214 layi:n'g down lands to geass. 



As grasses vary materially in their manner of 

 growth, there should be a combination of those cir- 

 cumstances, in order to constitute good meadows, 

 and also to contribute as much as possible to the sup- 

 port of live stock. 



The different grasses which compose the produce 

 of the richest natural pastures in England are from 

 from twenty- six to thirty in number, and are fully 

 described in the first part of this work. From the 

 spring till the end of Autumn there is not a month 

 but what constitutes the particular season of lux- 

 uriance of one or more of these grasses ; hence 

 proceeds the constant supply of rich, succulent herb- 

 age throughout the whole of the season, a circum- 

 stance which but seldom or never happens in artificial 

 pastures, where the herbage consists of two or three 

 plants only. 



If the best natural pastures be examined with care? 

 during various periods of the season, the produce 

 will be found to consist of the following plants : 



1. Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus Pratensis), May. 



2. Tall Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum Avenaceum)j 

 May. 



3. Sweet Scented Vernal (Anthoxanthum Odora-j 

 tum), May. 



4. Annual Spear Grass (Poa Annua), May. 



5. Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata), besjinning 

 of June. 



6. Perennial Rye Grass (Lolium Perenne), begin- 

 ning of June. 



7. Italian Rye Grass (Lolium Italicum), beginning 

 of June. 



