. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. from the north of China, was cultivated with success, but neglected during thelate wars. The greatest advantages which itpromised arose from the situations in which itwould flourish, and the fact of its not requiringmarshy lands, which are so destructive to thehealth of those who are engaged in the cultiva-tion of common rice. The 7fhus Co tin us is
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. from the north of China, was cultivated with success, but neglected during thelate wars. The greatest advantages which itpromised arose from the situations in which itwould flourish, and the fact of its not requiringmarshy lands, which are so destructive to thehealth of those who are engaged in the cultiva-tion of common rice. The 7fhus Co tin us isextensively collected from the wastes, and usedas a tanning plant, especially in the preparationof morocco leather. Woad is cultivated as a ^»substitute for indigo; the Cyperus esculentus(Jig. 69. a), and the Astragalus boeticus (6),;in substitutes for coffee ; the seeds of the latter,and the tubers of the former, being the partsused The Acer campestre, platanoides, have been tapped for sugar,and the A. saccharinum extensively cultivatedfor the same purpose, but without any usefulresult: it was found cheaper to make sugarfrom the grape. The culture of coffee, olives,indigo, and other exotics, has been tried, but failed. Book I- AGRICULTURE IN GERMANY. 99
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