VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES, 



Ear and Plant of Winter Barley. 



WINTER or SQUARE BARLEY, called also BEAR, or 

 BIG Hordeum hexastichon is the second species, 

 (/3) . This is rarely cultivated in the southern parts of 

 England ; but in the northern counties and in Scot- 

 land is very generally sown, being a much more 

 hardy plant than spring barley. The grains are 

 large and plump, and the spike is thicker and shorter 

 than the last-described species, being seldom longer 

 than two inches, and square. Maltsters in the 

 southern division of the kiqgdom are of opinion that 

 this barley does not answer their purpose so well as 

 that more usually cultivated among them, while in 

 Scotland this idea is considered to be an unfounded 

 prejudice. 



The number of grains in each ear is greater than 



