but whofoever will ufc the fpike-roUer fhould feed 

 all their houfe-cattle upon ftrong wires with drawers 

 underneath to catch the feeds, which fhould be 

 fown over the meadows againft rain, in preference 

 to clover or any other feed. I hav£ had fome 

 thoughts of watering the meadows thus rolled with 

 barton drain ings and thick water, by a water-cart 

 of a new conftrudlion, in fomewhat the fame manner 

 as the ftreets of London are watered; but having 

 let my farm to a tenant, I fhall not now make the 

 experiment. 



Whoever will take the trouble to number the 

 different forts of plants and grafs growing in one 

 of our meadows, will find them to be from one 

 hundred to one hundred and fifty. I can find 

 names for, and inveftigate the properties of fome 

 of thcfe; but as I cannot of all, I am content to be 

 filent on that fubjed, lamenting that I have been 

 fo circumilanced in life as pever to have had an 

 opportunity to fit a month at the feet of Linnaeus, 

 or any other able botanid. However, I mean to 

 tranfplant thefe into fo many different pans filled 

 with the fame foil and buried in my garden, in 

 order to obfcrve, from time to time, the different 

 qualities of the different plants, in all the different 

 ftages of their growth, 



I appre- 



