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Feimgreek"; Erodium cygnorum, "Bine Erodium"; Geranium dis- 

 secitim, "Cut-leaved Geranium"; Lavatera plebeja, "Austral Holly- 

 hock"; Daucus brachiatus. "Austral Carrot"; Plantago varia, 

 " Variable Plantain " and Lotus comiculatus, " Birdsfoot Trefoil." 



Exotic Forage Plants. 

 (Non-Grasses.) 



Among tlie exotic forage plants wliieli have become acclimatized 

 Trifolium repens, or " White Clover," forms a considerable portion, 

 and in spring many pastures are white with its flowers. T. hyhridum, 

 "Alsike Clover", T. pratense, "Bed Clover"; T. fraglferurn. "Per- 

 ennial Strawberry Clover " ; are extensively grown in some localities, 

 and during the spring months make good stock forage. T. rcsupinatum, 

 " Annual Strawberry Clover " ; T. subterraneum, " Subterranean 

 Clover " ; T. tomentosum, " Woolly-headed Clover " ; T. glomoratum, 

 " Clustered Clover " ; T. incarnatum, " Carnation Clover " ; T. minus, 

 " Slender Clover " ; T. parviflorum, " Small-flowered Clover " ; T. pro- 

 cumbcns, " Yellow or Annual Hop Clover " ; T. striatum, " Knotted 

 Clover"; Medicago sativa, "Lucerne"; M. tribuloides, "Caltrop 

 Medick"; M. macvlata. "Spotted Medick"; M. denticulata. "Burr 

 Medick"; M. orbicularis, "Flat Snail Clover"; M. scutellata. "Snail 

 Clover"; M. lupulina, "Black Medick"; Mclilotus alba, "Bokhara 

 Clover"; M. parri flora, "Small-flowered Melilot " ; Poterium sangui- 

 sorba, "Salad Burnet"; Plantago lanccolata, "Ribwort Plantain"; 

 Vicia sativa, " Vetch or Tare " ; Anthyllis vulneraria, " Kidney Vetch " ; 

 Onobrychis sativa, "Sanfoin"; Trigonella ornithopioides, "Winged 

 Pea," and several other useful forage plants are now established in 

 pastures. 



Exotic Grasses. 



About 95 exotic grasses have become naturalized in many parts of 

 Victoria, and several have been extensively cultivated. Among the better 

 known is Dactylis ylomerata, " Cocksfoot Grass." It is a perennial 

 species, growing to a height of two or three feet, which flourishes on 

 moist, rich soil, and provides appetising herbage for all classes of stock 

 during the winter and spring months. It is not a suitable grass to sow 

 with others, as, owing to its rankness, it crowds out the smaller kinds. 

 To be used to most advantage, it should not be allowed to attain 

 maturity, as it then becomes a coarse tuft, and is avoided by stock when 

 other grasses are obtainable. Baron von Mueller and L. Eummel give 

 the following chemical analysis made on the late spring growth of this 

 grass, viz.: Albumen, 1.87; gluten, 7.11; starch, 1.05; gum, 4.47; sugar, 

 3.19 per cent. 



Lolium perenne, " Perennial Rye Grass," is one of the best known 

 of all the utilitarian grasses. In the colder districts this grass is a 

 valuable addition to the pastures, yielding a quantity of good herbage, 

 of which dairy cattle are particularly fond. A moist, rich, alluvial soil 

 is most suitable to its growth, and it makes capital hay. It produces 

 abundant seed, ripening about November. 



