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moft approved method of railing and 
cultivating it; but it is fcarcely worth, 
attempting in this country, as its progrefs 
is fo flow, and fuccefs in ultimately 
obtaining any valuable flowers from it, 
is fo extremely precarious. 
The feed fhould be faved from fuch 
forts as have ftrong and ftraight Hems, 
and a regular well-formed pyramid of 
bells, not perfeftly Angle, but rather 
femi-double. It fhould not be gathered 
till it has become perfeHIy black and 
ripe, at which time the Pericarpium will 
appear yellow on the outfide, and will 
begin to open. The Item, with which 
the feed is conneHed, is then to be cut 
off, and placed in a dry, airy, cool fltua- 
tion, where it may remain undifturbed 
till the time of fowing, which is the 
latter end of Oftober, or beginning of 
March : it fhould then be fown about 
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