IQO THE USES OF PLANTS. 



the North of Britain, but suffer much from the 

 attacks of the Turnip Beetle. 



MAN GOLD- WURZEL (Beta vulgaris, L., van Cycld), 

 of nearly equal feeding value, yielding heavier crops, 

 and not liable to the attacks of the Turnip Beetle, is 

 adapted for hot and dry conditions where the Turnip 

 will not flourish, as on the light soils of our southern 

 counties. 



KOHL-RABI is a variety of the Cabbage (Brassica 

 oleracea, L.), in which the base of the stem is enlarged 

 into a green turnip-like mass bearing the sheathing 

 bases of the leaves. Sheep and cattle are fond of it. 



There is in Britain a very large acreage of natural 

 meadow-land, and careful studies have been made by 

 Messrs. Lawes and Gilbert, Buckman, Sutton, and 

 others as to the most valuable hay-yielding grasses 

 which this meadow-land yields, either with or without 

 irrigation. These studies have furnished suggestions 

 as to the most suitable species to sow for the forma- 

 tion of permanent pasture, or for alternate husbandry. 

 Among these are the following grasses : RYE-GRASS 

 (Lolium perenne, L.), and its variety, ITALIAN 

 RYE-GRASS (L. perenne, var. italicum), especially for 

 hay, COCK'S-FOOT GRASS (Dactylis glomerata, L.), 

 TIMOTHY or CAT'S-TAIL GRASS (Phleum pratense, L.), 

 especially for heavy or peaty land, Anthoxanthtim 

 odoratum, L., especially for hay, Poa pratensis, L., 

 for dry, sandy soils, P. nemoralis, L., var. sempervirens, 

 and P. trivialis, L., for permanent pasture ; and the 

 FESCUES, Festuca duriuscula, L., F. elatior, L., and 

 F. pratensis, Hudson, for permanent pasture, and 

 F. rubra, L., on sandy soils. Besides these the 



