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Tobacco 
Is cultivated in many parts of Flanders and 
bant^ but either from the climate, or not understand^ 
ing the culture or the mode of curing it, it has lit^ 
tie flavor-—what I saw looked pale and sickly. It is 
cured not in the shade, biit by hanging against the 
houses, at least I saw much of it in that state. 
Poppies, 
Poppies are cultivated throughout the whole of 
Flanders, in very large quantities ; they are appli¬ 
ed to the making of oil, which approaches olive oil 
so nearly, as to be used for the adulteration of it 
without being easily detected ; all other oils, ei¬ 
ther require more or less cold than olive oil to con¬ 
geal them ; that of poppies congeals at the same 
temperature. It certainly would be an object wor¬ 
thy the attention of the society to make some ex¬ 
periments on this culture. Since the oil is better 
than that which we receive from Florence, which 
is generall}^ spoilt before it reaches us They are 
sown in broad-cast thin, and stand till they are quite 
ripe, v;hen they are cut and put in bundles and car¬ 
ried home when dry. 
Hemp 
Is also raised through all France, tho’ in gener¬ 
al, even in Flanders, it is much smaller than ours, 
but then it must be considered, that it is sown very 
thick and supplies the place of hax, of which I have 
seen very little in France ; the stem of the hemp is 
