tes 



AeKICUIiTTJRAL E«-SATT5. 



dant crop, springs early, yields abundance of seed, maljes ex- 

 cellent hay, and is very permanent. It flowers in June- 

 Where it grows on rank soils, however, or in coarse patches, 

 cattle will not eat it. 



Bi.uE dog's tail grass, {Ctjuosusus Camlius) is the ear- 

 liest of all the British grasses, and flowers a fortnight sooner 

 than any other, it is not very productive, but may be useful 

 in sheep pastures, in high rocl^ situations, where there is but 

 little sail. 



The following Aquatic plants may be of some use to some of 

 our citizens, in certain conditions. 



Flote fox tail, [jnopecurus Geniculatus) grows in mead- 

 ows on the Severn, in Great Britain, where other good grasses 

 are expelled by reason of wetness and inundations. It is a 

 good grass for hay, and flowers in May and June. It is recom- 

 mended for newly reclaimed morasses, and lands recovered 

 iVom the sea. 



Flote fescue, {Festuca Fluitans,) will grow in still wetter 

 grounds than the flote fox tail, or rather may be said to be am- 

 phibious, growing as well in the water or otherwise. It flow- 

 •ers in June, and is a constituent part of the celebrated Orches- 

 ton meadow, in Great Britain. Horses and cows are very 

 fond of it. It springs early, and promises to be useful for the 

 same purposes as the last mentioned grass. The Chedder and 

 Cattenham cheese owe their excellence principally to this 

 gra^, and to the 



Water har grass ; {^ira Aqualica) which is further said 

 to contribute much to the fine flavor of the Cambridge butter. 

 It generally grows in the edges of standing waters, and flow- 

 ers in June aod July. 



Reed meadow <jras«, {Foa Aquatica) is one of the largest 

 and most useful of the British grasses, and forms much of the 

 riches of Cambridgeshire, and other counties in England, 

 where draining meadows by wind machinery, is carried on. 

 It is good for pasture and hay, particularly for milch cows, 

 though it is not relished so well by horses. It is strong, and 

 well suited to low places, which are liable to be inundated. It 

 grows to the height of six feet, but should be mowed when 

 about four feet high. It may be mowed several times in a sea- 

 son. It grows plentifully in ths marshes of Sandusky Bay, 

 River Raisin, Detroit, and elsewhere, round the westerly part 

 of Lake Erie, where it is the principal reliance for pasture and 

 hay. The French farmers there, cut it and bind it in bundles, 

 when dried, which seems to be similar to the management of it, 

 in the parts where it is cultivated in Great Britain. 



