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production nearly equal to those of the Dacti/lis and Alopc" 

 citrus ; for my Rye-grass would not catch the scythe a second 

 time, before June 21st, while the other two were equally for- 

 ivard a third time on the 2Cth : whence, and also from its 

 thinness, I consider Rye-grass as very unprofitable for pasture, 

 though the superior quality of its hay may compensate for the 

 defect in quantity. 



VI. HoLCtrS LANATUS. 



Of this grass, commonly called TFIiite Grass, I have always 

 entertained a better opinion than I generally find expressed 

 in our agricultural books. Some of the best crops my expe- 

 rimental plots have produced were of Holciis lanatus. 



It is not so late as the Festuca pratcnsis, and its powers of 

 reproduction, though inferior to those of the Alopecurus and 

 Dactylls, are by no means deficient. 



The White Grass is decidedly indigenous to our soil, and 

 among our most obtrusive grasses, yet it is in some respects 

 very delicate. Its seed always failed with me when sown 

 after August 29th; and lonce absolutely lost, and, on another 

 occasion, materially injured crops o£ Holciis iinuttis, by mow- 

 ing their after-grass in December, while my Alopecurus, Dac- 

 tylls, and Festuca, have been mowed for seven years, at the 

 same season, without sustaining any injury. 



VII. POA 



