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Rye, or ray-grass, (Lolium perennej, comes soon to perfection, and wlieh i 



produces a plentiful supply of early foliage. After the time of flowerino- hn. '" ^ ^^'^"^ ^'''*^' 



S, However, It produces 



Mangel- Wurzei; Root of Scarcity, Lettsom Root, White Beet. ( Beta cicla, Racine de disette) This • 

 to have been introduced to the Agriculturists of this country by Mr. Parekjns, who sent the seeds /' """^'^ "^ ^'^* ''PP^ars 

 directions for its culture*. Dr. Lettsom did much to recommend it for field-culture. It requires a rich de""" ^^'^' '" ^^^^' ""''^ 

 the seeds to be sown in March or April, and .as soon as the roots attain to the size of a goose Lml T '°"" ^""^ '^""°"''""1 

 plant from plant in the rows. But with this as with all bulbous and tuberous roots transplanting d^ ' '''"'^''"''^' ^^ '"'^h^' 

 size of the root, as those tuberous-rooted esculent vegetables in general do much better when not tralT T'!'^ '" increase the 

 the weight of crop produced on suitable soils, make this the most productive of esculent plants But > ' ^"^ ''^'"'' "^ 



a high degree, even more than carrots. The weight of nutritive matter afforded by Manuel \Yul / ""f''"'^'' ^^^ '"" '" 

 superior to Turnips, and Carrots, and inferior to Cabbages and Potatoes. '"'"' ^^^°'^ '^""^^^ ' ^t is 



_ Kohl Rabi, Bulb-stalked Cabbage, riJra...-c«oZ.rac.a,var.;. This curious variety of Cabbage is a nativ. ,n 

 n .s much cultivated. They take it up before the frost sets in, and protect it like Potatoes or Tu nios '' "'"^ 



produce is nearly the same as that of Swedish Turnips, and the soil that suits the one, is equally good fo^th^'T ""' ^'^ 

 either be sown in drills, or raised in beds, and transplanted like Cabbages : in this cas' the bed^lu re t /' ''""'' 

 the preceding autumn. Two pounds of the seed will produce a sufficiency of plants for on. 7 '""^ '"'"' 



.woln like a bulb, .„d when divested of the leaves, may readily be mistake^ for te ^i:: ^ f 7".^- ^'^^ ^^ ^^ 

 where these animals abound, the culture of this plant is found to be impracticable. Sir Thomas Terwhit fi / T °" ^""'' 

 Rabi into England from Germany. In 1805, Messrs. Gibbs and Co. seedsmen to the Board of Igr^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ '"''' 



a quarter of the seed, and continue to supply the demands of the public for it. and for all oTherA ,","*" '"' 



best quality. 6. dr. of the bulb of Kohl Rabi afford 105 grains of nutritive matter '"'"'""' ''''' ^' «'^ 



Burnet, CPoterium sanguisorla). This plant is a native of Britain, growin- in drv unl.n^ «-,ct ^ , 



I. ... fi„. i.,„d„.d ,0 ,.e „o,i.. or .he A,Hc.l,.H. ., M. E.o,„: ,' ^lllTt^TZ . ""'" 



period the „„„e,ou. Iri.l. th.t h.v. been „.d. et it, .s . pl„, s„ p„,„„ ^ ,„ ^ j„; ° ' f !''• '"^•"- «-«"■■■ 



:e:: ::— :;— r r:;r -r- 



x.e..„.e,o,,„..on,:r:;:i*: r:::;:—:;: 



well. It is less productive than n„Vn a- , • dandelion. It is not a very early plant, but bears mowing 



food. Its nutrit ve qu t e^a e e Z tl '^ TTT' '" ''' ''''' •"^""" ^^ '''' ''^'^ ^^ ''''''' '' ''^ ^^ "- - 

 «eed is ripe, afford 100 gr i of V '"'^"^' ^'"^^^- '^ "'• "^ *^'° ^'^"' ^""^ '^-^ ^' ^''^ *'- ^he 



TOgrains. ' "' ""'"'"^ "'^"^^'- ''' ^-\-'S^' "^ '-ves, cut at the beginning of May, affords only 



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e„,, ..a „,.do.,::, 1. ° '■"""' " "■"' "'" "' '■""■" 'P»»- "■« ff- *'.-»». He ob.e„e.. ,„., , ,. . ,„, 



e.ri V and produeli,e oknt h. ■ , "™ "'"'"■ "■«-«■ S*~'"»- He ob.erve., th.t It li , ,er, 



ve,j fond ef .he leave. I, e"," , L" '■""" "'"''' '"■" "'"• '''""■ ''-'• '""'=■ """ "^^"•' 'Pr'" '» "" 



cpated .0 th..e of L.e.: :;::!::::,::' ■" """ " "•'■ "■ """"^" '"»- "'-' •» '« ™-''"* *» 



90 grains 

 90 



compared to those of Luceru and some other plants. 



About the first of Ma,. 64 dr. of the herbage afford of nutritive matter 



iJitto, ditto of Lucern, 



Ditto, ditto of Burnet, . ^ ' 



Ditto, ^itto of Bunias orieni alls, 

 .Ditto. ditto oftheBroad.leaved cultivated Clover, " 



It has a creeping root yvhich il7\m^\ f """T "'^^"^^^ ^'^''' ^^' ^''''^ ^^^"^ considered a bad weed in pasture, and arable lands. 



g -t> -h-h zs difficult to extirpate onlight soils. Sheep are said to be fond of it. and Dr. Anderson has re- 



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100 

 80 



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