*XXYIII APPENDIX. 



XL. Festuca eliator. Engl. Bot. 1593. Host. G. A. 



2. t. 79. Tall fescue grass. Nat. of Britain. 

 At the time of flowering, the produce from a black 



rich loam, is oz. or ibs. per acre 



Grass, 75 uz. The produce per acre 816750 51046 14 

 80 dr. of grass weigh when dry 28 dro 



The produce of the space, ditto 420 dr. j 285862 8 - 17866 6 8 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 33180 7 8 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 5 dr. ~> 



The produce of the space, ditto 93.3 ^38089-3988 < 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is 



Grass, 75 oz. The produce per acre 816750 51046 4 



80 dr. of grass weigh when dry 28dr.-> 



The produce of the space ditto 420 dr. 5 2 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 33180 7 8 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 dr.") ^ 



The produce of the space, ditto 56. 1 5 38285 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by leaving the 

 crop till the seed be ripe, exceeding one third part of its 

 value - 1595 3 7 



The proportional value which the grass at the 

 time the seed is ripe, bears to that at the time of flower- 

 ing, is as 12 to 20. 



The produce of latter-math is 



Grass, 23 oz. The produce per acre 250470 15654 6 



64 dr. of Grass afford of nutritive matter 4 dr. 15654 6 978 6 6 



The proportional value which the grass of the 

 latter-math bears to that of the crop, is as 16 to 20 j 

 and to that at the time the seed is ripe, as 12 to 16, 

 inverse. 



This species of fescue is closely allied to the Fes* 

 tuca pratensis, from which it differs in little, except 

 that it is larger in every respect. The produce is near- 

 ly three times that of the F . pratensis, and the nutritive 



