turnip. s6g 



and hemp, about twenty feet deep into the 

 field, which was said to keep out cattle, 

 being bitter. 



The turnip-seed, like that of all the tribe 

 Brassica, sends the whole of its oily particles 

 into its seminal or first leaves, which being 

 exposed on the surface of the earth for the 

 purpose of nourishing the germ until the 

 root has acquired strength for that purposa v 

 their emollient qualities attract the fly, which 

 greedily devours the nutriment designed by 

 Nature for the plant. We have therefore to 

 learn the most effectual method of protect- 

 ing the plants of these oily seeds from the 

 ravages of those little animals, and which we 

 are of opinion can only be prevented by some 

 more alluring seed being sown on the bor- 

 ders, or some plant offensive to these depre- 

 dators being scattered over the fields at the 

 critical moment when the seminal leaves are 

 performing their office. This observation is 

 given with a hope that it may induce 4 the 

 cultivator of turnips to make such remarks 

 and experiments as will lead to a remedy tor 

 so serious an evil. 



It is said that if parsley be sown with tur- 

 nip or rape seed, intended to be fed off by 

 sheep, it will prevent the rot in these animals. 



vol. ir 2 b 



