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filiforme : Lotus corniculatus, major, hispidus : Ervum hirsutum, 
tetraspermum ; Vicia cracca, sepium, lutea, sativa: Lathyrus 
pratensis ;—in all thirty-four species ; and most of them in 
profusion.” 
C. A. Jouns. 
Tussack Grass, (Dactylis cespitosa), Forst. 
This remarkable grass of the Falkland Islands, the most 
productive perhaps, and the most luxuriant of all agricultural 
grasses, if sown or planted in a suitable locality, has, we 
Tejoice to say, succeeded perfectly in the Island of Lewis, 
one of the Hebrides. It has flowered, ripened seed, and 
sown itself; and Mr. Matheson, the spirited and philanthropic 
possessor of that large island, has sent us leaves of it 5 feet 
long, nearly as long as any produced in its native country. 
The perennial tufts attain a very large size: hence the name 
Siven by our voyagers of Tussack Grass. See for an account 
of this grass, vol. 2, p. 280 and 298, Tas. 9 and 10, &c. of 
this Journal. 
Notes of a Continental Tour in the years 1846-7; extracted 
from letters addressed to the Editor by a botanical friend. — 
(Continued from p. 54). 
Geneva, June 16, 1847. 
sais : Since we left Florence in the beginning of March, I have 
Visited many Italian botanists, and botanical establishments ; - 
?nd, in general, there has appeared to me a considerable 
impulse given to the science in a progressive direction. _ 
Botany is not now restricted to the nice distinction of — 
Species and forms, and to their. distribution. among 
bui» Tl. "There is a growing desire to fom general 
herbaria, to arrange them as well as the nical gard 
