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PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. 



Part III. 



5037. The hint's foot trefoil (I.otier, Fr. ; /.Mus corniculatus I.., .fig. 785.) has been tried as a substitute 



for white clover 0D moist lands, and 786 



seems to succeed very well, but to 

 have n<> particular advantage) over 

 the clover. /. tns major has been 

 found by Mr. Sinclair to afford triple 

 the weigh) of green (bod and hay 

 afforded by /...tns comiculatut ; its 

 nutritive powers compared with that I 

 plant are as nine to eight ; but on the 

 whole, be says, both species are greatly 

 inferior to white clover. [Gram. 

 Wob. 2d ed. p. :ill.) 7,6tus villbsus 

 and tetragonolobus, the hotter cvltivi 

 of the French Jig. 786.), are a good 

 deal cultivated in France on light soils 

 The latter is an annual sown in our 

 : gardens. 



5638. The fenugreek (Scnncgrain, 

 Fr. ; 7'rigonella FuNium-graAum /.., 

 fill. 787.), Greek hay, was formerly 

 cultivated in Italy, and still holds a 

 prominent place in the agriculture of 

 Egypt. In France it is cultivated to 

 a limited extent near Paris for its 

 seeds, which are used in medicine. 

 5639. The serradilla (Ornithopus satlvus of Persoon's Synopsis) was introduced for purposes of 

 field culture about the year 1818, from Portugal, and sown upon the light barren downs of Thetford in 

 Norfolk, and Ampthill and other places in Bedfordshire, It is said to have produced abundant cropi, two 

 feet high, of excellent fodder, 

 787 where scarcely any thing else 



would grow. Its culture, 788 



however, is no longer in use 

 in England, and it does not 

 enter into the agriculture of 

 France. 

 56-10. Galiga officinalis ;IA- v3 

 1- M 



thyTUS Cicera, latifblius, syl- 



vestris,pratensis,hirsutus,he- 



terophyllus, and tingitanus ; 



E'rvum .Ervilia, and monan. 



thos; Z.6tus villbsus, and te. 



tragon61obus ; Ficia angusti- 



fblia, Cracca, Pseiido- Cracca, 



biennis, sepium, and lutea ; 



Anthyllis vulneiaria ; and 



Astragalus glyciphylios and 



galegiiormis, are all used as 



herbage plants in the agricul. 



ture of France. 

 5641. The oriental bunias 



(ifunias orientalis I,., Jig. 788. 



a) is a perennial plant, with 



leaves, branches, and its ge- 

 neral habit of herbage, not 

 It is a native of the Levant, and 

 has been cultivated by way of experiment in the grass 

 garden at Woburn. it is less productive than chiccory, 

 bears mowing well, and affords the same nutriment, in 

 proportion to its bulk, as red clover. (Agricultural Chem. 

 p. 374.) 



5642. The yarrow (Millejew'lle, Fr. ; Ach'Mka Afillefblium I.. Jig. 788. b), the common, and alpine ladies 

 mantle {Alchcmilln vulgaris and alplna /,.), and others, have been tried among perennial grasses, sown 

 in parks, with a view to give flavour to milk, butter, mutton, and venison. Sinclair considers yarrow as 

 an essential ingredient of the most fattening anil healthy pastures. In all the pastures most celebrated 

 for fattening or dairy produce, which he examined in Devonshire, Lincolnshire, and in the vale of 

 Aylesbury, yarrow was present more or less in every part of the surface. I Holt- Gram. Wob. 2d 

 edit. p. 412.) 



unlike the wild chiccory. 



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VI. 



Cultivated Grasses- 



*5643. The forage or ho;/ and pasture grasses, of which we are now about to treat, are 

 found clothing the surface of the earth in every zone, attaining generally a greater 

 height, with less closeness at the root in the warm climates ; and producing a low, close, 

 thick, dark green nutritive herbage, in the cooler latitudes. The best grass pastures, 

 those which are most productive and nutritive, are such as are found in countries that 

 have least cold in winter, and no excess of heat in summer. Ireland, Britain, and part of 

 Holland and Denmark, may equal or surpass any countries of the world in this respect; 

 but in every zone where there are high mountains, there are certain positions between 

 the base and summit, where, from the equability of the temperature, turf may be found 

 equal to that in marine islands. It is a singular circumstance with regard to grasses, 



