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Sown May 14; was up May 27. The growth was very 

 slow, being about four inches high September 19. The first 

 blossoms appeared sparingly October 6. The plants with- 

 stood less successfully the October frosts, as compared with 

 some of the previously described crops. 



Yellow lupine (Lupinus lutens), four rows, three feet 

 three inches apart. Sown May 15 ; came up May 25. The 

 plants were ten inches high July 14 ; began blooming when 

 sixteen inches high, July 20. They reached the height of 

 two feet September 18, when an abundance of seed-pods 

 were formed. 



White lupine (Lupinus alba), four rows, three feet three 

 inches apart. Sown May 15 ; came up May 23 ; began to 

 bloom July 4, when twenty-eight inches high. The plants 

 were thirty-eight inches high July 21, and still continued 

 to grow. This crop when in its succulent state (July) has 

 served in preceding years in a superior degree as efficient 

 green manure for winter crops and exhausted grass lands. 



Forest pea (Lathyrus sylvestris), four rows, two feet six 

 inches apart. Sown May 15 ; the plants came up sparingly 

 June 10. The growth was very slow, being only four inches 

 high September 19. Frosts did not aifect it as late as 

 October 13. This plant is new as a forage crop in Germany 

 and England. Our seed was imported from the latter place, 

 and not the best kind. As it is a biennial plant, another 

 year is needed to form an opinion regarding its economical 

 value. 



Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) , four rows, 

 two feet apart. Sown May 14. It began to bloom June 

 20, and was cut for fodder when the seeds began to set, 

 July 27. 



Japanese buckwheat, four rows, two feet apart. Sown 

 May 14 ; blossomed June 23, and was cut for fodder, like 

 the former variety, July 27. The plants are somewhat 

 more hardy than the common buckwheat. 



Silver-hull buckwheat ; four rows. Sown May 14 ; 

 bloomed June 20, and showed a liberal formation of seed- 

 pods July 27, when the crop was cut. A second lot, 

 seeded down June 25, began to bloom July 21, and had 

 finished blossoming August 26. In regard to the weight of 



