HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. 



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CHAPTER XL 



ON MEADOW PLANTS OTHER THAN GRASSES. 



With the grass of the field will usually be found 

 a large proportion of plants of a very varied, variable, 

 and different kind. Of these, many are useful as 

 augmenting the mass, and even improving the 

 quality of a pasture ; whilst, as others are altogether 

 objectionable, we shall presently notice them under 

 the head of " Meadow Weeds." 



Of the more useful adjuncts of the meadow we 

 may tabulate the following : — ■ 



Of these, which are arranged pretty nearly in 

 their order of merit, the clovers are by far the most 



