An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity / Translated from the French [by J.C. Lettsom].

  • Commerell, François de, -approximately 1799.
Date:
1788
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity / Translated from the French [by J.C. Lettsom]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and that even the ftalks that fhot into flower in June 1787, and were accidentally broken off*, were replaced by frefli ftalks and flowers in the fucceeding month; lefs ftrong, in- deed, but more numerous. As I have lately procured fome feeds from the continent, I fhall pay further at- tention to the cultivation of this vegetable ; and hope to add its botanical hiftory, and an accurate engraving of it, coloured from nature. JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM. London, Aug. 1, 1787. t THE