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and upon trial being found greatly inferior to the 

 fpontaneous growths of this country, have very de- 

 fervedly fallen into general difufe, and are no more 

 thought of. There are two articles, however, com- 

 monly reckoned among the grafTes, which muft 

 ever be difl:ingui{hed and feparated from thofe that 

 have been found ufelefs, that is to fay. Sainfoin and 

 Lucerne -, thefe merit more attention and care than 

 have been ufually beftowed upon them, and would 

 well repay the farmer for all his expence and trouble, 

 if bellowed with difcretion and judgment, for they 

 certainly might be made improvements of the moft 

 valuable kind. 



Sainfoin has been fown pretty extenfively in fome 

 parts, but not fo generally by far as it deferves. 

 It generally fucceeds well upon chalk, from whence 

 it has been very erroneaufly cpncluded, that it will 

 not thrive in a deep foil. It is fuppofed a hard 

 fubftratum of chalk prevents the deep penetration 

 of the roots, which is the natural bias of the plant, 

 for it is not known to what depth it would defcend 

 in a friable foil that would yield to the perpendicular 

 defcent of its root. From hence it is ftrangely 

 concluded, that the plant in fuch foil is exhaufted 

 of its vigour by the luxuriance of its own roots ; 

 and that the produce of the herbage on the furface 



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