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twenty-four are found in our meadows and pastures. This, 

 " the first group " and we quote from an excellent series of 

 papers in the " Mark Lane Express " by the above eminent 

 authority " is somewhat remarkable, as it shows that in a 

 pre-eminently pastoral country, where grasses grow so re- 

 markably well, only a little more than one-fourth of the 

 species of grasses belong to the meadow, and even these, if 

 we carefully examine them in the following allocation, may 

 be very considerably lessened. 



LIST OF THE USUAL SPECIES OF GRASSES OF THE MEADOW. 



1. Anthoxantlmm odoratum Sweet vernal. 



2. Alopecurus pratensis Meadow foxtail. 



3. Phleum pratense Timothy or catstail. 



4. Phleum Boehmeri Boehmer's catstail. 



5. Agrostis alba vars White bent. 



6. Agrostis canina Common bent. 



7. Aira flexuosa Wavy Hair-grass. 



8. Aira cristata (Koeleria) Crested hair-grass. 



9. Holcus lanatus Soft grass. 



10. Arrhenatherum avenaceum Oat-like grass. 



11. Cynosurus cristatus Crested dogstail. 



12. Hordeum pratensis Meadow barley. 



13. Lolium perenne Perennial rye. 



14. Poa pratensis Smooth meadow grass. 



15. Poa trivialis Rough meadow grass. 



16. Briza media Quaking grass. 



17. Dactyl is glomerata Cocksfoot. 



18. Festuca pratensis Meadow fescue. 



19. Festuca loliacea Rye fescue. 



20. Festuca ovina Sheep's fescue. 



21. Festuca duriuscula Hard fescue. 



22. Bromus erectus Upright brome. 



23. Avena pubescens Hairy oat-grass. 



24. Avena flavescens Yellow oat-grass. 



161. Now, if we dissect even this limited list, we shall 

 find that one-third only belong to what may be termed 

 useful grasses : the rest mark not the best conditions for 

 a meadow. They may be arranged according to their 

 numbers, as follow : 



1. Good deep Meadow soils, 



2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 8 



2. Thin Meadow, 



1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 20, 21, 22 9 



