promoting the Growth of Florin. 311 



XV c had an opportunity of seeing the florin 

 here on various soils. The first specimen was 

 of four years standing, planted in a clay this 

 poor, and seemed to be suffering from 

 the want of water, and the intrusion of other 

 grasses. The second was a plot on a lighter 

 soil, having the advantage of irrigation this was 

 luxuriant, and it was observable, that where 

 it had received the greatest accession of water, 

 there it was the most plentiful. The hay which 

 had been made from it, with the exception of 

 about two acres, still in lap-cocks, had been 

 stacked in the field. Such parts of the florin 

 as had not been exposed were of very fine color. 

 I carried some of it to the horses ; at first they 

 were not disposed to eat it, but after tasting it, 

 they seemed to prefer it to clover hay. The 

 next crop was on a peat, from which the 

 surface had been cut down within a few inches 

 of the level of the water : here the fiorin, being 

 in its most appropriate situation, was exuber- 

 antly abundant. 



Under circumstances similar to the last ex- 

 periment, the planting of fiorin must be a 

 wise measure ; as it brings surfaces, which be- 

 fore were wholly unproductive, on a par wijth 

 soils of infinitely superior quality in their neigh- 

 bourhood \ and when the immense number of 



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