30 PERBENNIAL RYE GRASS. 



seed and fifteen pounds of mammoth clover seed per 

 arce, witli his spring or winter grain; nearly double 

 that quantity if sown alone. A bushel of good fair 

 Orchard grass seed should weigh 15 pounds to the 

 bushel, cut during the season that intervenes be- 

 tween the flowering and forming of seed. 



CHAPTER III. 



PERRENNIAL RYE GRASS. 



Lolium Perrenne — Specific Character. 



Roots, perrennial; glume, shorter than the spike- 

 let; flowers, 8 to 10; awnless or sometimes short 

 awned. Flowers in June and ripens seeds in July. 



Way's Analysis. 



Of 100 parts as taken green from the field, June 8th. 



"Water 71.43 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 3.37 



Tatty matter 91 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, &c. ... 12.08 



Woody fibre 10 06 



Mineral matter or ash 2.15 



100.00 

 In 100 parts of the grass dried at 212^ Fahr. 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 11.85 



Fatty matters 3.17 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, &c . . .. 42.24 



Woody fibre 35.20 



Mineral matter or ash 7.54 



100.00 



Perrennial Rye Grass {Lolium Perrenne) contains 



upwards of sixty varieties some of which are annual. 



