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2. " FRIEZLAND OATS.*' Thefe appear to 

 be at prefent the favourite oat of the country ; 

 and with good reafon : they afford more 

 ftraw, and are thinner-fkinned than the Po- 

 land oat. Moftly double ; the larger fome- 

 times awned ; the awn placed high. 



3. " SIBERIAN OATS," more generally 

 known by the name of TARTARIAN OATS. 

 This is evidently a diftinct SPECIES, unno- 

 ticed by Linneus. Each flower frequently 

 contains three perfect florets-, never lefs than 

 two, and a pedeflalled rudiment. Sometimes 

 three perfect grains and a rudiment. The 

 panicle, too, varies efTentially from all the 

 varieties of AVENA fatzva. AVEN A arundina- 

 'cca would be a proper term for ir. The 

 grains of this fpecics are thin and fmall ; the 

 largcft awned ; the fmall ones awnlefs ; the 

 ftraw tall and reedy. 



The REED OAT may be faid to be here 

 fairly in the hands of hulbandmen; a cir- 

 eumftance which I have not obfervcd elfe- 

 whe^e. But it does not feerri to be in fufficient 

 eftimation to gain an eftablifhed footing in 

 theDiftridt. The grain is light, and they?nra> 

 too much like reed, to be affected by cattle* 

 C 1 The 



