X TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



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Upright Sea Lyme Grass (Elymus Arenarius) 75 



Specific character — Termed the surgar-cane of Britain — Pur- 

 poses for "which it is generally employed — Introduced and 

 cultivated 



CHAPTER XXX. 



HrNGAEiAN Grass (Setaria Germauica 76 



Specific character — Direction for its successful cultivation ; 

 a highly satisfactory experiment made with it this season, 

 1875. 



PART SECOXD. 



CHAPTER I, 



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JyTRODrCTION TO ArTXFICIAL Gr ASSES 79 



The artificial grasses mostly belonging to the pulse family of 

 plants — Length of time of their being cultivated in Eng- 

 land — Supposed first important introduction of Red 

 clover into this country — Gypsum first used in Pennsyl- 

 vania as a fertilizer — First mention of Mammoth clover — 

 Species of Red clover cultivated at present in England — 

 Species and varieties in this country — Substitutes for 

 clover grown in England, many of which are successfully 

 cultivated in America. 



CHAPTER II. 



Common Red Clover, Marl Grass (Trifolium Pratense 83 



Specific character, analysis — Red clover in all parts of Eu- 

 rope and Siberia — Special directions for its successful 

 cultivation — Ireland produces tlie finest natural grasses of 

 any part of Europe — Action of clover in increasing the 

 fertility of soils — Quantity of seeds sown per acre, and 

 wei^jBt of seeds per bushel. 



CHAPTER III. 



Perennial Red Clover (Trifolium Pratense Perenne) 86 



Remarks — Perennial varieties later in flowering than the an- 

 nuals; the former preferred for laying down lands to grass- 

 Experience offarmers with the Mammoth red — Quantity of 

 seed sown per acre. 



