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On Fioririy by John Clifford^ Esquire, 



Read, December 14, 1813. 



Clifford Farm^ November 17, 1813. 



Dear Sir, 



There have been many publications, and much in- 

 terest excited among our experimental agriculturists, 

 on the subject of fiorin grass, (agrostis stolonifera) in- 

 troduced into cultivation by the ingenious Doctor Wil- 

 liam Richardson, of Moy, in Ireland, whose great in- 

 dustry and perseverance, in agricultural pursuits, has 

 enabled him to give much useful information on that 

 interesting subject, and whose publications on this va- 

 luable grass, induced me to take much pains to pro- 

 cure some of the plants from that country. iVfter re- 

 peated attempts, I at length succeeded, and now hand 

 you the result of my experiments, as it may not be un- 

 interesting to our society. 



On the second of January, 1812, I received from 

 captain Wallington, of the ship Mary, from Limerick, 

 in Ireland, a tub containing a few plants of the fiorin, 

 (say five or six) which he kindly procured for me. They 

 arrived in a very unpromising state, having been wet 

 with salt water on their passage, and to all appearance 

 were dead ; I set the tub in my green-house, placing 

 it near the window, to give the plants every chance of 

 recovering, in which I succeeded, and early in the 

 spring set them out in a bed in my garden, and by the 

 autumn they increased so much by stolones, or run- 

 ners, that I set out as many plants in rows of about 



