APPENDIX. vir. 



The proportional value which the grass at the 

 time of flowering bears to that at the time the seed is 

 ripe, is as 17 to 21. 



The produce of latter-math is O z. or ibs. per acre 



Grass, 25 oz. The produce per acre 272250 17015 10 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 4. 1 dr. 18079 1 1129 15 1 



The grass of the latter-math crop, and of the 

 crop at the time of flowering, taking the whole quantity, 

 and their relative proportions of nutritive matter, are 

 in value nearly as 6 to 10: the value of the grass at 

 the time the seed is ripe, exceeds that of the latter-math, 

 in proportion as 21 to 17. 



Though this is one of the earliest of the flower- 

 ing grasses, it is tender, and the produce in the spring 

 is inconsiderable. If, however, the quantity of nutri- 

 tive matter which it affords, be compared with that of 

 any of those species which flower nearly at the same 

 time, it will be found greatly superior. It sends forth 

 but a small number of flower stalks, which are of a 

 slender structure compared to the size of the leaves. 

 This will account in a great measure for the equal 

 quantities of nutritive matter afforded by the grass at 

 the time of flowering, and the latter-math. 



III. Cynosurus caruleus. Engl. Bot. 1613. Host. 

 G. A. 2. t. 98. Blue moor-grass. Nat. of 

 Britain. Sesleria cserulea. 



At the time the seed is ripe the produce from a 

 light sandy soil is 



oz. or Ibs. per acre 



Grass, 10 oz. The produce per acre 108900 6806 4 3 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 Q dr. 6380 13 398 12 13 



