GRASSES OF BRITAIN. 



XI 



Average iceight per bushel of such grass seeds as are in general use for 

 cultivation^ and their average prices per lb., as sold by Messrs Laic- 

 son, Edinburgh. 



Botanical Names. 



Botanical Na.mes. 



III 



5i§ 



Agrostls alba 



vulgaris 



(var.) stolonifera. 



Aira csespitosa 



Alopeciirus pratensis 



Ammophila arundinacea 



Anthoxanthum odoratura 



Arrhenatherumavenaceum 



Trisetutn flavescens 



Triticurn sylvaticum 



Bucetum giganteuin 



Cynosurus cristatus. 



Dactylis glomerata 



Elymus arenarius 



Festiica dutiuscula 



Bucetum elatius 



loliaceum 



Festuca ovina 



Bucetuin pratense 



Festuca duriuscula (var.) rubra. 



aquatica. 



fiuitans 



Holcus lauatus 



mollis 



Lolium italicum , 



perenne , 



Milium effusum , 



Phalaris anmdinacea.. 



Phleum pratense 



Poa nemoralis 



pratensis 



trivialis 



Clovers. 

 Lotus comiculatus 



major 



Medicago lupulina 



sativa 



Trifolium pratense 



repens 



lbs. 

 13i 

 14i 



lb. 

 Is. 6d. 

 ls.6d. 

 Os. 3d. 

 Os. 6d. 

 Os. 6d. 

 0s.3d. 

 4s. Od. 

 2s. Od. 

 Os. 8d. 

 Is. 3d. 

 Is. Od. 

 Is.Od. 



3s. 6d. 

 3s. Od. 

 Os. 4id 

 Is. Od. 

 Os. lOd 

 Is.Od. 



Kinds and proportions of Grass Seeds as recommended for solving the 

 imperial acre for alternate Husbandry.* 



Light and medium 

 Soils. 



Hea^T Soils. 



Botanical Names. 





- ^ . 



.- :i 3 



Lolium perenne 



("far.) italicum, 



Phleum pratense 



Medicago lupuUna 



Trifolium pratense 



repens 



lbs. 

 10 

 6 



1 

 1 



lbs. 

 10 



* Mr Lawson observes, that " for three years' pasture on good soil, the substitution of 

 two pounds of Dactylis glomerata for about three pounds of Lolium jjerenne in the above 

 mixture will be found advantageous ; while in sheep pastures, the addition of one pound 

 per acre of parsley seed would also be attended with good results." Lotus, Medicago and 

 Trifolium are not true grasses : they belong to the order Leguminosa. 



