OBSERVATIONS ON GRASSES. ^S^ 



Genus the eleventh. M<?««/^/« HAIR. Tal/. 4. 



The fame may be faid of this grafs as of the 

 foregoing. It grows in great plenty on Bag- 

 jQiot heath. 



Silver HAIR. Tal;, 5. 

 This alfo is found on the fame kind of paf- 

 fture as the two foregoing. 

 Genus the fourteenth. Grea^ and narrow-leaved 

 MEADOW. "Tab. 6. 



Thefe grafles are common in our befl mea- 

 dow grounds, and i believe make good paflure 

 and hay. 



ADDITION. / have found them frequently 

 en banks by the roadfide^ and yiear ditches^ even 

 where they were not to be found in the adjoyning 

 meadows^ andpajiures. 



Annual MEADOW, fab, 7. 



This grafs makes the fineft of turfs. It grows 

 every where by way fides, and on rich found 

 commons. It is called in fome parts the Suffolk 

 grafs. I have i^tn whole fields of it in High Suf- 

 folk without any mixture of other gralTes, and 

 as fome of the befl ialt butter we have in London 

 comes from that county, it is mofl likely to be the 

 befl grafs for the dairy. I have feen a whole park 

 in Suffolk covered with this grafs, but whether 

 it affords good venifon i cannot tell, having 

 never tailed of any from i^:. I fliould rather 



think 



