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a plantation of larch, of about forty years' 

 growth, attacked with a disorder that seemed 

 to have stopped the circulation of the sap, which 

 was bursting through the trunks and branches 

 of the trees, and seemed to threaten their com- 

 plete destruction. 



We paid a visit to Mr. Mundell, of Wallace 

 Hall, the successful cultivator of Timothy grass. 

 This grass is highly esteemed in America. The 

 following is, in the abstract, Mr. Mundell's 

 account of this valuable acquisition to the 

 farmer. He accidentally noticed its green lux- 

 uriant appearance in a small spot of rich pasture, 

 near Greenock. He procured a small quantity 

 of the seed, by the cultivation of which he has 

 now four fields, containing twenty acres of 

 timothy grass, (phleum pratense, or meadow 

 cat's-tail) ; the second year's crop yielded up- 

 wards of four tons per acre. When used as 

 pasture, it appeared to be considerably more 

 plentiful, and more to the taste of horses and 

 black cattle, than ray grass, sown on the same 

 field, at the same time. It should be sown in 

 the spring, and if intended for permanent pas- 

 ture, mixed with white clover. It will grow to 

 the height of four feet, on good ground, but it 

 seems to prefer a damp soil. It is well calcu- 

 lated for green food, may be cut twice, and 



