LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. l:!."i 



and beans, and by their similarly divided leaves. 

 Study therefore the look of the leaves and 

 flowers of such garden leguminous plants as 

 you have and then dig up similar-looking 

 plants found growing wild. 



2. Make two or three plots in the garden, 

 taking the precautions previously described. 

 Weed and dig the plots carefully. Plant 

 nothing at all on the first plot, but keep it free 

 from weeds, that is in the state known as ban 

 fallow. On the others sow some leguminous 

 crop (cow peas, or wooly pyrol). Tend the 

 plants carefully until they produce a good 

 growth of foliage, and cover the ground well. 

 Then pull up the plants by the roots, dig up 

 the ground and bury the whole growth in the 

 plot in which it grew. The crop should be 

 buried whilst still green, and not allowed to 

 remain until it becomes old or woody. 



3. After the green dressing has been 

 buried several weeks, plant all the plots, includ- 

 ing the one which was kept bare and received 

 no green dressing, with such a crop as mai/r 

 or beet, and observe the varying growth on, 

 and the crop produced from, the various pl<t>. 

 If a poor piece of ground is chosen for this 

 experiment the r<'>ult> will bu the more striking. 



