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2<lly. The feeds of the Cow-wheat are not to 

 be had in any of the London fhops. From the 

 little experience I have had in cultivating this 

 genus of plants, they do not feem to promifc 

 much; yet I would by no means wifli to prevent 

 or even to difcourage your making a fair trial 

 of them. 



I am, with great rcfpecT, your's, &c. 



WILLIAM CURTIS. 



Nov. 8, 1780. 



Article XXXVII. 



On Cow-Wheat, Cow-Grafs , and Cow-Clover. 



Gentlemen, 



FN anfwer to your Secretary's queries refpedling 

 «■■ Cow-Grafs, Cow-Clover, and Cow-Wheat, be 

 pleafcd to accept the following : — 



I conceive that Cow-Grafs, and Cow-Clover, 

 have no fpecifick diftinclion. All the graflcs and 

 trefoils [Trefolia~\ are almoft indifcriminatcly cropt 

 in a certain Hate of vegetation by every neat beaft. 

 Thcfc diftincTions mud therefore be arbitrary or 

 1, as the Briza % or Quaking-Grafs, is in fomc 

 CQuntiei called the Cow-Quake. 



With 



