30 On the Culture of H> 



Scilla. Squill. 



% corymbosa. St. Cape. 



Drimia. Drimia. 



11 elata. S. tall, 



altissima. tallest. 



Eriosperu, Eriospermum. 



% latifolium. S. broad-leav 



lancesefclium. St. lance-leaved. 



MvRSiPHiLLij;. Myrsiphyllum. 



11 asparagoides. S. broad-leaved. • 

 aagustifoHem. S. St. narrow-leaved- 



Asparagus. Asparagus. 



h decumbens. S. decumbent. 



capensis. St. Cape. 



scan/dens. St. climbing. 



Extracts on the Culture and Preparation of Hemjt 

 From the Complete Farmer's Dictionary. 



The soil which is best adapted to the cultivation of Hemp, 

 is that of the deep black putrid vegetable kind, which has a 

 Io"W situation, and inclined to moisture, as well as the deep 

 mellow loamy or sandy sorts; but the quantity of produce is 

 in general much greater on the former than the latter, though 

 it is said to be of an inferior quality. The land should be 

 reduced to a fine mellow soil, and perfectly cleared from 

 weeds by repeated ploughing and harrowing. In the plough- 

 ing, before sowing, well rotted manure, in the proportion of 

 about twenty one-horse cart loads should be turned into t" - 

 land. Hemp is an excellent cleaner of the ground, and is said 

 to have the property of preserving from insects any crop tl 

 is within a belt of it. The surface of the ground should be as 

 flat as possible, that the moisture may be more effectual'y 

 preserved, and the support of the plants more iu.'.y secured in 

 consequence of it. 



In the growth of Hemp Cro] of much consequent 



have good fresh seed, which may be known by its having con- 

 siderable weight and a high degree of brightness in th = 

 colour. The quantity of seed sown Bhpuld be from two, to 

 two and a half bushels per acre. In general the sown | 

 performed in broadcast, being evenly distributed over the 

 surface of the land, and lightly covered by means of harrowing 

 ■" riod of sowing should be when the ground is neither too 

 dry nor too moist for the purpose. 



Hem] ort of crop that may be grown af 9t every 



other kind, and very well on land brol 



