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man of fcience. This gentleman's garden, although in 

 the county of Antrim, is too remarkable to pafs unmen- 

 tioned ; it contains almoft every plant, that will live in 

 this country in the open air, provided as nearly as pof. 

 fible with their appropriate foils ; rocks, limeftone, 

 moor and bog, fand, clay, &c. all have been brought, 

 in their feveral provinces, to affift in the fupport of one 

 of the moft curious botanical collections in this king- 

 dom. 



Alopecurus pratenfis. This is one of our earlieft 

 fhooting grafles, (hooting in the beginning of May, and 

 poflefling the good quality of bearing leaves in plenty, 

 high on the flem, and thofe leaves not too rigid. 



Cynofurus criftatus A good leafy grafs. Of this I 

 have given a drawing, as from the feed which adheres, 

 I look upon it as a moft nutritive grafs. J. D. 



Brlza media. Leafy, and liked by all forts of cattle. 

 Daflylis glomerata. Cock's-foot grafs. Mr. Sole, in 

 the Bath Tranfaclions, fays, this grafs is refufed by cat- 

 tle; I know that horfes feem to like it, and as it grows 

 well in the fhade, I think, where other grafles will not 

 grow, it might be worth cultivation. Mr. Templeton, 

 My observations on this grafs are, that both horfes and 

 cows eat it greedily; that it forms one of the principal 

 grafles around Lifburn, famous for its meadows ; and 

 that, after being cut, it fprings as quickly as clover, 

 being the firft vifible after raking the meadows. The 

 feeds of this grafs are not difficult to gather, A draw- 

 Jog accompanies this. J. D. 



s Fejluca 



