300 UTILITY OF tllBliAMD GRASS* 



liquor, that he sells it at is. 6d. a gallon. It may, however* 

 no doubt, be obtained at a very cheap rate in Enstol, and 

 other places, where much tobacco is manufactured. 1 would 

 further add, that I have not confined my experiments of its 

 Destroys fn- use wholly to fruit trees. Every vegetable and shrub which 



shmbs'and ve- * ^ ave a PP^ e( ^ lt to nave ^ een relieved by it, and restored to 

 getables. health, though ever so much injured by the insect tribe. I 



have no doubt but it would effectually destroy the red spi- 

 der; and that it may be used with salutary advantage in 

 numerous other instances. And as it is a remedy so cheap, 

 and attainable in any quantity that may be desired, I hope 

 it will prove, on being generally known, beneficial to the 

 Perhaps appli- public. How far it may be practicable to use it in hop- 

 cable in hop grounds, or in other extensive views, I canuot say. But I 

 grounds. & . ' . ' J 



should imagine, as one watering only has a most powerful 



efficacy ; and as the labour of one man would in a day go 

 far in the application of it, that considerable benefit may be 

 derived from it wherever the insert preys. 



I cannot dismiss my pen without mentioning a few words 

 respecting another experiment, which my situation prevents 

 my following up to the extent 1 could wish. I shall there- 

 Ribband grass fore briefly state, that observing from time to time the im- 

 very pro i c. ni€ » nse p ro duce of an ornamental grass, which I had much 

 of in my garden, and which is distinguished in Miller's 

 Dictionary by the name of Striped or Ribband Grass; it 

 occurred to me, that Nature in her bounty did not bestow 

 such a prolific quality on this beautiful grass, but for some 

 wiser purpose than merely to gratify the eye. I therefore 

 Excellent food examined it attentively, and found it to be very succulent, 

 for cattle. an j possessing much sweetness; and on offering it to. my 

 horses and cows, that they fed on it very eagerly. I had by 

 me a calf just weaned, which I kept wholly by it for a 

 month ; and notwithstanding it had so recently been taken 

 from its mother, this grass supported it admirably, and-I had 

 the pleasure of seeing it thrive beyond my most sanguine 

 Produce great, expectations. I ascertained in the course of the year, that I 

 could cut it three or four times, and that its produce was al- 

 ways prodigious. It takes a very deep root, produces an 

 early spring crop, and, I believe, is an excellent summer 

 food for cattle : in the winter it disappears. I should ima- 

 gine 



