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is the produce of a kindred species, which sometimes springs up 
where bird cages have been cleaned. 
Alopecurus agrestis. Slender Foxtail-grass. 
A most pernicious weed, and great pest of southern farmers, 
who call it “black bent.” Fortunately it is of rare occurrence 
here. I never saw it in a growing state except on the ballast-hills 
at Silloth, and there only in trivial quantity. 
Alopecurus geniculatus. Floating Foxtail-grass. 
Commonly found in moist places, about the edges of pools, and 
places where water has stood during winter. Even where it is the 
staple of the herbage, it seems to be little relished by either cattle 
or sheep. Its nutritive quality is inferior. 
Alopecurus pratensis, Meadow Foxtail-grass. 
This grass forms a constituent in most of our richest natural 
pastures, and is remarkably early in flowering. I have seen its 
flower-spikes well developed on the 24th April, growing in tufts in 
the Railway Cutting, near Aspatria, when no other grass had even 
sprouted. One of the most nutritious of our grasses; and would 
probably have come extensively into cultivation, but for one draw- 
back—it does not attain to its fullest produce much under four 
years’ growth. 
Phieum pratense. Meadow Cat’s-tail-grass. 
Better known locally as Timothy-grass. A very valuable grass, 
frequently the object of cultivation. Like the foregoing, its feeding 
qualities are excellent ; and when the seed is ripe, are at their 
fullest development, which is seldom the case with other grasses. 
Though forming superior hay, the aftermath is inconsiderable. 
Phieum arenarium. Sea Timothy-grass. 
A slender, insignificant-looking member of the Cat’s-tail family ; 
seldom more than six inches high ; which I have observed along 
the shore, at intervals, from Silloth to Whitehaven. 
Sesleria cerulea. Blue Moor-grass. 
Abundant about Fell-End and the Side woods in Ennerdale, 
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