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Tobacco, for the purpose of“ Physic and Chi- rurgy,” and a patch of that size is fully sufficient for home-use. The seed may be had in London, and in some parts of Yorkshire. Sow in’ warm erowing weather, either April, or May, ona piece of rich, deep, and well-manured ground, made into fine mould. As soon as the plants will bear moving, set them out upon a spot well sheltered, with a warm aspect, In rows two feet apart, the plants one foot asunder. Observe the hoe-cul- ture strictly, and suffer no weeds. In autumn, as soon as the flowers begin to drop, cut and dry

in the shade; when dry, pick off the leaves, and_

press them close in Cask.

Mapper and We tp for the dyers’ use, are both lottery-crops, some years paying a very large profit, in others, the price being low and the demand slack, no sale at all for the articles. For Madder, the soil should be a deep, rich, sandy loam, sufficiently dry and healthy, nor can it ever possibly answer upon inferior land, or at a less price than three, or four pounds per cwt. The land being ploughed deep in autumn, and laid dry, must be, by this time, by repeated ploughing and harrowing, brought to the finest tilth. In order to planting, plough twelve, or fourteen inches deep; women attending to place the plants about eight, or nine inches apart, in every other furrow, leaning off from the plough; thus every time the plough returns, the row of plants laid in by the women who follow the plough, are covered with the earth of the furrow, and the rows will be about two feet apart. Mad-

der