48 Various Forage Plants. 



Vieia cracca. — Found in the watered meadows of Lombardy. 

 I think it an excellent plant, and not difficult to cultivate. 

 Cattle eat it. 



Vicia sepium. — Shoots earlier in spring than any plant eaten 

 by cattle, which are remarkably fond of it. From experiments 

 made, the dry fodder got from an acre amounted to nearly 

 4^ tons. It is recommended by Mr. Anderson — apparently the 

 same Mr. Anderson previously quoted by Young, 



Vicia latliyroidas. — Sown in spring and autumn, and assists 

 in banishing fallows. 



Melilvtus officinalis (the common melilpt). — Eeadily eaten by 

 sheep, and abounding in poor land. Grows well about Paris, 

 Chantilly, and other places in France on the worst soils, and to 

 a gi'eat height. Cultivated in Germany for horses. Eelished 

 by all stock. 



Astragalus glycipMllys (the wild liquorice), — Yields an 

 abundant crop. Spreads much by the roots in the watered 

 meadows of the Lodizan. Cows eat it freely. 



Medicago falcata (yellow medic). — Affords an abundant 

 pasturage. Loses little weight in drying. 



Ornithopus perpusiUus. — A i)lant introduced into England 

 from Portugal in 1793. All animals fond of it, but it made a 

 poor show, and suffers from frost. 



Trigonella fcenum grcecum. — Cultivated in the Bolognese in 

 preference to clover. 



Trifoliiim ruhens. — Much cultivated near Naples. 



Coronilla varia. — Abounds in the Lodizan in dry and 

 watered land. 



Hedxjsarum coronarimn. — Arabians introduced into Calabria. 

 It grows 5 or 6 feet high. No use in England. 



Luthyvits latifoUa (everlasting pea).- — A perennial plant, 

 and good for hay. Cultivated with advantage by a Mr. Tempest. 

 Sown for cattle, and recommended by Hartlib middle of 17th 

 century. 



Bunias orierdale. — Arthur Young gives a promising account 

 of this plant. "Cultivated in Middlesex* on a dry gravel, the 

 produce was apparently greater than that of any other grass. 



