REMARKS on rue CASSIA, &c. 227 
would not have produced more than one. This is faid'to 
happen from the quick mouldering of the leaves and ftalks 
of the bean plant, and its aptitude to mingle and unite 
with the earth, without undergoing a fermentation. Thus, 
the foil is yearly and gradually enriched by this fimple and 
eafy procefs of nature, without the labour and expence 
of accumulating animal and vegetable matters, to under- 
go the tedious operation of fermentation and putrefacti- 
on; by which the diffolution of thofe fubftances is brought 
about, and filled for manure, in the ufual way. Not- 
withftanding this extraordinary character of the Eaftern- 
Shore-bean, Iam clearly of opinion, that our common 
corn-field-pea is far preferable to every thing, that I have 
feen tried for this purpofe. Every farmer, who leaves 
his pea-vines on the ground, and does not, in the accuf- 
tomed manner, pull them up for fodder, muft often have 
obferved that they quickly moulder and fall to pieces; fur- 
nifhing a covering tothe ground, which readily unites 
and blends with it, in the manner mentioned of the bean. 
If a piece of exhaufted land, fufficiently level to prevent 
its wafhing away with the rain, be annually cultivated in 
peafe, leaving the ftalks and leaves to moulder and crum- 
ble to pieces upon it, the ground will improve beyond ex- 
pectation; the crop of peafe increafing, every year, and 
the foil becoming richer and richer, without any other 
manure. I was told, by an eminent planter, that poor 
ground might, by this management alone, be made rich 
enough to produce good tobacco. 
~ Thefe hints, on the culture of the Eaftern-Shore-bean, 
and the improvement of the land thereby, are related from 
the beft information, I could get. If any gentlemen, ex- 
perimentally acquainted with it, would favour the public 
with amore ample account, it will, no doubt, be well re- 
ceived, and be of utility: my principal defign, in this 
a alle paper, 
