AN ESSAY 



ON THE 



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CULTURE AJVJD PREPARATION 



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HEMP, &c. 



PARTI. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE HEMP PLANT:* 

 CANNABIS SATIVA— LINN. 



The Hemp-Seed (Plate I. a), or fruit of the Hemp-Plant, 

 is an oval grain, almost round. At one of the extremities there is a 

 cicatrix, being the place where it was attached to the parent-plant : 

 the other terminates in an obtuse point. This seed has on one side 

 a ridge, which rises but very little, yet sufficiently to make it appear 



' . b somewhat 



* Translated from the French of M. du Hamel du Monceau, Inspecteur de 

 la Marine dans tous les Ports et Havres de France. 



