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Italy and the southern provinces of France. Colt- 
mella directs, that “ it be sown in September, about 
the equinox, so that it may attain, before winter, a 
growth that will enable it to resist wet and frosty 
weather, which it particularly dreads.” Ineed not 
remark, that these directions are not calculated for 
this climate, and that the seed time for the lupin 
here is the 20th of May. The properties which re- 
commend it as a manure, are nearly the same asthose 
which belong to buckwheat. It isa quick grower, 
and has many and large and succulent leaves. While 
growing, it subsists principally upon the air, and 
when buried, decomposes entirely and rapidly. 
~The pea tribe has the next place in this list; but 
though not better adapted to the end than buck- 
wheat or lupins, is more capricious than they, and 
requires a soil of better staple and more prepara- 
tion. The seed is also more expensive. Of this 
tribe, the yellow vetching (lathyrus pratensis) is the 
species to be preferred. 
~ Turnips have been cultivated in England with the 
same view, but the practice has yielded to another 
and better ; (which, however is not suited to our cli- 
mate,) feeding them off in the ninter and on the field. 
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