166 HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



it protrudes out of the calyx ; it is also twisted and knee- 

 bent, like that of an Avena. The panicle of the lanatus is 

 generally of a reddish purple colour, tinged with green, or, 

 when growing under the shade of trees, of a whitish green 

 colour. The panicle of the H. mollis is always of a pale 

 whitish green colour. 



Perennial. Native of Britain. E. Bot. 1170. Host. t. 3. Curt. 

 Lond. fasc. 54. Wither. Arr. Hort. Kew. 



Experiments. At the time of flowering, the produce from a 



sandy soil is 



Produce per Acre, 

 dr. qr. Ibs. 



Grass, 50 oz. The produce per acre - 34031 4 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 32 7 



The produce of the space, ditto - 320 3 

 The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 20418 12 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 427 OQQO -,<> 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 56 1 3 

 At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is 

 Grass, 31 oz. The produce per acre 21099 6 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 32 7 



The produce of the space, ditto - 198 If 5 

 The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 12659 10 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 27 

 The produce of the space, ditto 27 Of 3 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by leav- 

 ing the crop till the seed be ripe, exceeding one- 

 half of its value, is - 123815 3 



The proportional value in which the grass of the flowering crop 

 exceeds that of the seed crop, is as 9 to 7. 



64 dr. of the roots afford of nutritive matter 5 dr. 2 qr. The 

 nutritive powers of the roots are therefore superior to those of the 

 grass of the flowering crop as 11 to 9, and also superior to the 

 grass of the seeding crop as 11 to 7. 



The above details prove this grass to have merits which, when 

 compared with those of other species, rank it as one of the supe- 

 rior grasses ; but then it produces little herbage in the spring, 

 and the latter-math is next to nothing. It is also a very late 

 grass, and whatever merit it may possess with regard to a crop, at 

 the time of flowering, it can only be taken into the account in re- 

 lation to the soil which naturally produces it, which is a light 



