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Common Poa. The cicumdance of its flouriih- 

 ing fo much when almoft condantly overflown* 

 feems to premife, that it will prove a mod valuable 

 grafs for water meadows. It flowGrs the beginning 

 of June, though fomething later than the former, 

 and ripens the beginning of July. The panni- 

 cle and (talks may not be permitted to (land till 

 they are dry like the former, but mud be gathered 

 before the feeds are fcarcely ripe, or the greateft 

 part of them will be fcattered on the ground. 



Ithly. The Sheep's Fescue. 



I apprehend this to be the mod valuable graft 

 of all. It was obferved to grow and thrive on 

 lands o f all qualities and in all fituations, from 

 the dried upland padures, to the very moid parts 

 of meadows. It does not part with its feeds till 

 fome time after they are ripe, and even quite dry. 

 It makes the thicked and clofed pile of any * of 

 them, and fends up but few flower-dalks in pro- 

 portion to its leaves. I am almod perfuaded, 

 that this grafs will hereafter become as generally 

 cultivated as Ray-grafs is at prefent. It flowers 

 in June, and is ripe in July. 



%th!y. The Meadow Fescue. 



This was found univcrfally in meadows and 

 rich padures ; it is rather a coarfe grafs, and does 



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