By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 



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POSTSCRIPT. 



Sir Joseph Banks has recommended jars for preser- 

 ving Chestnuts, of British growth, during winter ; and I 

 have tried that method with tolerable success. But I have 

 subsequently found, that both Chestnuts and Walnuts may 

 be preserved through the whole winter, nearly in the state 

 they came from the trees, by covering them with earth, (as 

 Potatoes are usualy covered in the gardens of cottagers), and 

 mingling a sufficient quantity of moderately dry mould with 

 the nuts, to occupy the spaces between them. 



vol. I. 



Kk 



