180 HOHTUS (;kaminf.is WOJU' H N KNSIS. 



places, and from long continuance of moist warm 

 weather. [Many of the other grasses, and even the 

 cereals, are in the saaie way liable to sprout in damp 

 weather before they are cut. — Ed.] 

 Experiments. — At the time of flowering, or when the spike 

 is perfectly developed, the produce from a light sandy 

 soil is 6,806 lbs. per acre. 

 This grass can only be propagated by parting the roots, or 

 by planting the young plants formed in the ear. This might 

 easily be effected by either means, were the grass of sufficient 

 value to be cultivated ; but from the trials that have been 

 made of it here, it appears to have no excellence that can 

 recommend it to the notice of the agriculturist. It is natural 

 to alpine situations. 



FESTUCA rubra. Creeping Fescue, Purple Fescue. 



Specific character: Panicle spreading; florets with long- 

 awns; root creeping. 



Native of Britain. Perennial. 



Experiments. — At the time of flowering, the produce 

 from a light sandy soil is 10,209 lbs. per acre. 



The produce of latter- math is 3,403 lbs. per acre. 



The above details may be sufficient to show that the 

 creeping fescue has no superior merit over those species it 

 resembles in habits, to compensate for the impoverishing 

 effects of its creeping roots to the soil. 



I found this species, last summer, growing in the sands, 

 within high-water mark, on the coast near Skegness ; the 

 roots penetrated deeply into the loose sand, and the culms, 

 in some instances, were nearly two feet high. Plants 

 brought from these sands were planted in the grass-garden, 

 where they grew not more luxuriantly, although planted in 

 heath soil ; but the colour of the foliage appeared more 

 healthy, being of a deeper green colour. 



Flowers in the third week of June, and ripens the seed in 

 the second week of July. 



