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and after having gathered off the 

 Spikes of Corn, they fpread the 

 Stalks to harden and dry, which 

 they afterward ufe for covering of 

 Sheds, Isc. for which Purpofe it is 

 very ufeful to the Inhabitants of the 

 warm Parts of America, as alfo for 

 feeding their Cattle, while green, 

 which is what they often ufe, when 

 other Fodder is fcarce. 



But notwithstanding this Plant 

 at prefent is only cultivated as a 

 Curiofity in England, yet it is pro- 

 bable it might be propagated with 

 Succefs, and become a Piece of good 

 Hufbandry in fuch Places where 

 Beans will not fucceed ; as parti- 

 cularly in light fandy Lands (where 

 the Inhabitants are at a great Lofs 

 for hearty Fodder for their Cattle), 

 upon which Land this Plant will fuc- 

 ceed extremely well, and fupply the 

 Want of Beans, perhaps better than 

 any other Plant. The fmall Sort is 

 what I would recommend to be 

 fown in England, which i-s what the 

 Inhabitants of North-America culti- 

 vate ; and this will perfect its Seeds 

 in lefs than fourMonths from fowing, 

 as I have feveral times experienced ; 

 and, even in fome of the moft un- 

 favourable Years, it has ripen'd in 

 full four Months from fowing. 



This Sort of Corn is much culti- 

 vated in feveral Parts of Germany, 

 where the Inhabitants ufe it to make 

 Bread; as alfo boil and roaft the 

 Grain, making feveral Dimes of it : 

 but this is not efteemed very whol- 

 fome, nor will it agree with weak 

 Stomachs. 



In Italy, Turfy, and many other 

 Countries, this Sort of Grain is 

 cultivated in plenty ; and is the 

 Food of moll of the poorer Sort of 

 People ; but efpeciaiiy where there 

 is a Scarcity of W heat and Rice: 

 and till Rice was cultivated in Caro- 

 fhn* 3 Mays was the Support of molt 



of thelnhabitants in the5r///)£ North- 

 ern Colouies. 



In cultivating thisPlantinF^/^^ 

 the Ground mould be well plowed 

 and dreffed, and the Rows of Corn 

 placed four or five Feet afunder, and 

 about two Feet afunder in the Rows; 

 fo that with an Horfehoeing-piough 

 the Ground may be often ftirred, 

 whereby the Weeds will be intirely 

 deftroyed ; which if duly obferved 

 while the Plants are young, there 

 will be no Occafion to repeat it, af- 

 ter they are grown up to a pretty 

 good Height ; for then the Plants 

 will prevent the Growth of Weeds> 

 by overfliadowing the Ground. 



The beft time to plant thefe Seeds 

 is in the Beginning of April, when 

 the Weather is fettled ; for if it be 

 fown too foon, the cold Nights and 

 wet Weather often deltroy the 

 Seeds ; and if it be fown too late, 

 and the Autumn mould prove bad, 

 it would not ripen well. . 



The large Sort, when cultivated as 

 a Curiofity, fhould be fown upon a 

 moderate Hot-bed in the Beginning 

 of March ; and in the Middle of 

 April they mould be carefully tranf- 

 planted where they are to remain j 

 and if the Seafon proves favourable, 

 the Seeds will ripen very well : but 

 without being thus early raifed, this 

 Sort leldom perfects the Grain in this 

 Country. This Sort will grow ten or 

 twelve Feet high in good Ground. 



MEADIA, The American Cowf* 



lip, TttlgO. 



The Char a tiers are ; 

 The Empalemcnt is of one Leaf, 

 'which is cut into Jive oval Se£?ions t 

 which are rejlcxed ': the Flower is al- 

 fo of one Leaf, which is deeply cut 

 into fve Se"i'ons : thefe are alfo re- 

 flexed back to the Tube, which is cy- 

 lindrical, and clofely embraces the 

 0-vary t which is attended by fve 

 fbort Stamina, included in the Tube: 



