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The Festuca pratensis seems to come next in value ; this 

 grass, no doubt, fails in earliness, but some amends is made 

 by the excellence of its winter sward, whicli exhibits a fresh- 

 ness and verdure, superior to either of the others, and bears 

 the severity of weather much better. 



These three grasses also possess an advantage of great im- 

 portance, where grounds are not likely to be broken up for a 

 long time; they seem better able to contend for the possession, 

 and actually hold it longer, than any others I am acquainted 

 with. 



VOL. XI, 



