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 Briza Maxima. Great Quaking Grass. 



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CAz/jf d;//^ Order. 

 Triandria Digynia. 



Generic Cbaraclcr. 



CaL 2-valvis, multiflorus. Spicula difticha : vaivulis cordatis, 

 obtufis : interiore minuta. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



BRIZA maxima fpicuiis cordatis, {lofculis feptendecim. Linn. 



Syjl. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 115. Ait. Keiv. V. 1. 



p. 103. 

 GRAM EN tremulum maximum. Bauh Pin. 2. 

 PHALARIS pratenfis altera. Pearle GrajJ'e. Ger. emac. p. 87. 



The Graffes are in general more regarded for utility than 

 ornament, yet in the latter point of view many of them have 

 engaged the attention of the curious, and long held a place 

 in the flower-garden, to which they have a twofold claim, 

 as they not only decorate the garden when frefh, but the 

 mantle-ihelf when dry ; to thefe purpofes the prefent fpecies 

 of Briza has long been applied: Johnson tells us, in his 

 time, 1633, " it was fowen yearlely in many of the London 

 gardens." 



This fpecies, a native of Spain and Italy, bloffoms in June 

 and July, and ripens its feeds in Auguft. 



Where it has once feeded it comes up fpontancoufly, with- 

 out the trouble of fowing it; autumnal feedlings make the 

 ftrongeft plants, they are liable however to be cut off in very 

 fevere feafons ; mould that happen, fow more feed in the 

 fpring with your other annuals. 



