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old garden mould), apply a good dressing of lime, and sow- 

 down with the superior pasture-grasses and clovers, to re- 

 main for not less than five years. In the latter case, or 

 where the fertility of the soil is worn out by injudicious 

 cropping and a niggardly supply of manure, joined to the 

 naturally thin and poor staple of the soil, then a full appli- 

 cation of manure, or marl and manure, the latter consisting 

 as much as possible of cow-dung, should be given, and the 

 latter sown down with the superior permanent pasture- 

 grasses suited to the soil, with a due admixture of clover. 



OF PASTURE WEEDS. 



The most noxious weeds which infest grass lands or pas- 

 tures, have already been alluded to under various heads ; 

 we shall here, therefore, enter less into detail. 



1. DWARF-THISTLE, Stemless Thistle {carduus acaulis.) 



2. COMMON CAMOMILE {anthemis nobilis). 

 a. STAR THISTLE {centaurea cakitrapa). 



I. OX-EYE DAISY, Maudlin Wort {chrysanthemum ku~ 

 canthemum. 



\,. GREAT FLEABANE, Ploughman's Spikenard {conzya 

 aquarrosa). 



t>. CHEESE RENNING, Yellow Ladies' Bedstraw, Petty 

 Muguet (galium verum). 



7 LONG-ROOTED HAWK-WEED. 



8. WILD THYME, Mother-of-Thymc {thymin serpyllum). 



