72 HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. 



ing together two sets of grasses, which may be 

 designated as follows : — 



a. Grasses more or less nutritious— sweet. 



b. Grasses more or less innutritious — sour. 



In a good meadow, the section a maintain the 

 ascendancy, and so keep under those of b. In a 



Fig. 29. The Hair Tussac Grass. 



bad meadow, the section b will be master, and so 

 tyrannize over what would be better. 



Perfect cultivation, then, of a meadow — for mea- 

 dows should be cultivated — whilst it encourages the 

 growth of good herbage, equally discourages the 

 progress of the bad. 



