CONTENTS 

 PART I 



BOTANICAL SECTION 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE MORPHOLOGY OF GRASSES ...... 1 



II. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF GRASSES . . ... 18 



III. DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH GRASSES ..... 23 



IV. COMMON BRITISH GRASSES GROUPED ACCORDING TO THEIR 



VEGETATIVE CHARACTERS 28 



V. COMMON BRITISH GRASSES GROUPED ACCORDING TO THEIR 



INFLORESCENCES AND FLORAL CHARACTERS ... 34 



VI. KEY TO GRASS "SEEDS" . 38 



VII. BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 51 



PART II 

 AGRICULTURAL SECTION 



VIII. THE AGRICULTURAL VALUE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 



GRASSES SOWN ON THE FARM 133 



IX. THE VALUATION AND PURCHASE OF GRASS SEEDS . . 162 



X. THE SPECIFICATION AND COMPOUNDING OF GRASS SEED- 



MIXTURES 168 



XI. THE GENERAL TREATMENT OF GRASS LAND, AND THE EFFECTS 



OF VARIOUS FERTILISERS UPON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES . 180 



APPENDIX ........ . 188 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 192 



INDEX ...... 194 



