HoiiTus cR a:\iini: IS vvoRr iin f.nsis. 2(59 



Eipt'ii/neiiis. — At the litiie of lloweriii.;;, tlie produce from 

 a clayey loam is (S,167 lbs. per acre. 



The habits of this vetch are similar to those of the vicia 

 cvdcca, but it seems more impatient of exposure : it thrives 

 better where it has the support of bushes. When trans- 

 planted to open situations, the produce is inconsiderable com- 

 pared with that of the vkin cracca or v'lcia fiepium ; though 

 in its natural place of growth the produce is six times that 

 of either of these vetches; it is likewise superior in the 

 quantity of nutritive matter it affords. Horses, cows, sheep, 

 and the South American sheep (llama), ate this vetch with 

 more eagerness than they did the other vetches or natural 

 grasses that were on several trials offered to them. 



Of all the different vetches that were submitted to experi- 

 ment, the winter tare, or common vetch (vicia saliva, var.), 

 afforded the most nutritive matter; which confirms the 

 justice of that preference which practice has given to the 

 winter tare. 



Flowers in July and August, and the seed is ripe in 

 Septe:i;ber. 



PHALAR,IS Canarieiisis. Manured Canary-grass. 



Specific character'. Panicle spike-like, ovate; husks of 

 the calyx boat-shaped, apex quite entire ; corolla four- 

 valved, outer smooth, inner villose. 



Obs. — Culms from six inches to three feet high, accord- 

 ing to the richness of the soil, erect, roundish, some- 

 what compressed; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, 

 rough; florets ovate-compressed, outer convex, inner 

 somewhat concave ; nectary, two fleshy concave pear- 

 shaped substances on the outside of the base of the 

 corolla. 



Native of the Canary Isles, now also of England, France, 

 Spain, and New Zealand. Root annual. 



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

 a rich clayey loam on a tenacious subsoil is 54,450 lbs. 

 per acre. 



This grass has been cultivated in England for the sake oi" 



