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GREENS, the general name of 

 those pot herbs which are boiled 

 for food when they are }oung and 

 tender. Some of the most use- 

 ful of them known in this countrj, 

 are spinnage, kale, French turnips, 

 dandelion, purslain, white and 

 black mustard. There is a Scotch 

 kale which may be reared earlier 

 than almost any other greens, and 

 is equal in goodness to any. To 

 have greens early, let kale and 

 French turnips be sowed in Octo- 

 ber, and (he young plant covered 

 closely with eel gra-s, or straw, 

 during the winter, and till the in 

 fluence of the sun be sufficient to 

 renew their vegetation. 



GREEN SCOURING, » a dis- 

 ease to which sheep and bullocks 

 are often subject. The best rem- 

 edy for this distemper is verjuice : 

 A wine glass full is enough for a 

 sheep, and a pint for a bullock." 

 Complete Farmer. 



GRIPES, or cholic pains. — 

 Horses are very subject to griping, 

 or cholic pains. They may pro- 

 ceed from flatulencies, or wind 

 pent up in (he stomach and bowels, 

 from inflamma(ion of the coats of 

 the stomach and intestines, or from 

 worms, spasms, &c. In such case 

 it is very wrong to give him heat- 

 ing things by the mouth, as is too 

 commonly practised. Bleeding 

 should be the first thing in these 

 cases, if the disorder be violent, 

 which may be known by the crea- 

 ture's motions, frequency of lying 

 down, and starting up again, &c. 

 As horses are costive in these 

 cases, the rectum should be clear- 

 ed of the hard dung, by back rack- 

 ing, as it is called, that is, it should 



be taken out by a hand, which 

 gives a horse great relitf. For 

 the pressure on the neck of the 

 bladder bring thus ren)oveJ, he 

 will be able to s-tale. Emollient 

 chsters are then of great advan- 

 tage, as they not onl) bring away 

 the excrements, which atiirds a 

 passage f>r the wind backwards; 

 but they act as an intern;i! fonit n- 

 tation, to rt'move spasnis from the 

 bowels. Tlie) ma\ he fifqiie.idy 

 repeated, tiil (he contined air finds 

 a passage baf k^Nards. If i( slicuid 

 be found necessary, a spoo; fil of 

 laudanum ii>Hy be given in a pint 

 of wa(ergruel, either b) the anus 

 in a clyster, or by the n:<>uih. See 

 Clark''s Farritry. Nt^ariy the 

 same treatmen( is proper tor horn- 

 ed ca(tle imder the same disorders. 



GROVE, a row or walk of 

 trees, planted close or a little 

 open, for ornament and shade. 



Groves in gardens are both or- 

 namental and useful, if the trees 

 be not too large. Thev shade the 

 walks in the borders ; so that we 

 may walk in gardens with plea- 

 sure, in the hottest part >fthe day. 

 It is scarcely needful to say that 

 these garden groves should consist of 

 fruit trees; and they should be of 

 the smaller kinds, if in a garJen of 

 a small or middling size. A dou- 

 ble row has the best effect, as it 

 respects shade, one near the wall, 

 the other or) the opposite side of 

 the walk. But this on the whole 

 I do not recommend, unless it be 

 in gardens uncommonly large. 



In other situations groves of 

 larger trees are preferred. Lanes 

 and avenues, leading to mansion 

 houses and other buildings, may 



