The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-01-04
PAYABLE EARLY.

the san species l.. growth Is SO fap'd
that IN Jamaica. il bears b-in. cut severa,
times in the year but the FIRE Is generally
made 10 pass through i, just before he
rainy season, 10 destroy is old stems, &c.
blu, many roots sill survive, ard Offsets are
furnished for new plantations. IL grows So
. high in good land, that mules in dry wealth.
er who have been hid and lost in II, have
persisted for want ofwater. Il succeeds at
the same line in poor and rocky soils, and
in waste places. !, will grow in the drier
lowlands in trenches but it fonrishes moN
in the inner and billy parts of the country.
For the lower situations which are wet, q
grass Called Scotch grass. takes Its place
though mach inferior 10 the Guinea grass
in lis qualities.
The Guinea grass is not only found ns-
tive IN Guinea, whence It drew lie origin a.
regards the people oil jamaica /; but II has
been seen by Bruce IN other parts OF Africa
and the British have cultivated il in some
Of their East India possessions, besides in.
Producing il into other oi,heir Yves, India
!, auds, as well as Jamaica
DR.. Samue. Browne cii,s the authority
i M. Brysn Edwards, in his history Of
The British West Indies, and OF Willich's
Domestic Encyclopedias. in favor ri this
grass and tells US that he late Mr.. Htnry
Laurens, OF South Carolina, (wbo was son Of
a foi mt President Of Congress.) was one
ofihe first to int, oduce il into the y. States.
Dr. s. Browne himself, with his oserseer.
md some Of his acquaintance, sllerwsrds
cuisa,ed j, with singular success and profit.
Dr.. Mease. Of Philadelphia, The AmrIi
can Editor of Willich's Eoc, cl pedia, and
he original auibor ot various works publish
ID in this country, in d POSTSCRIPT, to DR..
Browne. paper in the ~. m,irs Of the Phil.
adeiphia Agricultural Society, farther re-
iets 10 accounts given j.. Brow Civil and
Natural History Of Jamaica, published in
London, in 1855 ; also 10 others given by
DIR. Msrlyn, leareed and experienced ED-
glish botanist and again 10 olhe-s furnish
ed by NJ. CoI.ea dc Sierra, we'll kDo~n
naturalist oil very extensive infol alton.
SOW miniser from Portugal 10 this country.
DR.. Mcas- further quotes the papers Of the
Bath aid West Ct England Su.ie,y, Vol.
5. and also Young's Annals OF Agriculture.
Vol. and 49, in favor Of this plan. We
add lastly that oil accounts agree as to its ex-
uaordinary fa'tening Pr oper'ie'.
As tega,ds the Southern ard w, stern
States OF our Union, the evidence given to
us goes to establish an opinion highly in fa-
sor Of the utility Of this plant, as having
qusli'ies and merits far surprising those of
clover and Timothy grass.-On the Missi-
,ippi particularly, we Learn, iha, II can he
Gu from 4 to lines IL one season that il
has been known 10 gov frequently : apd
inches in - hours f; that II is eaten by
horses ind cattle, both ss grass and hay, wi h
extraordinary eagerness end tina, j, is very
nu,ri'ious The produce oil less than Gre QUAR-
ter Of an acre having as IS said) led ors
horses through a SUMNER lie Jsmaica
accounts add, that !, equi' es but CIT weed
Ing. and ,ha, il does no. particularly exhaust
the soil.
ITO be continued