ACCLIMATISED GRASSES 85 



habit, a desirable grass for binding loose, sandy land, or for 

 growing on light soils liable to periodical inundation. It is 

 a capital pasture grass, and under favourable conditions 

 attains a height of from two to three feet. Sheep's Fescue 

 (Festuca ovina) is a good grass for the coldest districts. Tall 

 Fescue (Festuca elatior) is a vigorous grass, and on strong, 

 moist land attains a height of from three to five feet, and 

 yields a great quantity of herbage much relished by stock. 

 Mueller and Rummel give the following chemical analysis made 

 on the spring growth of this grass : Albumen, 2.47 ; gluten, 

 2.75 ; starch, 0.50 ; gum, 2.84 ; sugar, 2.84 per cent. The 

 Meadow Fescue, sometimes described under the botanical 

 name, Festuca pratensis, is a variety of the Tall Fescue. It 

 usually grows about two feet high, thrives on moist land and 

 produces a quantity of succulent herbage much liked by cattle. 



Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) thrives only in the 

 warmer coast districts where it attains a height of from four 

 to six feet. In favourable situations it produces an immense 

 amount of succulent, nutritious, leafy herbage much relished 

 by cattle and horses. It will yield several large cuttings 

 during the summer months, and if cut before it begins to seed 

 it can be made into excellent hay. Guinea Grass should be 

 kept fairly well eaten down in order to promote succulent, 

 young growth, for if allowed to mature, the stems are tough 

 and cane-like and the herbage harsh. 



Hungarian Forage Grass (Bromus inermis] grows from two 

 to three feet high, and on light, rich, loamy soils produces a 

 large amount of nutritious herbage much relished by all 

 herbivora, which do well and fatten on it. 



Meadow Fox Tail (Alopecurus pratensis) usually attains 

 a height of two feet, and thrives on rich, strong loams and even 

 on clayey land. During the first year after sowing it gives 



