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be a dry and not cool surface, upon a loose, open, un¬ 
derstratum, stony, or otherwise; upon thin soil, with 
a hard, gravelly, or congealed understratum, it will 
not do at all; as for the plant to flourish, the root must 
have room to strike deep; its appropriate place of 
growth, is chalky or calcareous high ground, upon a 
loose, open, stony bottom, where clovers would not 
well succeed. 
With respect to lucern, he very properly observes, 
that since the culture and use of winter vetches is so 
well known, lucern is less necessary; but it being a 
hardy perennial, capable of lasting many years, is well 
worthy of trial against vetches, which must be sown 
annually at a great expense in seed and labour ; I be¬ 
lieve that lucern, for eight or ten years, would an¬ 
nually be equally productive with vetches for one 
year, and that it is equally nutritive; it will succeed 
on clean land either drilled in rows and kept clean 
till it is got a-head, or will do transplanted; but, t 
believe, will not succeed broadcast ; with Cooke’s 
drill it may be laid in between rows of barley; there 
would be no doubt of it doing well, and succeeding 
upon the rich loams of this county, if it had only a 
fair chance in culture. 
Chicory , (chichorium intybus,) unknown in cultivation 
in this county, though plentiful as a native plant, but 
unnoticed by the farmers, except as a weed; I found it, 
1804, plentifully at Pinnin, north of Pershore, upon 
the headlands of several enclosures; and again, 1807, 
in many parts of the Vale of Evesham, growing luxu¬ 
riantly ; it is always browsed on by cattle in the 
spring months, if within their reach, but towards July 
runs up stalky and weed-like: recommended by the 
Secretary to the Board for Cultivation, for feeding of 
cattle; 
