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of foxor^g The feed being thus fav*d, andclcan'd 

 the feed. -^^ flime and mucilage, by wafhing, 

 drying) lirc which is done in the latter 

 end of September, you can't fow it too 

 foon, bccaufe, like fome other feeds, 

 it takes fome time to extricate if felf 

 out of that teftaceous prifon or fhell, 

 in which it is enclos'd. The earth where- 

 in it is fown fnouid be of the richeft 

 kind, and it may be fown either in 

 drills, or in open ground, taking care 

 to cover it over with fine mold, and 

 after that with fome fhort, and almoft 

 rotten dung (better than that which is 

 longer) to keep the froft out of the 

 ground, during the winter- feafon 5 and 

 by that means the plants will fhoot very 

 early and very (Irong in the fpring, and 

 be as good as any two year plants or- 

 dered other ways 5 and in this bed they 

 may ftand, if not too thick, which 

 fnouid be carefully avoided, for two 

 yearS;, vizi. from the Michaelmas they 

 are fowed, to the next March come 

 twelve months foliovving, and then 

 they will be fit to plant out into open 

 beds, but if let alone a year longer, 

 they will be never the worfe, but then 

 thev mull: be thmn'd; or elfe the roots 



will 



