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chiefly from France, L nited States, Germany, Denmark, Chile, 

 Yrgentine, Russia, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Austria-Hungary. 

 The production from 6,770,173 acres in England and Wales 

 in the same year waa for " Hay from Clover, Sainfoin and Grasses 

 under rotation/' 60,683,123 cental-, and for "Hay from Per- 

 manent Grass" or "Meadow Hay," 142,088,889. 



Many more grasses of value, though more or le> only of local 

 importance, and often only substitutes for better plants, might 

 be enumerated. To mention one or two exaniph > of this kind 



we have Bice Grass, ' " Sea Rice," or M Sedge n (Spurt inn 

 alterniflora, Loisel), a grass used primarily for mud-binding ; 

 but which is cut regularly for fodder in the neighbourhood of 



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Southampton (see K.B. 1907, p. 194); "Marram Grass 

 (Auimophila arundinacea, Host.), a sand-binding plant common 

 on the sandy shores of Britain, introduced to Victoria in 1883. 

 originally for sand-binding; but which has since been found of 

 value also for fodder in the localities where it has been estab- 

 lished (1. c. 1897, pp. 211-217; 1913, p. 364) and M Spire Reed " 

 or "Common Reed" (Phrag mites communis, Trin.), common 

 in marsh-lands in Britain, the young tops of which have been 

 recommended for feeding stock in hard times (see Sp. Leaflet, 

 No. 34, 1915, " Autumn & Winter Fodder," pp. 2-3). But, for 

 these and for further information on those already mentioned, 

 the following works may be referred to: — 



Kew Bulletin.--" Tropical Fodder Grasses," 1894, pp. 373- 

 387; 1895, pp. 209-211: 1896, pp. 115-118. "The Grasses of 

 British Somnliland," 1907. pp. 203-228. " Australian Grasses," 

 1908, pp. 21-29. "Economic Notes on Transvaal Grasses," 

 1911, pp. 158-161. 



"A List of the Grasses of North "Western India: Indigenous 

 and Cultivated," J. F. Duthie, pp. 1-47 (Roorkee 1883). 



" Illustrations of the Indigenous Fodder Grasses of the Plains 

 of North Western India," idem, Part i., Plates i.-xl. (Roorkee, 

 1886), Part ii., Plates xli.-lxxx. (Roorkee, 1887). 



A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales," F. Turner, 

 pp. 1-57 (Govt. Printer, Sydney, 1890). 



" Australian Grasses," idem, vol. i., pp. i.-xxxviii and 1-58 

 (Govt. Printer, Sydney, 1895). 



"The True Grasses," E. Haekel : translated from "Die 

 Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien," by F. Lamson-Scribner & E. A. 

 Southworth, pp. 1-228 (Constable & Co., Westminster, 1896). 



"Economic Grasses." F. Lamson-Scribner, U.S. Dept. of 



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Agric. Div. of Agrostology, Bull. No. 14, 1898, pp. 1-85. 



"A Manual of the Grasses of New South Wales," J. H. 

 Maiden, pp. 1-195, illustrated, with notes of " Value as Fodder" 

 (Govt. Printer, Sydney, 1898). 



"The Chief Species, Races, and Varieties of European 

 Cereals," J. Percival, pp. 1-12, illustrated by 28 sheets of dried 

 specimens (Headley Bros., Kent and London, 1902). 



"Literature on the Races of Rice in India," Agricultural 

 Ledger, No. 1, 1910, pp. 1-334; Second half, pp. 335-594 

 (Calcutta, 1910 & 1911). 



"The Corn Crops : A Discussion of Maize. Kafirs, and Sor- 

 ghums as grown in the United States and Canada," E. G. 



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