CONTENTS 



FAQB 



THE EXTENSION OF PASTUEES 1 



THE DRAINAGE OF GRASS LAND 8 



CULTURAL PREPARATIONS 17 



THE SELECTION OF GRASSES AND CLOVERS 25 



TYPICAL PRESCRIPTIONS ^ 29 



AGRICULTURAL GRASSES iGramineee) 



Ageostis alba — VAR. STOLONIFERA (Florin, or Creeping Bent Grass) . . . 30 



Alopecurus pratexsis (Meadow Foxtail) 31 



Ammophila arundinacea, Psamma arenaria (Sea Reed, Marreni Grass, or 



Mat Grass) 34 



Akthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet-scented Vernal) 35 



AVENA FLAVESCENS (Yellow Oat Grass) 37 



Avena elatior (Tall Oat Grass) 38 



Bromus inermis (Awnless Brome Grass, or Hungarla/n Forage Grass) . . . 40 



Bromus Schrs:deri (Schrceder's Brome Grass) 40 



Q^CSsOSVRVB C^I^IAIV^ (Crested Bogstail) 41 



Dactylis GL05IERATA (Bmtgh Cocksfoot) 43 



Elymus arenarius (Sand, or Upright Sea lAjme Ghrass) 45 



Festuca pratensis (Meadow Fescue) 46 



Festuca elatior (Tall Fescue) 49 



Festuca heterophylla ( Various-leaved Fescue) 52 



Festuca ovika tenuifolia (Fine-leaved Sheep's Fescue) 53 



Festuca duriuscula (Hard Fescue) 55 



Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) 57 



LoLiUM perenne (Perennial Rye Grass) 58 



LOUUM VULGARE. L. ANNUUM (Comnwn, or Anmml Rye Grass) . . . . 64 



LOLiUM italicum (Italian Rye Cfrass) 64 



Phleum pratense (Timothy Grass, or Meadow Catstail) 68 



POA PRATENSIS (Smooth-stalhed Meadow Grass) 71 



POA TRiviALiS (Rough-stalked Meadow Grass, or Orcheston Grass) . . . . 73 



POA kejioralis sejipervirens (Hudson's Bay or Evergreen Meadow Grass) . 74 



POA SEROTiNA (Bate Meadow Grass) 75 



PoA AQUATiCA (Water-Meadow OT Sweet Reed Grass) 75 



