade ; if the weather 

 be bad, they may be tied together in hand- 

 fuls, and hung up under fhelter in an airy 

 place, till they are well dried. The feed 

 may be then taken, and preferved by being 

 put into bags, as is done by other garden 

 feeds. 



Every root, when tranfplanted, may pro- 

 duce from ten to twelve ounces of feed. 



§ XII. 



tfhe Manner of preventing the Roots from de- 

 generating. 



The feed of the Root of Scarcity degene- 

 rates, like. all others, if care be not taken to 

 change the foil every year, or at leaft every 

 two years ; that is to fay, to fow in a firm 

 foil that which has been produced in a light 

 and fandy foil, and in a light foil that which 



has 



