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according as they are influenced by local circumstances ; snch as the nature of tl.o . ^^ . ■ 

 oh;^.n r.fhi^ f...w. * ^ ^^^^ ^^1^' and situ- 



ation of his farm. 



When cultivated separately for the purpose of green food or hay*, Fiorin requires to 1 



perfectly clear of weeds, its couchant habit of growth afFording m-Jat enmn. " T '"^^'^ 



l,„.Ul,.f,,^.^„i,. :„_.,_! '' _ "ggieat encouragement for the 



ous roots 



health ot upright-growing plants— under this circumstance weeds The n„m«v r-i 



^1 . • f. 1 . . „ , • -i-iie numerous nbrous n 



that issue from the joints of the trailing shoots or stolones, exhaust the surface of tho o'l " 



considerable degree ; top-dressings with manure are, therefore, absolutely necessnrv tT' "' '' 

 .1 . T . *^^v "^'^^-fssary to Keen un 



the superior productive powers of Fiorin. Without these points being sufficiently attended to 

 m the cultivation of this grass, disappointment will be the result. 



The merits of this variety of the Creeping Bent for the purposes of permanent pasture have 

 already been mentioned, and that its productive powers, when in combination ivith other o-^^sses^ 

 are much less than are shewn in the above details; from which it wdl appear to be a'' nee ' 

 sary constituent of a mixture of grasses, to form, in all particulars, the most valuable^pelT 

 nent pasture, though in a less proportion than most other species admitted to form such . 



mixture. 



It perfects a sufficiency of seed which readily vegetates ; and the plants, when properlv 

 encouraged by top-dressings, I have found invariably to arrive soon at perfection When 

 the runners or stolones are used instead of seed, the ground is much sooner clothed with the 

 grass : when meant as a crop by itself, the planting of the shoots or stolones appears to be the best 

 mode ; but when intended as part of a mixture of other grasses, the seed will be found by expe 

 rience to be the most proper. , ^ 



It flowers about the second and third weeks of July, and the seed is ripe about the second 

 and third weeks of August. 



The grasses, and other plants, that have now been submitted to the better iudo-ment of the 

 reader comprehend all the grasses and plants which the Author could ever fmd in the I^od, of 

 the richest natural pastures, examined every month of the year, and oftener ; some other species 

 U IS true, were sometimes found on particular spots, but could not, from their local situation' 

 be considered as naturally befonging to such : they will be mentioned hereafter. 

 _ To those who may have perused and bestowed some consideration on the foregoino- details 

 It may be unnecessary to observe, that the facts and observations there brought forward, offer suf" 

 licient proofs, that it is not from one or two, but from a variety of different species of grasses 

 that the Agriculturist can hope to form in the shortest space of time, a sward equal if not 

 superior to that of the richest natural pastures. 



Hastiness in generalizing from a few facts only, in things pertaining to the properties 

 and cultivation of plants, has often led to error; it seldom benefits the cause it meant to advance: 

 every one is told this plant, or that mode of cultivation, will best suit his purpose; most make 

 tnal and from the want of that caution which generalization in the outset destroys, the majo- 



nty tails; this leads to a difference of nn;..;^., • i i i i 



, . ^^uueience or opinion on one side; and on the other, to a contempt of 



tnat which, when taken in its limited «Pr.co 1 1 i i -, i i i • 



muuca sense, would have produced every advanta^-e the object 



was capable of affording. ^ J ^ J 



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Fior ^'7,^'."' '™'"""^ ^'""" '"'" '"^■' ^"""^ "" ^'•'"=' "■»'"h«^ - amply detailed in Dr. Richardson's publications on 

 g^as, • ;" ;°f"™'''""> -'" ">-<= be likewise found, on the productive powers, uses, modes of cultivation, &c. &c. of this 

 -. aettuced from the Doctor's own experiments. 



