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some light mould or sand, not too damp ; then, 

 the following February, or beginning of March, 

 as the weather may suit, you may sow your 

 seed in beds or in drills; but beds are best, for 

 when you have taken your mould out the proper 

 depth, which should be about an inch, you will 

 be able, when you have sown your seed, to 

 cover it all over alike, which you cannot do so 

 correctly in drills : the beds should be about 

 four feet wide, leaving two feet between each 

 bed for a path, to be able to walk between 

 them to weed and keep the beds clean, as that 

 is most material to all young seedlings; you 

 take the mould out about one inch deep with 

 the spade, and put it into the path or alley; make 

 the bottom of your beds perfectly level, then 

 sow your seed (just as it is mixed, with mould 

 or sand), as near as you can judge about one 

 inch apart all over the ground, which will be 

 much better for the plants than if you sow 

 them thicker, for Crabs when drawn up very 

 weak, seldom do much good after : then take 

 the mould you have thrown into the alleys, and 

 sift it over them about one inch ; but if the 



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