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rank, though esteemed,in some, parts of England.—Onegrained wheat, triticum monococon, is raised in the poorestand most exposed fields in Germany ; and though it doesnot afford a very ample crop, it will grow in a soil and cli-mate where the ordinary varieties cannot be raised with ad-vantage. On one occasion, it was sown in Scotland on the12th of May. It rose on the 27th of that month, floweredon the 15th of August, and was thoroughly ripe on the 1stof October; therefore seems worthy of a trial in the High-lands of Scotland. — Spelt , triticum spclta. This species,which is much grown in the most sterile parts of Germany ,has been sown in Scotland , in a field 600 feet above the levelof the sea, and it ripened in the beginning of September..These two varieties appear well calculated for an inferiorsoil and a cold climate, as they admit of being sown inspring, and are capable of ripening in the higher parts ofthe country, in soils and situations that are unfit for the or-dinary kinds of wheat.—Smyrna wheat. This species wasbrought from Smyrna to Britanny in 1757, and is muchsown in the northern parts of France , where it gets the nameof bled de Providence, from its superior produce and fertility.One head or spike is said to produce from 150 to 200grains.
Generally, or it may almost be said universally, the diffeivent varieties of the triticum hybernum , Lammas or winterw’heat, are alone cultivated in Scotland ; although whensowing is deferred till after the month of January, the cropgets the name of spring 'wheat; and it has been already men-tioned, that the produce of spring-sown winter wheat, used asspring seed, ripens about a fortnight earlier than the pro-duce of autumnal sowing *. Summer wheat, called on the
* Winter wheat, sown in spring, after turnips, frequently fails in the southern■parts of England. That may be ow ing, .1. To the want of a sufficiency of seed,tor the quantity should not be less than from three to about four bushels per