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pratense, (the botanical name ;) but as the plant is of 
Yankee origin, we have chosen to retain the Yankee 
denomination. Its reputation abroad was at one time 
very high, and in moist grounds deserves to be so at 
all times; but being very tardy in showing itself in 
the spring, it has, in many places, fallen into disuse. 
sth. Ray or Rye-grass, (to the good properties of 
timothy) superadds that precocity which timothy 
wants. ‘“ We have seen,” says Gilbert, “ in the can- 
ton of Basle, rye-grass five feet high on the first day 
of June;” and M. De Courset assures us, that he has 
obtained “ three cuttings from it in one year.” Sheep 
are found to prefer it, in the spring, to any other 
plant; and the shepherds of Spain have a proverb, 
which very energetically expresses its nutritive 
qualities: “ Bouccado van ventrado”—a mouthful 
is a bellyful. We particularly invite the attention of 
farmers baving clay, or other moist or wet soils, to 
the cultivation of this and the two following species 
of grasses. 6th. Oatl-grass, the Avena elatior of bo- 
tanists, was first cultivated in 1754, and having been 
committed to a good soil, the results were highly fa- 
vorable. It was accordingly recommended as yield- 
ing abundance of forage, and of a good quality; and 
that the first cutting might take place as early as the 
jJast of March. Though new and extended experi 
ments have, in some degree, diminished this reputa- 
tion, still enough of it is left to render this grass a 
favorite with every scientific agriculturist. 7th. Of 
the Meudow Fox-tail there are four species; but we 
shall speak only of the Alopecurus pratensis, which 
of all the grasses we haye mentioned is the tallest, 
