100 



ON' HEMP. 



The maturity of the male plants is marked by their leaves be- 

 coming of a yellow, and the stem of a whitish colour ; and they 

 are readily distinguishable by being more slender, and not bearing 

 seed. The female plant is not in a state to be pulled till a few days 

 after Michaelmas. Sinclair. 



The time of pulling is about thirteen weeks after sowing. The 

 leaves turning yellow and the stalks white are signs of its maturity. 



Suffolk Report. 



You will know that your Hemp is ripe when the stalk is grown 

 white, or when you see the leaves fall downward and turn yellow at 

 the tops ; for then it is full ripe. This will happen for the most part 

 about the middle of July. 



England's Improvement. 



Hemp is never drawn until ripe, which is known by the stalks 

 and pods changing colour, and the seed-grains becoming plump 

 and hard, JDumo. 



Towards the end of July, the stalks that bear the flower, and 

 are by some improperly denominated the female, begin to grow yel- 

 low at the top, and white at the root ; the flowers fall, the leaves 

 wither, and this is generally the sign of their maturity. 



Marcandier. 



The Male Hemp, which is the species that produces the farina 



fcecundans 



