76 On Fiorin Grass. 



plitd ; *hd may so be to great advantage. — I need not . 

 add, that the owners of low-lands naturally moist, or 

 wet even to excess, can wonderfully improve them, by 

 cultivating this grass. 



I liHve, (since the foregoing communications were 

 made,) read a well written statistical survey of the 

 county of x\ N T R I M , in Ireland ; full of interesting agri- 

 cultural information ; by the Reverend Mr. DuboiirdieUy 

 an Irish clergyman. 1812. He mentions Dr. iZzV/zarJ- 

 son and his discoveries and exertions, with great ap- 

 probation. He gives a clear and concise account of the 

 Fiorin^ both in its natural and cultivated state ; on the 

 borders of the Lough- Neagh particularly ; where it 

 grows in great abundance. What has been detailed in 

 the foregoing sheets, is confirmed ; in all substantial 

 facts. It appears that it will not answer well in dry 

 grounds ; unless they can be occasionally irrigated, or 

 flooded. The idea that it can be profitably cultivated 

 in poor ground, is exploded. Bogs, swamps, and wet 

 soils, even those fit for nothing else, are its element ; 

 as are the shores of lakes, and rivers, naturally rich 

 and moist. Such situations are generally capable of 

 being occasionally flooded ; and are subject to over- 

 flows. But these should pass away ; either of them- 

 selves, or by artificial means. Deposits of sand, or 

 other foreign matter, when floods are frequent, injure 

 the Fiorin, in regard to its profitable expenditure, in 

 the manner they affect other grass : but its principle of 

 life, and progress of growth, are not retarded. 



As to wet seasons, and winter-hay- making, — we 

 have little occasion of putting to the test, the qualities 

 and capacities of the Fiorin. To those who are under 



