AN 



ESSAY 



ON 



AGRICULTURE; 



CONTAINING 



AN INTRODUCTION, IN WHICH THE SCIENCE OF 

 AGRICULTURE IS POINTED OUT, BY A CAREFUL 

 ATTENTION TO THE AV^ORKS OF NATURE; 



ALSO, 



THE MEANS OF RENDERING BARREN SOILS 

 LUXURIANTLY PRODUCTIVE, AT A VERY 

 MODERATE EXPENSE, AND OF BENEFICI- 

 ALLY EMPLOYING THE INDUSTRIOUS AND 

 UN-OCCUPIED POOR. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED, 



A MEMOIR, 



DRAWN UP, AT THE EXPRESS DESIRE OF 



HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE 



ARCH-DUKE JOHN OF AUSTRIA, 



ON THE NATURE AND NUTRITIVE QUALITIES OF 



FIORIN GRASS, 



WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS ON ITS ABUNDANT 

 PROPERTIES, AND THE BEST MODE OF CULTI- 

 ■ VATING THAT EXTRAORDINARY VEGETABLE* 



By WILLIAM RICHARDSON, D,D. 



Itontion : 



PRINTED FOR WHITMORE AND FENN, 

 CHARING CROSS, 



1818. 



