XXIV 
TABLE OF AGRICULTURAL WEEDS. 
farmers of Forfarshire, and it may be to their advantage 
carefully to attend to them. 
On what soils do the plants in the above table generally 
grow ? On wet or dry, rich or poor, clay, sand, alluvium, &c., 
and what kind of rocks does the soil rest upon? 
What effect does draining, subsoil ploughing, rich manur- 
ing, &c., have upon the diminishing of such weeds; and how 
are they affected by the different kinds of soil and locality, 
the nature of the seasons, and the various modes of culture 
adopted ? 
Answers to these queries from the various cultivators of 
land in the county, might lead to some beneficial results, 
and if such are sent to the author, he will lodge them in the 
proper quarter. 
To prevent mistakes, it might be as well to communicate 
specimens of the plants so commented on, and these will be 
preserved for future reference. Specimens also of the differ- 
ent kinds of blight , or Fungi, affecting various species of 
grain, with their comparative prevalence in different places 
and seasons, in connection with answers to the above queries, 
might be of importance to those who make the improvement 
of land their study. 
