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roots ; and the herbs whose substance chiefly is 

 used for food or manufacture. 



In the first class, I include the principal spe- 

 cies of grain or corn, as the English people 

 call all kinds of grain, and some other seeds : 

 as wheat, oats, barley, rye, peas, beans, tares, 

 &,c. In the second division, we have potatoes* 

 turnips, parsnips, carrots, and mangel-wurtzel. 

 In the third class, we must put the species of 

 grass, clover, and other pasture plants ; toge- 

 ther with hops, hemp, flax, teasels, &c. 



Now I do not pretend to say that my list, or 

 arrangement, will include, by any means, all 

 the plants which may be found on farm lands : 

 indeed I could easily add many others which I 

 can call to mind; but they are not grown in 

 quantity, or for purposes of nearly equal im- 

 portance with those I have named; and are, 



