i82 OFTHEUSE 



There is a mtijhroom called agarkus mufca- 

 rius, on account of its driving away flies, and 

 the fame plant is the fafefl remedy hitherto 

 difcovered to deflroy the ^ug. Thus the know- 

 ledge of thefe plants is of great ufe to man. 



§. 8. 



* The grajfes alfo are a kind of plants of great 

 value, as affording food for cattle. 



The reed canary grafs ferves for thatching 

 houfes. 



The meadow fox-tail grafs is an excellent 

 grafs^ which may be fown to advantage in low 

 meadows. It. Oel. p. 156. 



The turfy-hair caufes the meadows in the 

 regio cuprimontana to be fo extremely fertile. 

 A61. Soc. R.S. 1742. p. 30. 



The water meadow is a large and very ufe- 

 full grafs^ which grows by the fides of moft 

 ditches and rivers. It. W. Goth. p. 41. 



The narrow-leaz-ed meadow is the moft com- 

 mon pafcure in our parts. 



The feed of the fote or manna grafs^ affords 

 a very pleafing and wholefome nourifhment 

 to man. 



* Who is curious to know more of thefe grafTes may con- 

 fuh thelaft piece in the book,intitled, Obfernjaticm ongrajfej. 



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