By Mr. William Morgan. 



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translation of this was published by Dr. Lettsom in 1787, 

 which went through three Editions in the same year, and thus 

 the Mangel Wurzel became very generally known. In Ger- 

 many it is called Mangolt (Beet) Wurzel (Root) ; the first of 

 these words was, by mistake of the French writer above 

 named, written Mangel (Scarcity, Disette), and hence it erro- 

 neously received its present appellation. From its property of 

 growing with a large portion of its root above ground, it is also 

 called by the French, Bette-rave Sur-terre, or Hors-de-terre. 

 In a favourable soil, and with good attention, it attains a 

 great size. Its leaves are large and numerous, with long green 

 footstalks, the bases of which are more or less tinged with red ; 

 The roots generally grow two thirds out of the ground ; they 

 are cylindrical, tapering to the top, and bottom, with fibres, not 

 fangs ; about eighteen inches long and six inches in diameter 

 in the centre ; the flesh internally is sometimes quite white, 

 sometimes variegated in circles with crimson or rose and 

 white ; in the first case, that is when the flesh is white, exter- 

 nally they are a deep salmon colour ; in the latter case, the 

 outside has more of a crimson hue. This kind of Mangel 

 Wurzel has long been cultivated with great success and 

 advantage by the Marquess of Salisbury, at Hatfield; and 

 the plants raised from the Hatfield seeds were certainly 

 the best. 



There is a sort of Mangel Wurzel which I have not seen in 

 this country, but which is sometimes grown in France ; it is 

 much inferior in all its properties. Its root grows in the ground 

 in shape like a Swedish Turnep, with strong fangs, from five to 

 six inches in diameter at top ; its colour varies as in the other ; it 



