ON HEMP, 



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At the time when the fecundating dust is shed, the fruits or 

 seeds are not yet formed ; and therefore the female stalks subsist a 

 considerable time longer than the male, and do not begin to decay, 

 till the seeds have attained full maturity. 



It is not without sufficient reason, then, that we have resolved 

 to change the names which custom has assigned to the plant which 

 bears the flowers, and to that which bears the seed ; and we shall, 

 accordingly, call the floriferous plants the Male, and the fructiferous 

 the Female. 



Hemp has a penetrating aromatic smell, which is very disagree- 

 able to many persons. 



PLATE I. 



Refers to the Germination of the Plants. 

 a — the Hemp-seed. 



b — the Shell which encloses the Kernel* 

 c — the Kernel. 



d — the Radicle coming forth from between the Lobes, 

 e, /, g, h, — the same in different stages of its growth. 

 i — the seminal Leaves. 



k — the Leaves of the Plant beginning to appear ; and the lateral 



Roots beginning to shoot out. 

 /— a Stalk of Hemp, in a more advanced Stage of Growth. 



C 272 — a 



