ON RECLAIMING WASTE LANDS. QJ 



Willow *, and an intermixture with young trees of the re- 

 sinous tribe. Those I have already known may be taken 

 down as timber during the life of the planter, and as early 

 as the inlays are grown to afford shelter and shade to the 

 herd and the flock, that occasionally feed within their en- 

 closures. 



I may just add, the fall of the autumnal leaf, with the 

 manure of the depasturing cattle, may continue the fertility 

 of these fields without extraneous aid ; and where not rey- The soil of va- 



dily procurable, I may farther add, that in the latter end of" *"* 5 "**, 



J ^ » J » notuusuitedto 



the autumn of 1799 I procured turves from different wastes, grain. 



reserved them on a gravel walk, and thereon dibbled wheat, 

 almost every grain of which succeeded, branched into divers 

 stems, which severally bore a full and perfect grain. In 

 the autumn of 1800f I repeated the trial, which at this in- 

 stant is as promising as the other proved. The early spring 

 of this year, 1801, I practised the same mode with tares, 

 pease, oats, and barley, which severally are promising. I 

 bring forward these experiments to show, that generally 

 every waste may be rendered productive by the first simple 

 operation of the plough, and thereby supersede the long 

 process pursued by many ; call forth to the earliest produc- 

 tion the unprofitable wastes of the kingdom ; and hence, as 

 far as human foresight can discover, prevent such a sensible 



signed it is on the opinion of a gentleman well acquainted with botanic 

 distinction, who conceives it to be a variety, perhaps of the two former. 

 I may speak from an enlarging experience, that it is a handsome and 

 fast growing tree, multiplies itself distinctly from its roots, while its 

 cuttings take with nearly equal facility as the two former. 



* Pendundridy (laurel leaved) amygdalina, (almond leaf) alba y (com- Willows for" 

 mon gray leaf.) These three species I know, or presume, on the pro- timber, 

 gross the first has already made, will severally grow to a timber bulk. 

 The prospective diversity of contrasted foliage can perhaps be not bet- 

 ter exemplified than in the vivid green of the laurel willow, and the 

 hoary leaf of the white poplar. 



•f- There is an average of four large ears to every grain dibbled, now 

 in full flower, which conveys an expectation of more than a hundred 

 fold increase, the actual increase of the preceding year. These turvts 

 or flag9 have received no aid from manure, or any artificial water- 

 ing. 



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