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under existing local circumstances. To secure the highest attain- 

 able yield requires careful local observations. 



Grasses raised upon one and the same land should also be 

 selected as far as practicable with reference to a corresponding 

 period of blooming ; they should be cut for hay when the majority 

 of them are fairly advanced in blooming. The adoption of this 

 course imparts to the crop the highest attainable nutritive value. 

 The following statement contains the names of some of the 

 prominent grasses, classified with reference to their tendency of 

 growth and their adaptation to dry and moist soils : — 



List of Reputed Grasses (Perennials). 

 /. For Dry or Moderately Moist Soils. 

 (a) First class (tall-growing grasses) : — 



are- 



Meadow fox-tail (Alopecttrtis pratensis) , 



Meadow fescue {Festuca pratensis) , 



Red fescue (Fesiuca rubra) , . 



Timothy, herd's grass (Phleum. pratense) , . 



(b) Second class (low-growing grasses) : — 

 English bent {Agrostis alba), 

 Sweet-scented vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odora 



turn), 



Yellow oat gi'ass (^Avena jiavescens) , . 

 Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina) , . 

 Downy oat grass {Avena pubescens) , . 

 French rye grass, tall oat grass (Arrhenatherum 



nacezini), 



'English rye grass (Lolium jjerenne), . 

 Italian rye grass (Lolium italicum), . 

 Kentucky blue-grass {Poa pratensis) , . 



II. For Moist and Wet Soils. 



(«) First class (tall-growing grasses) : — 

 Timothy, herd's grass {Phleum pralense) , . 

 Fowl meadow (Poa serotina). 

 Rough-stalked meadow grass {Poa trivialis). 

 Meadow soft grass (Holcus lanatus), . 

 Orchard grass (Dadylis glomerata), . 

 Soft hrome grass (Brojmis mollis) , 

 Italian rye grass (Lolium italtcum), . 



(6) Second class (low-gi'owing grasses) : — 

 Red top, Rhode Island bent (Agrostis vulgaris), 

 'English rye grass (Lolium peren7ie), . 

 Crested dog-tail {Cynosarus cristatus), 

 Common manna grass {Olyceria fliiitans) , . 



May to June. 

 June to July. 

 June to July. 

 June to July. 



June to July. 



May to June. 

 May to June. 

 June to July. 

 July. 



May to July. 



June. 



June. 



May to June. 



June to July. 



July to August. 



June. 



June to August. 



May to June. 



June. 



June. 



July. 

 June. 



June to July. 

 June to July. 



The degree of success upon permanent meadows, as far as the 

 quality and the quantity of the annual yield are concerned, depends 



