“4 DIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
the eftate of the Right Hon. John Fofter, Collon; 
and it appeared to me to be the predominant 
grafs. It is an early flowering grafs, and is faid to 
occafion the delightful fmell of new mown hay. 
However, my opinion is, that hay will have a 
delightful fmell exclufive of it, but not in fo 
great a degree. For it certainly poffeffes'a more 
pleafant odour than any other fpecies cultivated 
in the botanic gardens. This I have experienced 
in the prefent fpring. For I found by chewing 
each fort which the garden contains, feparately 
and at different periods, that none emitted fo 
pleafant a fcent as this Anthoxanthum Odoratum. 
It is therefore a orals, although not very pro- 
lific, fit to make a proportionable part when any 
ground is laying down for meadow, as its flavour 
would probably caufe other grafles, when made 
into hay, to be more relifhed by cattle. It is 
alfo faid, that if it be gathered whilft in bloffom, 
_wrapt in a paper, and carried in the pocket, it 
retains the {mell of new mown hay for a long 
time. It is but of little confequence to the farmer, 
as being not very produaive, nor yet palatable 
to cattle, unlefs when made into hay. Cows, 
- goats, fheep, and horfes eat it. 
P. May. July. 
IRISH. 
