$0. Mr. Maron's Olferoaiots on the Orchefton long Grafs. 
been remarked by the neighbouring inhabitants. A bed of fmali 
loofe pebbles, which are all of a filiceous nature, with a fcanty co- 
vering of mould formed from the decompofed relics of former vege- 
table generations, conftitutes the immediate foil. -> 
— My laft vifit to Orchefton St. Mary was on the 15th of Auguft 
laf. I at that time found the following graffes growing in the 
meadow, viz. Holcus danatus, Lolium perenne, and Agrofis ftalsnifera. 
All thefe were pretty nearly of the fame length, meafuring about 
feven feet. They ufually rife, I underftand, about 16 or 17 inches 
before they fall and run along the ground in knots, which knots 
fend forth fhoots into the interftices of the pebbles. Moft meadow 
graffes fo circumftanced with rcfpe&t to foil would probably become 
knotted. In June, Triticum repens, Avena elatior, Alopecurus pratenfis, 
and Pea trivialis (palufiris, of Hudfon), are feen thriving fimilarly to 
thofe fpecies above mentioned. 1 have fpecimens of the laft, which . 
meafüre nearly ten feet in length. Some of the {pikes of Triticum 
repens have between forty and fifty glume. Even Conium maculatum, 
growing in the furrounding hedges, reaches the height of feven or 
eight feet.  Befides graffes, I- have found in this remarkable mea- 
dow. Symphytum officinale, Convoluulus arvenfis, Potentilla reptans; Ra- 
nunculus pratenfis, and Ocnantheccrocatas akanai ally {trong and fuc- 
culer t, and ftrikingly tall. id Si c BW ise OMT ba * ; TOR 
"The crops of the Orchefton grafs within late years have not by 
any means equalled what they have heretofore been. Perhaps the 
gradual deepening of the mould may be the caufe of this, as it mutt 
deprive the crop more and more of the advantage arifing from the 
difpofition of the pébbles, which (if I might venture a conjecture) 
feems to be a very important peculiarity in the fituation. It is cer- 
tain that the {pace of only two acres andan half das yielded as much 
as ten tons of hay in one year: "The firt crop has ufually been cut 
we about 
