184 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



LIST OF REPUTED GRASSES (PERENNIALS). 



I. For Dry or Moderately Moist Soils. 



(a) First Class {tall growing grasses.) 



Meadov/ Fox-tail (Alopecui'us pratensis), . . May to June. 



Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis), .... June to July. 



Red Fescue (Festuca rubra), eTune to July. 



Timothy (Herd's Grass) (Phleum pratense) , . . . June to July. 



(6) Second Class (low growifig grasses). 



English Bent (Agrostis alba), June to July. 



Sweet Scented Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum,) May to June. 



Yellow Oat Grass (Avena flavescens), .... May to June. 



Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), ..... June to July. 



Downy Oat Grass (Avena pubescens) , .... July. 

 French Rye Grass (Tall Oat Grass) (Arrhenatherum ave- 



naceum), May to July. 



English Rye Grass (Lolium perenne) .... June. 



Italian Rye Grass (Lolium Italicum) .... Jime. 



Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis) .... May to June. 



II. For Moist and Wet Soils. 



(a) First Class {tall growing grasses). 



Timothy (Herd's Grass) (Phleum pratense,) . . . June to July. 



Fowl Meadow (Poa serotina) , July to Aug. 



Rough-stalked Meadow Grass (Poa trivialis) , . . . June. 



Meadow Soft Grass (Hoi cus lanatus), .... Jim e to Aug. 



Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata), .... May to June. 



Soft Brome Grass (Bromus mollis), June. 



Italian Rye Grass (Lolium Italicum), .... June. 



Tufted Hair Grass (Aira ccespitosa), .... June. 



(6) Second Class {low grotving grasses) . 



Red-Top (Rhode Island Bent) (Agrostis vulgaris), . July. 



English Rye Grass (Lolium perenne), .... June. 



Crested Dog's Tail (Bynosurus cristatus), . . . June to July. 



Common Manna Grass (Glyceria fluitans) , . . . Jime to July. 



Much more miofht be said here in regard to other circum- 

 stances which exert an influence on the quality and the 

 quantity of the hay crop, if time permitted. 



Sufiicient has been mentioned to recognize the fact tliat 

 hay-fields and hay crops are apt to difier widely under difier- 

 ent managements. 



The great variations in the nutritive value of the hay 

 renders its services as a fodder for a specified purpose more 

 or less uncertain ; it lessens its claim as a standard for fodder. 



