WEE 



WEE 



493 



land down to grass, and sowing it 

 with cleaned grass seeds, will not 

 fail to subdue these weeds ; the 

 most of wliich dept-tid upon til- 

 lage to promote their growth; and 

 the rest will be o\ert.ipped and 

 stifled by a good crop of grass. 

 And a strong sward will soon be 

 formed, through which the tender 

 kinds of annual weeds will not 

 penetrate, of which sort the most 

 are, that are found in land that i^ 

 tilled. Even the quitch grass, one 

 of the most vexatious of all weeds, 

 is thus either destroyed or render- 

 ed harmless : For when it flour- 

 ishes in grass ground, it makes an 

 excellent hay. 



2. The weeds that appear in 

 grass lands in this country, ma} be 

 divided into upland wteds and 

 aquatics, some few of which are 

 annuals, but a greater number, es- 

 pecially of those that are most no- 

 ticed, are perennials. 



Of the upland weeds those whi^b 

 have proved to be the most trou 

 blesome are the upright crow foot. 

 Ranunculus, commonly kiiowti b> 

 the name yellow weed; ragweed, 

 ragwort, or Roman wormwood, 

 Senecio ; the greater dais} . ox eye, 

 or piss abed, Chrysanthemum ; yar 

 row, dandelion, dock, thistles, sor- 

 rel and John's wort. 



Some of these, particularly the 

 two last, and the daisy and rag- 

 weed, are conquered by a plentiful 

 manuring of ihe g.'-ound ; for w here 

 the sand is rich they are not found 

 to flourish. Pasturing the land 

 with sheep is said to be fatal to the 

 daisy, and the crow foot. 



But the most etfectual way to 

 destroy these weeds, is to break up 



the land, and employ it in til- 

 lage. 



\Vhen it is not found convenient 

 to take this method, tlie weeds may 

 either be dug out or else pulled up 

 by hand, which, when the ground 

 IS moistened by rain, may be easily 

 done. It is to be. remembered, 

 (hat this should be done at or be- 

 fore midsummer, that none of their 

 ripened seeds, or an) that ma) pos- 

 s'lhly vegetate, may be scattered on 

 the ground. 



The aquatic weeds, such as flfigs, 

 rushes, and the like, are not easily 

 subdued by any of the above, nie- 

 thous, some ot which have often 

 been tried in vain. DrHinmg the 

 land, which deprives them of that 

 degree of wetness which is suita- 

 ble to their nature, is an iiifiilihle 

 method, and, perhaps, the or.ly 

 effectual one, of destroving thtni. 

 But limiiiji (he ground at the same 

 time, renders the operation more 

 sadden and eifectual. Or ;f lime 

 cannot be had, ashes and ^ool are 

 good substitutes. 



But the mo*t speedy -method of 

 getting rid of thes.e weeds is, dig- 

 ging out the roots, or using the 

 land in tillage, 



VV' EEVIL, an insect of the bee- 

 (le kind, reseinbhng the INJa^biij;, 

 with a long sharp point< d tiead, to 

 the hinder part of which are tixed 

 two antennas. It is black, and 

 therefore easily distinguisticd in 

 any corn ; but its principal and fa- 

 vourite food is wheat, of win. h, 

 either old or new, it devoui? great 

 quantities, wiiho'it however com- 

 municating any bad smell to it. 



Upon thrusting one's hand into 

 a heap of corn, one may easily 



