36 Cultivation of Florin. 



by many in planting this grass. If indeed this 

 be necessary, fiorin can never become a general 

 crop ; and I should further do an injustice to 

 the arable farmer, were I not to apprize him, 

 that he may find it so dangerous an enemy on 

 his ploughed lands, when carted out in the 

 shape of dung, as to counterbalance most of 

 the advantages derived from it, as food for his 

 cattle. 



I found what was wasted, by being trodden 

 under foot in soiling, thence carried to the 

 dung heap, and afterwards removed to the heaps 

 of manure, where it underwent a considerable 

 degree of fermentation, still of so imperishable 

 a nature, as to come out in a state of vegetation. 

 This decided me on extirpating the few acres I 

 had cultivated. 



Closeburn. We have just reached this hos- 

 pitable mansion ; and finding the gentlemen 

 gone to the moors, we have amused ourselves 

 with looking at the improvements. 



Mr. Monteith has reclaimed an extensive 

 tract of unproductive land, and has brought it 

 into a high state of cultivation ; almost every 

 tree, and every hedge, are of his planting. He 

 has given a new character to the face of the 



