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Ceres" came these corn-plants to cast an unwonted 

 radiance upon our sunny slopes ; to show in their 

 magnificence the nullity of splendour ; and yet to 

 point out how ornament and utility may go hand in 

 hand, by emblazoning a border of coloured embroidery 

 upon the plain and homely frieze garment of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Corn seems to have been carried by man into every 

 part of the globe where he has wandered, and, along 

 with the different species of corn, various plants have 

 been carried, now often considered indigenous. But 

 these have probably not all immigrated at once, some 

 are earlier, some later colonists, and others, like the 

 Trifolium incarnatim, which I have gathered by the 

 road-side, in Shropshire, have scarcely yet received an 

 act of naturalization. It may be curious to allocate 

 together the principal of these Agrarian Colonists. 



Adonis autumnalis 

 Ranunculus arvensis 

 Papaver hybridum 



Rhceas 



Rcemeria hybrida 

 Fumaria capreolata 

 Erysimum cheiranthoides 

 Camelina sativa 

 Brassica Rapa 

 Agrostemma Githago 

 Liuum usitatissimum 

 Melilotus officinalis 

 Medicago sativa 

 Vicia sativa 

 Lathyrus Aphaca 

 Onobrychis sativa 

 Coriandrum sativum 

 Bupleurum rotundifolium 



Carum Carui 

 Chserophyllum sativum 

 Myrrhis odorata 

 Smyrnium olusatrum 

 Campanula hybrida 

 Chrysanthemum segetum 

 Matricaria Chamomilla 

 Anthemis nobilis 



arvensis 



Centaurea Cyanus 

 Sonchus arvensis 

 Borago officinalis 

 Galeopsis versicolor 

 Lin aria spuria 



Elatine 



Polygonum lapathifolium 



Fagopyrum 



Phalaris canariensis 



Buckwheat {Polygonum Fagopyrum) , is probably of 



