ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

TO THE SECOND VOLUME.

To be read after Line 25, Page 585.—In Norfolk they never drill peafe at a greater diftance than nine inches. When they are dibbled they plant two rows on a flag, fo that they cannot be above four inches from each other.

To be read ofter Line 16, Page 595.—It is the cufiom in Norfolk to dibble beans in the fame manner as the peafe,&c. except that they never fet more than one hole ona flag. The plants are perhaps eight inches afunder, but are rarely buried above an inch. They turn fheep in when the beans are two or three inches high, to crop any grafs which may have got up between the furrows. Sheep do not eat the beans, or in any degree injure them. With this mode of management they can grow from ten to fourteen coombs an acre. They always hand-hoe beans twice, and fometimes thrice. Where the ground is very ftiff and hard, they harrow once or twice ina place before they dibble.

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To be read after firft Line, Page 825.—Mr. Salifbury, the prefent proprietor of the Brompton Botanic Garden, obferves, that he fent this feafon, early in May, to the Board of Agriculture, a bundle of this grafs which was in full bloom, and at the great height of thirty-two inches; it was fown in his ground, in September 1802, by way of experiment with other kinds: the land was far from rich, and had had no manure for feveral years previous to this being cut. It has been obferved that the Alopecurus pratenfis if /own alone, and cut for hay, dries in far lefs time than any other grafs, and requires to be ricked fooner, for its quality will be injured by too long expofure. If it be mixed with other graffes, the whole will be fit for the ftack the fooner.

To be read after Line 3, Page 827.—It has been remarked by Mr. Salifbury, that this grafs is likely to be a fearce kind in cultivation, as the feed is not to be collected in

any quantity, neither does it produce it abundantly when grown on purpofe, I