no 
BURNET—BUCK WHEAT* 
cattle; I named this circumstance to a farmer, (Mr, 
Murray, of Evesham,) and pointed out the plant to him, 
growing in company with melilot, by the road side 
near Evesham, at the ninety-six mile-stone from Lon¬ 
don, and five from Pershore. 1 
Burnet , (poterium sanguisorba,) also unknown in 
cultivation, though a native; I found it, in 1804, high 
on Bredon Hill; on very barren waste land near 
Church-lench; on rich red loam near Inkborough ; 
and in a meadow near Tenbury; and, in ld()7, in the 
church-yard of Hampton, one mile from Evesham, on 
the north side of the church; this is the upland burnet, 
a very different plant to the meadow burnet (sangui¬ 
sorba officinalis) has been cultivated, and is worthy of 
it, on high, dry, and calcareous soils; it is cultivated 
as a sallad in the gardens near London. 
Buck Wheat is but little cultivated ; I saw it in a 
single instance of two or three acres, a few miles north 
of Evesham, in a miscellaneous field of buck wheat, 
turnips, cabbages, and potatoes, September 6, 1805; 
the buck wheat, a full crop, just mown, and laying in the 
swathe; also, in 1807, saw a whole field near West- 
wood, the seat of the Packington family, this last on 
poor land ; the principal use of buck wheat is to feed 
game and poultry, it is also good for swine, and in 
some places is manufactured into thin cakes, called 
crumpits, which are a delicacy of the tea-table. 
Hemp and Flax are not very common, but are some¬ 
times grown; the hemp in small patches or yards, 
which, to produce a full crop, must be clean from 
weeds, in fine tilth, and in good condition; it is sown 
the beginning of May. Flax is more commonly 
grown; I saw a good deal of it near Bromsgrove in 
barns, and the seed punning out; and a whole field 
covered 
