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tried feveral forts of fmall Seeds, and found they 
would all grow j tho’ I made the Experiment about 
Chriftmas ; but I found the Towe difcoloured the 
Water, and gave an offenfive fmell, and that the Seed 
did not thrive kindly : I then tried Wool and Cotton, 
the Cotton being too boyant, would not fo well an- 
fwer the Purpofe :> but Wool, when it is juft buried 
in Water, being like a Jelly, and not drying fo foon 
on the Top, even though the Water has left it, 
intirely anfwers the Purpofe as well as fowing them 
in the Earth; and if the Seed be good, will keep 
clean for two or three Months 5 for this way of fow- 
ing will difcover whether the Seed be mixed with old 
Seed (as thofe bought at a Seed- (hop generally are.) 
I fowed feveral forts of Sallad-Seeds in this way, and 
they came to as great perfection as thofe of the fame 
kind raifed in Hot-beds: and thus they may be pro- 
duced in 3 ny Room or Garret, early in the Spring, 
and fo on till late in Autumn, till the cold Weather 
comes in, and afterwards in the middle of Winter, in 
a Room where a conftant Fire is kept. 1 had feveral 
Sallads laft Spring, and this Autumn, by fowing dif- 
ferent forts every Week one under another, in fmall 
half-penny Pols, as Lettice y CreJJ'es, White Mujt- 
ard, Rape , and Raddijh^ which in a Fortnight after 
fowing would be fit to cut } fo that keeping a proper 
Succefiion, 1 had every Week a tolerable Sallad for 
two or three Perfons. 
My way of fowing of thefe Seeds, is to have a 
piece of Lead bored full of holes, and made to fit 
the Tot, about half an inch below the Top ; then 
filling it with Water, I take a little clean Wool, and 
fpread it even and thin, upon the furface of the Lead, 
quite 
