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than in barren bogs, but the whole fummer's growth, 

 in the former cafe, together with an uncommon degree 

 of luxuriance, is always found mod confiderable. 



Great advantages might be derived from timothy 

 grafs, by encouraging, and confining it to the foil it i* 

 bell calculated for, and where other grafles of greater 

 repute, though perhaps not defervedly fo, would not 

 fucceed. It is not common ; fometimes, however, we 

 meet it in ftrong, four, clay foils, commonly in de- 

 tached groupes, in which fituations the feed, in favour- 

 able feafons, comes to maturity. 



Some years ago, I got a confiderable quantity of this 

 feed from America, and fowed it upon a very ftir? clay 

 foil, which retained water almoft perpetually, and was 

 fo fituated, that draining was found to be of very little 

 ufe ; yet, notwithftanding, the grafs flourished, and is at 

 this day as pure and as free from other grafles, as the 

 firft year after the feed had been fown, which is fo far 

 back as the year of 1792. The foil is now perfectly 

 dry and firm, though no fubfequent draining, or any 

 other improvement of the furface, had fince taken 

 place. 



It is very fingular, that I never have been able to 

 fave any perfect feed from that procured from Ame- 

 rica, though I have perfectly fucceeded in raifing per- 

 fect feed from the native growth. 



Bulk for bulk, the feed of this grafs weighs heavier 

 than any of our natural grafles. 



It 



