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though it is to be met with on most of them. Sheep are said to 

 be very fond of this grass, but as far as I have had opportunity 

 to observe, they only crop the foliage in the spring, till the finer 

 natural grasses afford them a bite. It offers, therefore, no parti- 

 cular merit to warrant a recommendation for the purposes of the 

 Agriculturist. 



It flowers about the third week of April, and the seed is ripe 

 about the third week of May. 



PHALARIS amndinaceus. Reed Canary-grass. Sm. Engl, 

 Fl. i. p. 74. 



Arundo coloraia. Hort. Kew. i, p. 174. Striped Reed Canary- 

 grass. Hort. Gram. Fol. 253. 



P/ialaris arundinacea. E. Bot. t. 402 ; Host. 2, t. 33. Reed 

 Canary-grass. 



Calamagrostis variegata. Wither. Arr. ii, p. 124. Ladies'- 

 traces. Painted Lady-grass, Gardeners '-garters. 



Specific character : Panicle upright, with spreading branches ; 

 flowers crowded, unilateral ; outer corolla of two bearded 

 valves. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 74. 



Obs. — Root creeping, jointed ; culms from two to six feet in 

 height ; leaves harsh, flat, taper-pointed, striated ; stipula 

 short, bluntish, decurrent ; valves of the calyx with two ribs 

 on each side, not much larger than the corolla, hairy at the 

 edges, and furnished with a small, slender, hairy appendage 

 on each side ; the outer valve not rolled in : nectaries two, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, with one tooth on the outer edge ; 

 seed oval, flatted, and shining. Hort. Gram. Fol. 253. 



German, Rohrblattriges Glanzgras. 



Native of Britain. Perennial. 



Experiments. — At the time of flowering, the produce from a 

 black sandy loam incumbent on clay is — 



Produce per Acre, 

 dr. qr. lbs. 



Grass, 40 oz. The produce per acre - - 27225 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - 36 > loori 4 i\ 



The produce of the space, ditto - 288 3 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 14973 12 



64 dr. of grass aiford of nutritive matter 4 



The produce of the space, ditto - 40 



^ I 1701 9 



