TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PACK 



INTRODUCTION,' 9 



CHAPTER I. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TRUE GRASSES WHICH ARE USED FOR 

 FORAGE, 11 



CHAPTER II. 



THE CEREALIA, OR GRASSES CULTIVATED FOR THEIR SEEDS, . . 155 



CHAPTER III. 



THE ARTIFICIAL GRASSES, OR PLANTS CULTIVATED AND USED LIKE 

 GRASSES, THOUGH NOT BELONGING TO THE GRASS FAMILY, . 183 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE GRASS-LIKE RUSHES, CARICES, AND SEDGES, COMMONLY CALLED 



197 



CHAPTER V. 



TARIOUS CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE GRASSES, 205 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE COMPARATIVE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF THE GRASSES, . . .217 



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