STATISTICAL SURVEY 



Rkinanthus. Yellow rattle ; from the noife the 

 feeds make whea ripe. This plant, though fweet and 

 liked by cattle, feems to be a fymptora of ground in 

 bad condition. 



MedicagOy although a cultivated plant, and the feed 

 brought from England, has fome fpecies of it (if I can 

 judge from the places in which I have found it) natural 

 to this country. 



I muft not omit the daify (bellis) as a mofl valuable 

 herb for pafture. Its conftant fucceffion of flowers, 

 and the avidity, with which they are devoured by flock 

 of every kind, Ihews the value of this unafpiring plant. 

 When we cover our fields with lime, we fow' it at the 

 fame inftant with daifies. 



Vetches (vicia) of different kinds abound in our dry 

 meadows ; they form at lead a good article in the 

 compofition of hay, and are moftly to be found in 

 grounds, that have been long in grafs. Some kinds of 

 them delight particularly in the clayey bank of ditches, 

 xvhere they grow to a confiderable length. 



Plantago. Narrow-leaved plantain, is another natu- 

 ral production, excellent as pafture, and, when not 

 hurt by rain, good in hay. It is regularly fold n? the 

 feed fhops in England j here it is in every field. 



In our low natural meadows are aMb many others, 

 which ferve to increafe the quantity, though not the 

 quality of the hay ; fuch as the meadow fweet (fpiraea), 

 ladies fmocks (cardamines), crow foot (ranunculus) ; 



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