;8 Of We eds, Chap.VIL 



that (c) as long as this Management is properly 

 continued, there is no Danger to be apprehended 

 from them ; which is enough to confute the old Error 



Horfe-ho'd, and the Partitions thoroughly Hand ho'd to cleanfe 

 out the Poppies, of which the Land was very full ; the other 

 Part of this Piece was never drilled till this Year : The whole 

 Piece hath not been before this Winter Horfe-ho'd. Now the Par- 

 titions of the Part that was never any Way Ho'd, are fo itock'd 

 with Poppies matted together, that unlefs they are taken out 

 early in the Spring, they will totally devour the Rows of Wheat; 

 but in the other Part that was ho'd fo long fince, there are now 

 very few Poppies to be feen. Both thefe Parts have had feveral 

 fown Crops of Barley together fmce, and have lain with St. Fein 

 thefe laft Five or Six Years. 



(c) And except alfo fuch Weeds, whofe Seed is carried by 

 Birds, which is the moil comincn Manner of tranfporting the 

 Seeds of Vegetables from Held to Field, againft the Conlent of 

 the Owner: For Birds, whether great or fmall, do not care to eat 

 their Prey where they take it, but generally chufe fome open 

 Place for that Purpofe. 'Tis, I am perfuaded, by this Means 

 chiefly, that a Vineyard or Field, made ever fo clean from Grafs, 

 will, in lying untilled a few Years, be replenished with a Turf of 

 that neighbouring Species of Grafs, which beft fuits the Heat 

 and Moiiture of the Soil : Yet there are fome Species of Seeds 

 that Birds (at leait fuch as frequent this Place) do not affect ; elfe 

 the Burrage-weed (mentioned in p. 77.) would have appeared 

 again in my Field in fome of the many Years fmce the Hoeing 

 has extirpated it there; for it grows plentifully in the unplowed 

 Way adjoining thereto. 



The Seeds of fome Weeds may be fufpecled to come in the 

 Air; as the Seed of the Grafs that grew in the Cheapjieie, in the 

 Time of the Plague ; but it might come from Seeds in the Dirt, 

 brought thither by the Feet of People and Cattle, and by the 

 Wheels of Coaches, Carts carrying Hay : Or other wife continu- 

 al Treading might keep it from Growing ; and when the Tread- 

 ing ceafed, 'tis no Wonder the Seeds mould furnifh the Streets 

 with Grafs, 



And I have cbferv'd on the Floor?, two Stories high, of alone, 

 ruinous, uninhabited Houie, being long uncover'd, a fort of Herb 

 growing very thick ; I think it was Vimptrncl^ and believe that 

 its Seeds did not come thither in the Air ; but in the Sand which 

 was mix'd with the Mortar that had fallen from the Cielings ; and 

 'tis like there were few Seeds at firft : Yet, thefe, ripening for 

 feveral Years, (hed their Seeds annually, until the Floors became 

 all over ve-y thick planted : Belides, Hay-feeds and Pimpernel 

 are too heavy to be carry 'd far by the Air. 



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