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AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
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Or the vast Family of the Grasses, Nat. Ord. 
GRAMINE#, Lindley enumerates 291 genera, in- 
cluding about 3,800 species. ‘They are every- 
where the prevalent herbage and dress of the 
earth ; but probably few persons have observed 
how much the aspect of a landscape is indebted 
to their presence, especially in respect of colour. 
Many of the fine tones and shades which exer- 
cise the keen discrimination of the artist are 
produced by the varieties of grass, and even 
by the different stages of the growth of the 
plants. : 
The number of species indigénous to these 
Islands of ours is about 140; of these our 
meadows and pastures contain only about 20, 
the remainder growing in various peculiar 
situations, and only 10 or 12 forming the or- 
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