The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-10-14
From The Sentinel.

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gi An article appeared in The March l86s)
number of"s l'he Land We Love" from
the pen OF Hon. II. w. Rayenel. Of AIKEN,
5. c., giving an account Of this plant, and
anolher was published in the September
1868 number OF that most excellent agri-
cultur4 journal. The Southern Planter
and Farmer printed IN Richmond. Va,
,v,i,ien by Rev. Il. 5. w. Mott. OF Sher-
rails Ford, Catawbs county. N. c.
lfuhat is sald ot IL be true, it is des-
tined 10 be uf imnrnse value 10 this South,
.rn country. as a pas;urage and forage
nlant. and also as ieriilizer FOR the impo-
s5.xr,shrd lands, and the sooner IT'S cultisa-
non becumes general the better.
So FAR as knoWn, IL is an Eastern piint.
native OF Japan. China. &c.
Itwas found and exactly described by
rhunberg, in his . flura Japonlca." III
1884. lie, ii that time. cl.ssed II with the
Hsdysarums. Afterwards, it was descrlb,
ell b, ilooker aud Arnott. IN " Botany oi
lBerchey's Voyage ss Lespedexa S,riata,
l,om collections II ade 10 CHINA aud Japan.
Mr. Rayenel says: !" We haze speci-
men lrom Hung Kong, which j. identical
With this Sualh Caruliua plant"
ii was anknuwn to The earlier B,tanists
nj this country, aud has only been obsers-
Ell during the last eighteen o. twents years,
Ii wa, lound by Mr.. Ravenrl, about ls4g
or 1851, near Charlestan, ). g. and ~
4Bsrkiey, forty miles higher up. and b. 9th,
rrs. IN other localities OF thai State. ten oI
IiII.en Years sIBce.
Prof.. Darby found il at Altoona. Ga.
about ten years since, and two or three
wears later Dr. Metialer culiecled sprci.
snrns ia. the streets.oi Macon. Ga. IL can
thus be traced back eighteen or twenty
ssars. How il was introduced is pol
knosn; probably BY vessels from the. East,
eru " Norlj. .s..s ss
Il has spread very rapidly during The las
six or eight yeas, aud j. now iound al
through South Carolins, Georgia, AIsba-
una and pDrti0ns Of Florida aud Mlssissip.
III. and - far North as Mecklrnbarg. Lin
soin. Ca,awba anil Rowan counties, in hi,
slate, aud has attracted general attention
in those sections Where IL has = jonesli.
.fcatsd' itself.
Prifec: adaptation TO our soil and climate
seem 10 be one ol is characteristics, which
isiullY shown BY ilsrapid sell propagation
and ii il probable that, will very little ei'
lort, every land owner could In short time
have an aOundant supply d pasturage And
iurage. " ...t I'M =e. ..ftf,
Rev. T. s, W. Mutt says: !" Il viii grow
uhei ever Tie seed happens % TALL. A.
proof Of this, IN Msich last, 1 scattered
Snme or the seed On aseiy small spot b
Tie poorest ground TO be found on an ol,
worn ou, and long absndoned held. and i
grew there 50 vigorously, ihai, nstwitli
standing the severe drought NO had Of ii,
90 eight weeks Duration. It isinow isirl,
promising, as i; does every where else i
takes hold, TO ran, oot sedge grass and 9th
e. useless camberrs Of the ground! Th,
South, then, has 10 this plant direct ant
fruitful source of wealth."
IN was cts, made known 10 the public b,
The Augusta (Ga.) Agricultural Clsb. u
1857, aud since then its value has been Sc
forth BY many newspapers and praminen
sgricuitprisIs IN those sections where il ha
become abundant and well known. Mr.
w,n. Summer. Of Pamasia. Lexing,ol
W District. 5. O., says: " Sheep ard cat,I'
Iaiien upon ", and sheep have su5sis,r,
nearly all winter where il grew among Ii,
pine ll,ickets. My cattle this season wa
a. "a. upon il as upon The brsl pea sfelds."
Nj, James Caldwell, Newbury District
says: !" II fenvyat.s old lands when iurnrt
{, under. Il is ada,irable for preser,in,
lands from washing, aud | think cail b.
used TO drive oul the nut grass" e.s''
Col. Gage, OF Union, ~, O., writes
s. Coming IN just al this time l0ct.) iuxu
sriautiy, when nearly all The native grass,
are dying out, il answers a guud purpose
Cattle feed upon Il voraciously."al q
Mr. Jew, Watts, of Laafens District
5. G., says: |" i regard Il as one Of tht