30 PERRENNIAL EYE GRASS. 



seed and fifteen pounds of mammoth clover seed per 

 arce, with his spring or winter grain; nearly double 

 that quantity if sown alone. A bushel of good fair 

 Orchard grass seed should weigh 15 pounds to the 

 bushel, cut during the season that intervenes be- 

 tween the flowering and forming of seed. 



CHAPTER III. 



PEKKEINTNTAL EYE GRASS. 



Lolium Perrenne Specific Character. 



Roots, perrennial; glume, shorter than the spike- 

 let; flowers, 8 to 10; awnless or sometimes short 

 awned. Flowers in June and ripens seeds in July. 

 WAY'S ANALYSIS. 



Of 100 parts as taken green from the field, June 8fch. 



Water. . . . 71.43 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 3.37 



Fatty matter 91 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, &c. ... 12.08 



Woody fibre 10 06 



Mineral matter or ash. . 2.15 



100.00 

 In 100 parts of the grass dried at 212 Fahr. 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 11.85 



Fatty matters 3.17 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, &c . . .. 42.24 



Woody fibre 35.20 



Mineral matter or ash 7.54 



100.00 



Perrennial Rye Grass (Lolium Perrenne} contains 

 upwards of sixty varieties some of which are annual. 



