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paper has hecn found to answer well for making such bags. _ But, as the 
mode of manufacturing that paper varies in dhferent countries, the pre^ 
caution should be used of 'putting a portion of the seeds in other kinds of 
paper. Those that most effectually exclude air and moisture are believed 
to be the best for that purpose. It would be proper, also, to enclose some 
of the seeds in paper or cipth that has been steeped hi melted bees-wax. 
It has been recommended that seeds collected in a moist country or season 
be packed in charcoal. 
After being put up according to any of these modes, the seeds should be 
enclosed in a box, which should be covered with pitch, to prevent them 
from damp, insects, and mice. During the voyage they should be kept in 
a cool, airy, and dry situation—not in the hold of the ship. 
The oily seeds soonest lose their germinating faculty. They should.be 
put in a box with sandy earth, in the following manner: First, about two 
inches of earth at the bottorn ; into this the seeds should be placed at dis¬ 
tances proportionate to their size ; on these another layer of earth about an 
inch thick, and then another layer of seeds ; and so on, with alternate lay¬ 
ers of earth and seeds, until the box is filled within about a foot of the top, 
which space should be filled with sand; taking cai’e tliaUhe earth and sand 
be well put in, that the seeds may not get out of place*. The box should 
then be covered with a close net-work of cord Avell pitched, or with split 
hoops or laths well pitched, so as to admit the air without exposing: the 
contents of the box to be disturbed by mice or accident. The seeds thus 
put up will germinate during their passage, and will be in a state to be 
planted immediately on their arrival. 
Although some seeds with a hard sheil, such as nuts, peaches, plums, 
&c., do not come.up until a long time after they are sown, it, would be 
proper, when the kernel is oily, to. follow the method just pointed out, that 
they may not turn rancid on the passage. This precaution is also useful 
for the family of laurels (laurfiiem) and that of myrtles, (myrti,) especially 
when they have to cross the' equatorial seas. 
To guard against the casualties to which seeds in a germinating state 
may be exposed during a long voyage, and as another means of ensuring* 
the success of seeds of the kinds here recommended to be put into boxes 
with earth, it would be well also to enclose some of them (each 'seed sep¬ 
arately) in a coat of bees-wax, and afterwards pack them in a box covered 
with pitch. 
In many cases it will be necessary to transmit roots. Where roots are 
to be transmitted, fibrous roots should be dealt with in the manner herein 
recommended for young plants. Bulbous and tuberous roots should be 
put into boxes, in the same manner as has already been recommended for 
oleaginous seeds ; except that, instead of earth, dry sand, as free as possi¬ 
ble from earthy particles, should be used. Some of the bulbous and tube¬ 
rous roots, instead of being packed in sand, may be v/rapped in paper, and 
put in boxes covered with net-work or laths. Roots should not be put in 
the same box with seeds. 
Where the seeds of plants cannot be successfully transmitted, they may 
be sown in boxes, and sent in a vegetating state. Where more than one 
kind is sown in the same box, they should be kept distinct by laths, fast¬ 
ened in it crosswise on a level with the surface of the ground in which they 
are sown; and when different soils are required, it will be necessary to 
make separate compartments in the box. In either case, they should be 
