184 GRASS. 



ticular attention of the agriculturist. Now, I 

 believe I may say, there are two hundred 

 distinct kinds of grasses which will grow in 

 this country, and which, separately, are of little 

 value, yet collectively, and by judiciously com- 

 bining the species appropriate to each soil, they 

 form our richest pastures, and compose the 

 sward, which is in the aggregate termed grass. 

 The farmer's experience enables him to select 

 the kinds of grass proper to form a close pas- 

 ture for sheep, or deeper grazing for cattle or 

 a meadow. I have endeavoured to give a de- 

 scription, with accompanying cuts, of a few 

 only of the many species of plants, which are 

 grown as herbage for cattle, more clearly to 

 shew you how very distinct their form and 

 appearance are upon a close examination. 



1. The Fox-tail grass. This is a kind of 

 grass which has a short bushy head, much like 



