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Fiorin must have the exclusive possession of the surface, 

 that is, all intruders, especially other grasses, must be 

 carefully weeded out, whenever they appear. I may add, the 

 surface must be frequently top-dressed ; and these reno- 

 vations will abundantly repay the trouble and expence they 

 occasion. 



In laying down fiorin crops, we neither use seed nor 

 roots, when we can procure stolones, of which every cul- 

 tivator has a superabundance; and the mode of proceeding 

 is very simple. 



We commence at one end of the prepared area, and 

 scatter stolones, at their full length, over a space extending 

 along the fence, and about three yards wide. I cannot 

 determine how thick they are to be spread ; we know that 

 nearly every joint will strike a root, and we must take care 

 to secure roots enough. 



We now from the raw ground behind us take up shovel- 

 fulls of the loose surface soil, and scatter it over the 

 stolones, so as nearly to cover them, and thus the business 

 is done for so far : we then take up another breadth of three 

 yards, spread strings over it, and cover them in the same 

 manner. 



Where we have tender rich compost, ready prepared, 

 it is more desirable to drop loads, or barrowfulls of this, 

 through the field, and to cover the stolones from these, 

 rather than from the plain surface. 



It is thus I have clothed all my own meadows with fiorin, 

 and I know not any annual crop laid down so cheaply ; for 

 the stolones cost us nothing, and it is not a crop for one 

 year only, as I have now my tenth and eleventh crop in full 

 luxuriance ; and the sole of grass never seemed to require 

 any style of renovation save top-dressing. 



Weeding, indeed, must be repeated, as often as intruders 

 appear ; and I do not find the labour lessens with the age 



