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the fields. I remarked thofe particular fields and 

 meadows where each fort grew in the greater!: 

 abundance. I picked fpecimens of each when in 

 full bloom, and carefully compared them (being 

 myfelf but a novice in Botany) with the defcrip- 

 tions of the grades given in Dr. Withering's 

 Botanical arrangement. I examined them in their 

 growth from time to time, and, when ripe, at- 

 tended to the gathering them witfi unremitting 

 application. 



Had I not taken thefe methods, notwithstand- 

 ing my great defire to accomplish this my fa- 

 vourite fcheme, I mould, moft probably, have 

 been unfuccefsful ; or, if not w holly unfuccefs- 

 ful, fliould have collected fo fmali a quantity as 

 would have been unworthy of the Society's ac- 

 ceptance : for the early grafles, fuch as the Annual 

 Poa, Vernal and Meadow Foxtail, though very 

 confpicuous when in bloflbm, and indeed more 

 fo than many other grades ; yet, when their feeds 

 ripen, are wholly overtopped, and almoft obfeured 

 by the tall oat, rough cockfpur, meadow fefcue, 

 and other fuyounding grafles, which being na- 

 turally of a taller growth* and fpringing in a 

 warmer feafon, confequently vegetate with much 

 greater luxuriance. 



If 



