156 HORTUS GRAMIXEUS WOBURN ENSIS. 



Produce per Acre, 

 dr. qr. Ibs. 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 2 i 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 23 2* 5 

 At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is 

 Grass, 28 oz. The produce per acre 19057 8 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 36 ^ 



The produce of the space, ditto - 201 2| 5 

 The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 10481 10 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 12) 

 The produce of the space, ditto 10 2 i 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by leaving 

 the crop till the seed is ripe, exceeding one-half of 

 its value, is 558 5 3 



The proportional value in which the grass, at the time of flowering, 



exceeds that at the time the seed is ripe, is as 7 to 3. 

 The produce of latter-math is 



Grass, 15 oz. The produce per acre - 10209 6 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter, 1 dr. 1 qr. per 



acre 199 6 4 



The proportional value in which the grass, at the time of 

 flowering, exceeds that of the latter-math, is as 14 to 5 ; and 

 to that at the time the seed is ripe, as 6 to 5. 



The above details confirm the favourable opinion which most 

 writers have expressed respecting this grass. It is most preva- 

 lent on light rich soils ; but it is likewise always found in the 

 richest natural pastures, where the soil is more retentive of mois- 

 ture, and is never absent from irrigated meadows that have been 

 properly formed. It appears to be one of the best of the fine, or 

 dwarf-growing grasses ; which are best adapted for the food of 

 sheep, as the Festuca ovina, Festuca rubra, Poa pratensis, Agrostis 

 vulgaris, &c. Hares are fond of this grass, they cropped it close 

 to the roots, and entirely neglected the Festuca rubra and Festuca 

 ovina , which grew contiguous to it. It attains to the greatest per- 

 fection when combined with the Festuca pratensis and Poa trivialis. 

 It springs rather early, and the produce is remarkably fine and 

 succulent. It withstands the effects of severe dry weather in 

 rich natural pastures better than many other grasses. This pro- 

 perty, joined to its merits above-mentioned, entitle it to a place in 

 the composition of the best pastures, though in a smaller propor- 

 tion, on account of its inferior productive powers, which are not 



