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is fo eafy, its advantages fo numerous, and 

 it will anfwer fo completely the purpofes of 



any 



duce and the ufe of one being very different from thofe 

 of the other, they only cultivate the Root of Scarcity in 

 large quantities. 



The red beet, in all the provinces of Germany, has 

 a diftincl: name, and is called Rothe Ruben ; and they 

 never give that name to the Root of Scarcity* 



But it is of little confequence to what particular clafs 

 of roots this belongs, whether to that of beets, or to 

 any other; that which is effential and incontestable is, 

 that it unites in itfelf all the advantages which I attri- 

 bute to it. I do not pretend to the merit of any in- 

 vention, or to have communicated any new difcovery ; 

 I have no other defign than to make known to the 

 public my experiments and obfervations. If - the 

 root, concerning which I treat, is known in fome 

 parts of the kingdom, which is very poflible, the people 

 muft be ignorant of the manner of cultivating it, and 

 of its , advantages, fince it is not fo multiplied as it 

 ought >to*be. 



It is undoubtedly by miftake, that fome perfons have 

 given the name of turnips to the Root of Scarcity. 

 Monf. Buchoz himfelf, in his work, entitled An Eco- 

 nomical Manual concerning Plants, has confounded thefe 



two 



