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It were much to be wifhed, that an invefllgatlon 

 of this evil had afforded a remedy : at prefent, none 

 appears. It is, therefore, to be feared, that fpud- 

 ding or cutting them down clofe to the ground, 

 once or twice in the fpring, is the only operation 

 the farmer can perform to prevent their bad effe6ls 

 in deftroying his crops on arable land, and render- 

 ing his paftures unfeemly. 



As nature in the prefervatioft of xhis plant feems 

 to have exerted her greateft powers, it is pofTible 

 that, in fome future period, ufes may be difcovered 

 to which it has not yet been applied. 



y^-To the afs it is the higheft treat,- and I have 

 been credibly informed, that in fome parts of Scot^ 

 land, it is cut down as food for horfesi ^ 



It would be well, if a plant {o noxitft^s^ m'iSrirtt? 

 ;ndered ber 



I am, &c. 



refpeds could be rendered beneficial in others. 



Wm. CURTIS. 



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