GRASS-SEEDS. 



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demanding or shade-bearing grasses, and are included in the 

 following list : 



Grct/arious Grasses. 



Fiorin-grass 



Bent-grass . 

 Meadow foxtail 

 Upright brome 

 Meadow fescue 



Yorkshire fog 

 Perennial rye-grass 

 Italian rye-grass* 



Meadow poa 

 Timothy-grass 



Agrostis alba, L. : var. 

 stolonifera, L. 



Agrostis alba, L, : var. vul- 

 gar is, With. 



Agrostis canina, L. 



Alojicciirus pratcnsis, L. 



Browns crcctns, Huds. 



Ft-atuca clatior, L. : var. 

 arundinacea, Schreb. 



Fi'stHca clatior, L. : var. 

 pratcnsis, Huds. 



Festuca r libra, L. 



Holms himitus, L. 



Loliiini ]>crcinic, L. 



italicum, A. Br. 



Poa pratcnsis, L. 

 , Phlfum pratcnse, L. 

 etc., etc. 



var. 



Light-demanding Grasses. 



Grey aira . 

 Yellow oat-grass . 

 Perennial oat-grass 



Aira canescens, L. 

 Arena flavescens, L. 

 Arena pratensis, L. 



var. 



pubescens, Huds. 



Common quake-grass . Briza media, L. 

 Field brome . . Bromus arvensis, L. : var. 



mollis, L. 



Crested dog's-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus, L. 

 etc., etc. 



* A variety probably raised by cultivation from British grass-seed, but now 

 much imported from the Continent. Bentham &; Hooker. 



