APPENDIX. 



Directions for laying down and cultivating Florin, 



I MUST not forget, however important the disco- 

 very may be, of our power to raise luxuriant florin crops 

 by the spontaneous effort of Xature, (upon which I have 

 dwelt so long,) that the actual cultivation of this va- 

 luable grass is not only of great consequence, but the 

 object immediately in view that occasioned the flattering 

 call I have received, and to which I am bound to pay the 

 most profound attention. 



I shall therefore lay down the very short rules, which 

 those who wish to cidtivate florin should be governed by, 

 and shall suggest the alterations in our measures, which I 

 think may be necessary under a warmer sun, where summer 

 vegetation is probably more vigorous than in our own 

 moist and more languid climate. 



In the first place, I w ish the soil to be deep ; for although 

 florin roots penetrate but a little way below the surface, 

 yet it is of very great importance, that the loose and well- 

 tilled soil should reach much lower. 



The ground should be already dry, or made dry, by 

 many open surface drains ; for if water, whether atmo- 

 spheric or other, be allowed to collect and stagnate about 

 the roots of the grass, it soon becomes acrid, and highly 

 injurious : this rule is indispensable ; yet occasional flood- 

 ings, or even long submersions, do not seem in the least to 

 injure this grass, if rapidly let off. 



