■ • „ „a,,,,, an d d ow n s , we [hall find them pretty much in a ftate-of nature,
If we examine onr fown with Rye Grafs and tite r , full of an indiferf:
excepting thofe palhjtM whicl afford good, others bad food; fome good crops, other fcarce any
« " S T :x t t P I ma{°nmot°be ThtghTto fp ik at random on this matter, I ihall here mention a fcj
fafts to corroboratewtflrWaiw T homas Whits, Efq. with a view to the afeertaining the
My very worthy and muc f f g on by (heep, procured from each of the under-mentioned difierent
produce of feveral downs h.By pallures fed on Dy in £ £ , than about fix inches in diameter,
anTchofen on befng planted in a garden, the following plan,
Turf from Selborn Common.
1 Plantago lanceolata.
2 Agroflis capillaris.
3 Avena flavefeens.
4 Daäyhs glomeratus.
5 Fefluca duriufcula.
6 Poa annua.
7 Cynofurus crijlatus.
8 Trifolium, repens.
g Crepis teäorum.
10 Achillea Millefolium.
11 Galium verum,
12 Hypochceris radicata.
13 Hieracium Pilofella.
14 Thymus Serpyllum.
Narrow-leaved Plantain.
Fine panicled Agroftis.
Yellow Oat Grafs. ,
Rough Cocksfoot Grafs.
Hard Fefcue Grafs.
Common dwarf Poa.
Crefted Dogs-tail.
Creeping or Dutch Clover.
Smooth Succory Hawkweed
Yarrow.
Yellow Ladies Bedftraw.
Long-rooted Hawkweed.
Moufe-ear Chickweed.
Wild Thyme.
Turf from Glynd Hill.
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4 Avena flavefeens. Yellow Oat Grafs.
$ r Fefluca duriufcula. Hard Fefcue Grafs.
I 5*---------ovina. Sheeps Fefcue Grafs.
4 7 Hieracium Pilofella. Moufe-ear Hawkweed.
t 8 Agroflis capiUaris. Fine panicled Agroftis. 4 9 Trifolium repens. Creeping, or Dutch Clover.
Ï 10 Thymus Serpyllum. Wila Thyme.
Turf from Short Heath.
Turf from Oakhanger.
1 Trifolium repens.
2 Holcus lanatus.
3 Poa annua.
4 Agroflis capillaris.
g . - paluflris.
Creeping or Dutch Clover.
Meadow Soft Grafs.
Co'mmon dwarf Poa.
Fine panicled Agroftis.
Marfh Agroftis.
Barren Fefcue Grafs.
Early Aira.
Hairy Rufh.
Common dwarf Poa.
Fine panicled Agroftis.
Y 1 Fefluca bromoides.
A 2 Air a prcecox.
X 3 jfuncus campeflris.
a 4 Poa annua.
I g Agroflis capillaris.
a Turf from Mount Cabron.
T u r f from Deortun.
1 Ranunculus repens.
2 Lolium perenne.
3 Holcus lanatus.
4 Prunella vulgaris,
g Fefluca duriufcula.
6 Agroflis paluflris.
7 Trifolium repens.
8 Crepis teäorum.
9 Achillea, Millefolium
Creeping Crowfoot.
Ray Grafs, or perennial
Darnel.
Meadow foft Grafs.
Self-heal.
Hard Fefcue Grafs.
Marfh Agroftis.
Creeping, or Dutch Clover.
Smooth Succory Hawkweed.
Yarrow.
Rumex acetofa. Common Sorrel Dock.
i Daueus carota. Wild Carrot. _
• Medicago lupulina. Black-feeded Medick, Trefoil,
or Nonfuch.
1 Poterium fanguiforba. Burnet,
i Fefluca duriufcula. Hard Fefcue Grafs.
> Avena flavefeens: Yellow Oat Grafs.
Turf from Ringmer Down.'
Turf from Glynd Hill.
1 Medicago lupulina. Black-feeded Medick, Trefoil,
or Nonfuch.
2 Achillea Millefolium. Yarrow.
3 Poa pratenjis. Smooth-ftalk'd Meadow
Grafs.
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Linum catharticum.
Scabiqfa columbaria.
Omithopus perpufllhis
Avena flavefeens.
Fefluca duriufcula.
Trifolium repens.
Hypochceris radicata.
Crepis teäorum.
Lotus corniculata.
Juncus campeftris.
Hieracium pilofella.
Fefluca ovina.
Thymus Serpyllum.
Pöa pratenjis.
Purging Flax.
Sheeps Scabious.
Bird’s-foot.
Yellow Oat Grafs.
Hard Fefcue Grafs.
Creeping or Dutch Clover.
Long-rooted Hawkweed.
Smooth Succory Hawkweed,
Bird’s-foot Trefoil.
Hairy Rulh.
Moufe-ear Hawkweed.
Sheeps Fefcue Grafs.
Wild Thyme.
Smooth-ftalk’d Meadow
Grafs.
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;a y i i § i « continue in the ground “ „ r eT th e unprofitable and noxious plants are thereby benefited!
very little worth. | of folly to fnppofe that manure [hall produce good plants if *
n o ? o t h e r s , will grow widf their growth and firengthen with
“ f lu fit is not this kind of weeds alone which,
“ i “ “ i * ' « ■ ■ ■ i y . r h . a ' . ' i T . a
pmafture, or immprove What irs alrenady ° aum^ u! X Tm. \ C ‘momfVmTnd7 ed as'wmhen his lanmd is ^ once 94
leaking.
i We have ofteiy had the lingular pleafure of oblerving this Grafs fnnn u •, ,1 , -
Ind expofe its delicate yellow ftamina, and ftill more dflicate Piftilla ; and in this f i l S S t ‘o'5 G.lumes’
iokn hn vtherey f dtriufffelruernet ofatc eth iasn du felefualn tsr itboe inovf itpel athntes ,S thued ecnant ntoo itt sf einlevfetf tiognoet iomi, o• rea nDd r0wnoeulrcWff r I„IBn,' ,to <1 »»mSep a'cCquulaa i.Pntuetd»
p»uanlaifdiicna taiolmn owft heivcehr y awrea tpeerycu dliiatcr hto, fltohwe eGrinragf fferso, mla rtghee ebneoguingnhi ntog tboe tdhieft ienncdt lvo f Summed’ a ndd 'h J’-illH11 M 8 | d fo expofed as to be vifible without the trouble of Ifleffion. 7 m n 1 th! e nha<k^ epdarl;s of
■ Modern Botanifts feem much divided whether they fhould confider this as a Poa or R f e , A. H
fo us that we Ihould m the leaft advance our favourite Science hv • Jtuca% lC does not appear
i f Linnjecs, although we are by no means fatisfied with his generit cfaraflfrs"of thtCrafl-' MBbS' tllat
|rfuaded, that future obfervations, and a more accurate attention to the minute parts of t h e f t g S g iB B i i
■ lace thofe Genera m a much clearer point of view than has yet been done by any autfior. " ““ “ ««on, .will
■ profeffor Oeder, in his Flora Danica, and the celebrated Schreber in his
Lm a figure of this Grafs. As we have not feen it growing either in Denmark Ap EOaTOGI1A,’HIA> have both
■ , figures do not exprefs its particular mode of growth in fhofe countries < but^hev^o not r’ WC Can“0 t.% tha£
iMor0e. ,o„r. elert os fi gnrcoliwneindg. heTreh isI,n hboowthe vthere,i r ifsi gau rmesa dttSer P oafn incole g irse raetp mreofemnmendt q■ uai tdee uvrin-n g-LS X r .“ S • V s ? ’u■ ' taSl,whaah>i'st
1 " f the m,nutt P f *I of 'hefrudification is a matter of L c h greater ^nfequence, tn d « t ' fo rrv [of i f t '
m m l ' G7 are 7 dtnlS‘y 1 !>0U0m and much billed a, K l w M M H
| e remains of ^the^tyk^^nd^whicl^in a^eculTar'mmine^r djflingui^fli^rhis^ ^°P,op ^^feed^w^cl^are
■ |eerr Faleonr aw Dhaonlliyc ao m^iSttteyd.l e s are likiwife f S h red d “ W M MMermmen, B,ansd Mthe MSqua mhuel,ad °eaSt Kthe bafe of t t1e1
■ This Grafs is found t0 fae of uonfiderable importance in the (economy of Nature.
B ‘ IM S
4,1, us, however, it. is aiwayf found on adifemnt Grafs ^ j l Z p L i f ? ^ m this Species;
ijirli the particular manner of finding it, we fliall give under that (Cafs. / ^ ™ W “Ur P° Its hiftory,
f ° £ H3" 16 £his Grafs,
get at its fweet young Ihoots, which appear .eariieAhan thofe of moft’ other G m fef ‘nt° ^ by endeaTOurinS to
. .ftthi!s rg°ra!lfs,0 rt.KhKeA l,e,'aMve’ sM of whiiclhB theyl eIati w Pitahr tg orefa St weeadgeenr,n eofbs fervOend tthhie* Shwe ine logo a great wav i11n tt0o tthbe waf.e r afrf er
^B‘‘fveams,e gthraefys dartiee dit : leheem amccgolrvd iwngitlhy hasa dm fnmrhal l abnunnpdhlie*s ooe f i.i, t gaih1e mrd*, dri,e d,’ a^,d ait bDelff0o1r ee ^thLe'mm , tthl eW c°oUn lfe qWuen ^ce
M atl^fwamPy places might be rendered ufeful, and a pelt deal of M r^ & ^ fa v S !” ^ CUlti''at',’S this
£
I H p B H H I Hponant a fubjed required, 7 P P s. ““ t <hew a great want of that minute attention which fo
i a n r i meadows in that county are confiderab.y improved
ccSitinued rains and'hv ^ . . 11611 c •e ftaPPens to be an unufual quantity, from violent or Inner
■ 1 b u T w e H t° i tr“ Ch oa0r,f r,J)eSj the furplus water fo as to —
» is immediately \egottenf Althaughlris I c o n a w lm ^ ’ "h °c f"Perreded> or that flotefefcue
wjlfsr, ,t is no lefs a conftant pradi?eSwith f„rb -4 w m m Wl£h the farmers to flood their meadows H U
■ «»»ding can no o S ew a v f A W'i '? haVC g°u°d ? ° ? s of Grafs>t0 manufo H with dung or °4 let of weeds, it mull c e S v fwour ' h? / f 1 which th'E S™w ; and if it deftroys
Option are deftroyed by the alteration which nnwTlr °^)anot.^er* !ƒ thofe plants which throve beft in a dry
"'ll proportionably flourilh I f the fot* f f /*akeS P aCe “? ^ 4 t^10^e which are fond of a moift fituation
'hf »..improvement, or thank Mr. Kent for g ifin^ h™ ’ fuch an‘ hbt eVe’ ^ G e i l tW wiU tl'i‘>k
Æ a fe7 fenfible Farmer at Rufcomb, in Berklhire, aflhred him that
■ I » kind m m £ f?'“rM l » was■ by his ftther when he was L boy, was covered
f ^ ailjlr.other^bod ; and’ dlat^yfeMed^more^flian’ rh g°°d heart fromApril to the end o f harveft withou^glving
„ I J® proved to be th e X " ° n - , ? “ a M . at M re. brought me fome of thf
1 1 ' . 3 fo good pafture for horte^ l C ^ ^ ^ 13 .Ia.ft c°ntributes much towards
«if 1,kely to grow to a great lentrrh 1% $ j B K h ? r°°tS at the Jomts of the ftalks, and there- i iB K H m — I
Upon