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of forming or improving meadows, as being larger 

 and more productive in foilage. It is hardy, strictly 

 perrennial, and thrives well, not only in wet, 

 but in dry grounds, growing in all situations. It 

 abounds in the best meadows in the best hay districts, 

 and in short, seems well calculated to supply the 

 defects of rye grass. It has also the quality of pro- 

 ducing more seeds than most of the other sorts of 

 grasses which grow rapidly and are easily gathered. 

 No plant, whatever, deserv^es more the attention of 

 the farmer than this, it being of certain growth, easy 

 culture, productive and remarkably sweet. It will 

 thrive in either dry or wet soils, an advantage which 

 most others do not possess ; and, except in point of 

 early growth, it appears to be little inferior to Fox 

 Tail. This grass, which is seldom absent from rich 

 meadows and pastures, is observed to be highly 

 grateful to oxen, sheep and horses, particularly the 

 former. It appears to grow most luxuriantly with 

 the hard fescue. This is said to be the Randall 

 grass of Virginia. About 2 lbs. of seed as a propor- 

 tion in a mixture with other seeds. A bushel of this 

 seed weighs 14 lbs. I have sown this grass in a 

 mixture, also seperately, for experiment. 



CHAPTER XYI. 



TALLER, OR MEADOW FESCUE. 



Festuca Elatior — Sjcejific Cliaracter 



Panicle narrow, contracted before and after flower- 

 ing, erect, with short branches ; splkelets crowded, 



