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121&#93; n ar mind un com m only vigoroui : tho' be had from hi | imbibed an mvincible prejudice against all and its administrators. lVi'. 1. 1,, or ImI'-uhi, L a na- tive genus of plants producing four • ■• ■ l. 'IU- /uTone, or Red Darnel, or Ray-grass, which grows on road - and dry pastures ; it attains the* height of two feet, and flowers in June. As it makes good hay upon dry, chalk}-, Of sandy soils, it deserves to be cultivated, espe- cially with clover : It springs ear- lier than the other grasses; thus supplying food for cattle, at a sea- son when it is most difficult to be obtained. But, though it is eagerly eaten when young, it is too dry and hard when converted into hay, by itself. Mr. Sways e hints in his " Gramina PascticT (a most valuable publication for practical farmers, who wish to obtain a com- plete knowledge of the different p^ture-grasses); that the common cultivated ray-grass had probably, by frequent sowing, degenerated from its natural qualities, and that it was in many respects inferior to that growing naturally in our best meadows and pastures. Mr. Pacey, an enlightened agriculturist, has lately raised a variety of ray-grass from seeds collected in old pas- tures, and has now multiplied it to such extent, as to sell annually a considerable quantity at the price of 10s. 6d. per bushel. It has, by the most competent judges, been proved to be infinitely superior to the cultivated ray-grass, and he has sufficient demand for his whole produce. — The red darnel is eaten by cows, horses, and sheep ; but goats do not relish it. 2. The temulentum, or Bearded Darnel, a poisonous plant, which DAY [in ■ in plough) d lands among barley and flax. It 6 and August. — Linnjbus observes, that the seed-, of this plant, when mixed with bread-corn, produce but little effect, un! be cairn hot ; bul if malted barley, the beer becomes more in- toxicating ; and we may add, the drinking of it is attended with tem- porary blindness. According to the corresponding account of va- rious authors, the bread made of c >rn abounding with these seeds, and eaten frequently, produces, giddiness, anxiety, vomiting, purg- ing, violent colics, convulsions, palsy, delirium, and death. Hence thil plant ought to be carefully ex- tirpated, by weeding, before it runs to seed. — Sheep are not fond of it. 3. The arutiise, or White Dar- in-;, or annual Beardless Darnel, which flowers in July, and is not frequent in fields. It is, however, sometimes very injurious to a wheat- crop, but may be easily avoided, by previously separating it from the seed. 4. The bromoides, or Drank; wild Oat-grass ; or bea Darnel. It grows on loose sands, near the sea coasts, and flowers in Mayor June. — Both the last mentioned species are not possessed of any peculiar properties. Date : See Patm-tree. DAY, in general, signifies that space of time during which it con- tinues to be light, in contradistinc- tion to night, or me period of darkness, while the sun is illumin- ing the other hemisphere. Hence, the rising and setting of the sun are usually considered as the extent of the day, and the time that elapses from its setting to its rising again, as the night. In