BROAD LEAVED, OR CREEPING BENT. 67 



From 21 to 28 lbs. of seed per acre on such soils 

 should be sown. About 2 or 3 lbs. of the seed of 

 this grass should enter into a mixture with the seeds 

 of other grasses for permanent pasture. 12 lbs. of 

 Eed Top seed make a bushel. 



CHAPTER XXIY 



LARGE LEAVED, CREEPING BENT GRASS OR FIORIN. 



Agrostis StoUnlfera Var 1 Latifolia — Specific 



Character. 



Panicle loose at the time of flowering contracted af- 

 terwards; florets large, numerous; calyx husks acumi- 

 nate, outer serrulated from keel upwards; inner only 

 slightly toward the top. 



The peculiar value of the Fiorin and of other grass- 

 es of the Agrostis family arise from their fitness for 

 winter pasture as they lose very little of their bulk or 

 nutriment by remaining on the soil after they have- 

 ceased to grow. The Fiorin grass to be in perfection 

 requires a moist climate or a wet soil, and it grows 

 on cold clays unfitted for other grasses; in light sand 

 and dry situations its produce is inferior as to quan- 

 tity and quality. Fiorin or as it is commonly called 

 in the North of Ireland Faiireen^ was first intro- 

 duced to the notice of the British public some seven- 

 ty years ago by Rt^v. Doctor Richardson, of Clonfecle 

 County, Antrim, Ireland. A commiittee of several 

 members of the Agricultural society of Kirkcudbright 

 Scotland, visited the Doctors' farm about that time 

 for the purpose of examining it They described it a& 



