GRASSES OF BRITAIN. 



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For Permanent Pasture and Meadow in land ranyiny between the best 

 and that of medium quality^ ichether xoith or without a corn crop, per 

 statute acre.* 



Dactylis glomerata 



Alopecurus pratensis. 



Bucetum pratense 



Phleum pratense 



lbs. 



Trifolium pratense. 

 repens.... 



For improved deep Mossy Ground intended to be kept in yrass. f 



lbs. per 

 Imperial acre. 

 Poa trivialis 2 



lbs. per I 

 Imperial acre. 

 Agrostis alba (var.) stolomfera....li 



Aiopecurus pratensis Og 



Festuca duriuscula... ., 3 



Bucetimi pratense .....1 



Loliiim perenne ..6 



(var.) italiciun.. 4 



Phleum pratense 3 



Lotus major I4 



Medicago lupulina 2 



Trifolium pratense 1 



repens. 4 



For Laions, Pleasure-yrounds, and Bowliny-yreens to be kept in short 

 yrass.X 



lbs. per 

 Imperial acre. 



lbs. per 

 Imperial acre. 

 11 



Cynosurus cristatus. 



Trisetxmi flavescens. 8 



Festuca diuriuscula 5 



Poa nemoralis 4 



Poa pratensis 2 



Poa trivialis. 



Agrostis vulgaris. . . .4 



alba. 4 



For Irriyated Pastures of Medium Soil.\ 



I 



lbs, per 

 Imperial acre, 



Alopecuras geniculatus 1 



pratensis 2 



Agrostis alba 2 



O'ar.) stolonifera...3 



Bucetum loliaceum 4 



pratense 4 



Poa fluitans 2 



Lolium perenne. 



lbs. per 

 Imperial acre. 



(var.) italicum...4 



Phleum pratense 2 



Poa trivialis 2 



Catabrosa aquatica 2 



Grasses which contain the most nutritive matter at the time of 

 are ripe. (According to Sir H. Davy.) 



flowering and when the 



At the time offloweriiu 

 Alopecurus pratensis, 

 Bucetum pratense. 



loliaceum. 



elatius. 



Festuca duriuscula. 

 Poa pratensis. 



— svlvatica. 



At the time the seeds are ripe. 

 Dactylis glomerata. 

 Phleum pratense. 

 Lolium perenne. 

 Poa tri^•ialis. 



Agrostis alba (var.) stolonifera. 

 CjTiosiuus cristatus. 

 Anthoxanthiun odoratum. 



Treatise on the Agricultural Grasses by Edmund Murphy, 

 t Lawson. + Parnell, § Parnell, 



