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Article XXIV. 



\4n Account of the Guinea and Scotch Grajfes^ 

 and the Manner of cultivating them in the 

 Weft-Indies. 



[By J. Spooner, efq; to tlie Secretary.] 



Sir, 



T^HE Guinea and Scotch grafles, produced in 

 -*■ the Weft-Indies, and of which you defired 

 an account, are of fuch great utility, that the pre- 

 fervation of the ftock there frequently depends 

 upon them. 



The Guinea grafs appears capable of thriving in 

 any fituation, in refpecl to clinnate and foil, and 

 can bear the efFefts of dry or wet weather in a moft 

 remarkable manner. 



In wet weather it grows fo faft, that it may be 

 cut once in a fortnight, and fometimes oftener, 

 when the land which yields it is new or fertile.-<^ln 

 dry, it is a long time before it withers, and, when 

 reduced thereby to fuch a ftate as to feem totally 

 deftroyed, will revive with a flight fhower in a 

 very few hours ; and when rain falls, though in fo 

 (paring a degree as to be of little or no fervice to 



common 



