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HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. 



such situations. A variety, botanically known as 

 F. loliacea, is unbranched, like the lolium or rye 

 grass. The position of this is on rich river flats : we 

 have seen it on the hanks of the Isis at Oxford, 

 forming a large part of most excellent herbage. 



Fig. 20. Meadow Fescue. [ _. ..,_. [Fig. 21. The Tall Fescue. 



The Tall Eescue (Festuca elatior, fig. 21) is a larger 

 and coarser form of F. pratensis, as seed of the latter 

 will become the former by being sown on some 

 stiff sandy clays. It occurs abundantly on the stiff 

 alluvial deposits of our estuaries and river flats. It 

 is an exceedingly coarse grass, with a tendency to 

 grow in large separate bunches; and hence its pre- 



