ON AGRICULTURE.&

If, then, a plot of ground were filled with the roots of this fort of tree, and the ftems cut over clofe by the ground, a great number of thefe herbaceous fhoots would {pring up from every one of thefe{tems, which might be cut over with a fcythe at any timé in fummer, with as great eafe as a crop of clover; and might either be made into hay, or confumed green, as fhould be moft convenient for the farmer. Thefe fhoots{pring up much earlier in the fea- fon than red clover, and might be cut once, twice, or thrice in a feafon, as{hould beft fuit the purpofes of the owner.

The roots would continue to increafe in fize, and the annual fhoots in vigour, for many years, and yield fucceflive crops without any additional trouble or ex- pence,—if it fhould be found, upon trial, that the hay or grafs.(if I may ufe that phrafe) was of a valuable fort.

Nearly the fame thing might be faid of

is a more beautiful tree, but would not anfwer the pur- pofes here required near fo wel] as the other.

Thefe trees, after they are ten or twelve years old, produce abundance of feeds, which{pring up as readily as crefles, if fowed ina good foil.

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