PRACTICAL TREATISE 



GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS 



coMFRisma 



THEIR NATURAL HISTORY, COMPARATIVE NUTRITIVE VALUE, METHODS OP 



CULTIVATING, CUTTING AND CURING, AND THE MANAGEMENT 



OF GRASS LANDS. 



BY CHARLES L. FLINT, A.M., 



SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, MEMBER OP THB 

 BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, ETC. ETC. 



NEW YORK: 



G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 321 BROADWAY. 



LONDON: 



N. TRUBNER & CO., 12 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



1857. 



