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Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 484
willrelate a circumstance which occurred a few weeksago. My attention was attracted by a dead leafof vegetable marrow, of most singular appear-ance, which was grown on a piece of grounddressed with salt in the proportion of 3oz. toeach square yard; it was so fully impregnatedwith salt, which it… … Domestic Notices. — Scotland. i 71 quantity of salt that it requires no chemical anal3sis to discover it; itis perfectly obvious to sight, touch, and taste. I shall make no furtherobservations on this case at present, but only remark that, if this isnot decisive of the dispute, I think nothing can…