FOREWORD. 



T write an original, reliable, and popular work on the 

 important subject oi Australian Grasses and Pasture 

 Plants for the information of stock-owners and all 

 those settled upon the land in this great southern continent 

 is a serious and onerous undertaking, more especially 

 when the space is limited to a certain number of pages. 

 Although the matter contained in this little volume is con- 

 cisely written accuracy has not been sacrificed, for the in- 

 formation is based upon my own scientific and practical 

 experience and long observation of the economic value oi 

 some of the best and most widely distributed grasses and 

 forage plants growing in Australian pastures. 



The matter contained in the following pages may be 

 regarded as a sequel to those illustrated and descriptive 

 larger and more comprehensive works on Australian Grasses 

 and Forage Plants, which I wrote under instructions from the 

 Governments of New South Wales, Queensland, and West 

 Australia. 



FRED TURNER. 

 SYDNEY, 1921. 



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