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writers of the ISth century reprobate it. — Facility of 

 raising great florin crops without breaking the surface, 

 sowing or planting. — Spontaneous luxuriance of florin 

 more easily excited in our worst than in our best grounds, 

 — Reasons, k priori, why it should be so. — Mountain 

 tracts peculiarly adapted to the spontaneous production 

 of great fiorin crops. — These paradoxes necessary con- 

 sequences of the properties with which Nature has en- 

 dowed fiorin grass. 



APPENDIX. 



Instructions for cultivating fiorin. — Best soil for fiorin 

 — its preparation — frequent weeding indispensable — 

 also frequent top- dressings. — How to lay down fiorin- — 

 how to economize the stolones when scarce — how to get 

 into stock from seed. — Author ready to transmit seed 

 to any one. — Proper seasons for laying down fiorin. 



