NATURAL HISTORY. 



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pasture grass. If sown at all, it should be in mixture with other 

 grasses, as orchard grass, rye grass, or common spear grass. 

 It is of much greater value at the time of flowering than when 



Fig. 45. 



Fig. 42. Tall Fescue Grass. 



Fig. 44. Red Fescue. 



the seed is ripe. It is said to lose a little over fifty per cent, of 

 its weight in dr3nng for hay. It is shown in Fig. 40, and its 

 magnified spikelet in Fig. 41. 

 The Tall Fescue Grass, {festuca elatior,') is also found pretty 



