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experimental farmer. I have made various attempts 

 to cultivate it, but not with the success I could 

 \visli ; resulting, in a good measure, from the seed 

 being attacked by an insect, which damages much 

 of it. It does well by transplantation, but the me- 

 thod too expensive. 



CORONILLA VARiA. 



Another plant which we shall sometime or other 

 see in common cultivation, and well merits a careful 

 attention. It roots like couch, and is extremely 

 difficult to destroy. I thought I had clean rooted 

 up a bed of it, for transplantation into a larger piece 

 of ground ; but it came again the year following 

 Almost as luxuriant as ever. 



ASTRAGALUS GLYCYPHYLLOS. 

 The experiment-ground of an attentive fanner 

 should not be without this plant, which would pay 

 well for a careful cultivation. 



BUNIAS ORIEN 7 TALE. 



I have had this plant in cultivation during four 

 years, increasing the quantity as fast as I am : it is 

 highly promising. 



WELD. 



In Norfolk this plant is sown with barley, in 

 April, from one quarter to half a peck per acre of 

 seed, in the manner of clover, and often with clo- 

 ver at the same time, which is fed or mown after 



the 



