GRASS. 



{Sheep s Fescue and Flote Fescue.) 



GRAMINE/E. Fcstuca Fluitans and 



Glyccria Fluitans of Brown. 



)x the Holy Land, as in almost every other country, grasses 

 grow in innumerable varieties. The scriptural term is 

 often applied to all that clothes the ground with verdure, 

 as in St. Matt. vi. 30, where the Saviour, having spoken of 

 the lilies of the field in their beauty, remarks, &quot; Wherefore, 

 if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to 

 morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe 

 you, ye of little faith?&quot; The general use of the word 

 throughout the Scriptures shows that the word was used as at 

 present to denote any tender and fragile growth, springing up 

 soon and rapidly withering after the scythe has passed over it. 

 But there is a special variety noticed by Hasselquist, as 

 peculiarly beautiful and important, growing in the hilly parts of 

 Palestine, and indicating the fitness of those places for the pas 

 ture of flocks. The botanical name of this variety we have 

 given, the common name of which is &quot;sheep s fescue.&quot; Others 

 speak of its growth in the northern parts of Asia, and of the 

 Tartar tribes moving their herds in search of pastures where it 

 is to be found more abundantly. From various ancient writings 



