206 C/^LtTSERNE. Chap. XIII; 



Perch of Ground, Nourifh merit in a proportion 

 double to that whereby its Roots exceed thofe of St, 

 Foin in Bignefs, then I do not fee why we mould 

 not leave the Number of Luferne-plants double to the 

 Number of thofe we leave in St. Foin. 



But if the Excefs of Nourilhment were no more 

 than the Excefs of Bignefs of Roots, 1 think an equal 

 Number of Plants fhould be left in Luferne, and in 

 St. Foin: Yet fmce the hot or cold Conftitution of a 

 Plant, and alfo the Quantity it can produce, ought 

 to be confidered, as well as its Bulk, in relation to 

 the Nourifhment it requires, more Trials are necef- 

 fary for determining the exact Number of Luferne- 

 plants proper to be placed on a fquare Perch, than 

 have been hitherto made. 



Perhaps it will be thought heterodox to maintain 

 by any Arguments, that to err in falling fomewhat 

 fhort of the juft Number, is not of worfe Confe- 

 quence, than exceeding it. 



Where they (land at Four or Five Inches afunder 

 in the Rows, 'tis obferved, that tho' the Intervals be- 

 twixt the Rows be wide, yet the Plants are much the 

 larger, and produce more that ftand in the outfide 

 Rows (the Ground without being clean) ; and efpe- 

 cially thofe at each End of the outfide Rows, that 

 is, the Corner-plants, are largeft of all. I need not 

 fay, that had all the other Plants as much Room and 

 Tillage as the Corner ones have, they would be as 

 large, and produce each as much Hay ; for thofe 

 which Hand perfectly fingle in Places by themfelves, 

 are feen to be larger, and produce more, than? 

 thofe Corner ones •, and of the larger and longer 

 Roots our Stock does confift, the more Nourifh- 

 ment they are capable of taking, as has been fnewn. 

 Where fome Plants of the Luferne have been planted 

 Two Feet afunder, in poor dry Land, which was 

 kept clean from Weeds, and frequently digged, each 

 Plant has fent forth upward of Three Hundred Stalks, 



and 



