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effectually to destroy all seed or concealed roots of other 

 grasses. 



The first mark by which the true species will be disco- 

 vered, is the projection of the stolones over the edge of 

 the pots; they will soon drop to the ground, which should 

 be spread over with a little loose earth, to enable them to 

 take root : they are not to be disturbed until the middle of 

 September, when they will be fit to put out, and the culti- 

 vator will soon find himself in such abundant stock, that he 

 will no longer think of seed. 



That amateurs may not be imposed on by seed of the 

 agrostis vulgaris (so common in the south of England) 

 as is often the case, I am ready to transmit by post, a small 

 paper of seed of my own sowing, to any amateur, on the 

 sole condition of not being put to the expeuce of postage ; 

 and as I have been called upon from Holland, as my 

 correspondents tell me, by the advice of Dr. Bennet, Pro- 

 fessor of Rural Q^^conomy in the University of Leyden, 

 I shall, by the first opportunity, leave a packet of fiorin 

 seed with my booksellers, Whitmore and Fenn, Charing- 

 Cross, for Dr. Bennet, to supply his Dutch friends with; 

 and I shall also leave a stock with the above gentlemen, 

 should their English customers wish for a supply. 



I have often been asked what is the best season for laying 

 down fiorin. Here, as in many other parts of his business, 

 the farmer has not always an option ; he must do several 

 things when he can, though it be not the most desirable 

 time: to determine that, we must speculate a little, a 

 priori, and consider what difficulties our favourite has to 

 encounter in its progress, that we may contrive to avoid 

 them ; none from seasons, for this hardy grass vegetates at 

 all seasons ; the roots equally, and the stolones tolerably ; 

 at the worst, that is, in the middle of wmter, the only dif- 



