The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-10-23
IEspIDasA STRATA

- This is the botanical name of new plant. which
. has attracted general attention in this and adjof
. ing States, Many persons hnve designated tia.
wiId clover and reference is made its pasturage
: qualities an nm able article upon "Shecp Hus-
.bandry, published last week from the pen of Col.
Wars, of Lnurens District. In recent in
teryiew with this gentleman, We we're agrecably
entertained by an account of his observations of
. The plant IN this State and Georgia Being salts
!. fed that all our farming friends arc anxious to
know something of the. origin and properties Of
this new Plant, We are induced to lend sufficient
sspace;in our editorial columns to reproduce the
report Of n committee to the Richmond County Ag-
ricultnral Club in Augusta, Georgia, giving such
"details astIe committee hadin possession respect
:. ing this spportune, fertilizer:
:. Some years ago the undersigned first noticed
: this;weed lthe Eespidasa,) in some places the
9oadsides In Georgia. VI c;did not give any par
SECULAR attention. is only since it has dissem-
mated itself so widely and SO rapidly, that it at
,tyrcfed general attention, and was recently made
tho subject of q thorough investigation by the
Club. It seems MOTTO be felished much by any
cattle although tits said that, in some localities,
:acattle will feed upon it. s,s.s.-:as
is q native Of China and Japnp, from whence
csme so many valuable additions TO our native
Cora, as, for instance, the chna6erTy (melia ase-
daracb, The paarionia the stercueum Japan var
snish, the lengerst emiu, the cameltid, and host
of flowers and shrubs. It will be seen by the able
report of Col Rains that it may prove not be al
together worthless intruder, as it contains many
elements of fertilizng matec which may eventually
prove beneficial to be turned uuderby the plow
ms greensod, for future crops as is the case with
clover, cowpeas, &C., &c. 49, .'se
. Considering the structure of the seed, and its
I1nfinessto be carried at distances by the wind
AS is tie case with the seed of the thistle the ca
ycacuu1, and other winged or feathered seeds. we
Tasyswell be surprised to witness its rapid propa.
.gation. Sirlce the time We first saw it has taken
. nossession of immense tracts of waste land, old
fields, forests aud road sides. The probability is,
that the seed, being minute and light, it sticks in
wet places and seasons, TO the feet of cattc, sheep
and all kind of animals add is thus carried great
: distances. II may be also that, being parposedly
OK accidentally consumed by cattle or birds, the
sseed passes, like SO many other seeds, uninjured
F" through the digestive apparatus, and is thus de-
posted ut great distances and in places most re-
mole. Having no means at present to ascertain
the useful OF baneful effect of the plant upon our
fields and pastures, where it israpidly snpersedng
most our native grasses whenever il takes fairly
: hald.of the soil, we must confne ourselves to the
history of its origin, its botanical character and
It's chemical elements.
Not having been able to examine the flower,
which is noIr fast coming out and the seed which
r;pens in the fall, wrote to friend, Mr.. II. w.
RayeDel,, our distinguished botanist and we can
no better than to avail ourselves of his remarks
aDoctor Chapman (says Mr. R informed me
that ne had it from Macon, Ca, that he saw it q
yearsor two ago at his return from The North, first
at. Vest Point on tie Chattahoochee, thence along
the road to Columbus, and down the river to Eu
fala. ..It seems to be al through our Southern
/. States, along the line of woods, and near towns
land villages. tits perennial plant, and spreads
itself by its seeds. Enclosed is small specimen,
with mature fruit collected last fall, that you may
!. see esmal diskike legumes. 1t is not yet included
..iwany of our works on Botany. DR.. Chapman
the author. of the Flora of the Southern States
: published just before the war, to whom sent
\ specimens a year ago. did not know its name, but
:. had seen it stated above. He supposed it new
: species am indebted to Prof. Gray, of Cam.
(. Bridge, for giving me the name. which he was
enabled TO do by comparison with his East India
collections::n
With these remarks we must conclude. Salts
fled to have called she attention of the public tc
<this immigrant in hopes that experiments may be
tried: m order to ascertain whether it is good fol
nything or only troublesome intruder. Its
wonderful rapid propagation, and the fact that i,
Kills or supersedes our native graminees wherever
It gets possession of the so makes this a subject
well worthy of further and careful investigation
II found worthless one consolation remains, tha,
ir, that it can easily beuprooted and DESTROYED by
plowing:o hoeing. As fur as the eye is concerned
it makes certainly one;of the finest green carpet:
that,can be found, d,2and insects seem not 10 liy,
upon,it We remarked, on the contrary that the,
seem to keep away fromit. 1t is perhaps thu
only Southern plant that could give us an idea o
"The green messy bank near murmuring brook.
Such as we find them in England, and here il
She novels only

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