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of course, no phosphates." For other details as to manur- 

 ing, the reader is referred to the preceding paragraph. 



177. Artificial Grasses. The artificial grasses are much 

 fewer in number than those found in permanent grass land ; 

 they are divided under the head of graminous (grasses) and 

 leguminous plants (clovers). The grasses are (lolium 

 perenne) perennial rye-grass, (lolium Italicum) and (phleum 

 pratense) Timothy grass. The clovers are (trifolium pra- 

 tense) common red or broad leaved clover, (trifolium medium) 

 cow grass or zig-zag clover, (trifolium repens) Dutch or 

 white clover, (trifolium pratense perenne) perennial red 

 clover, (trifolium hybrid) hybrid or alsike clover, (trifolium 

 procumbens) hop trefoil to which may be added a clover 

 more extensively grown on the continent than with us, 

 namely, (trifolium Incarnatum) Italian or scarlet clover. 



178. Mixtures of Grasses for various soils, permanent 

 Pastures and Meadows. Messrs. Wheeler and Sons, seeds- 

 men, of Gloucester, have given much attention to this 

 department of farming, and have published, in their "Little 

 Book on Grasses," a series of mixtures of seeds which they 

 recommend and supply on application, suited for various 

 soils in the formation of permanent pastures and in the 

 renovation of old. From the tables giving these we select 

 the following. The weights given of each kind are per 

 imperial acre. 



No. I. adapted to chalk upper cretaceous soils. 



Description of Grasses. 



Perennial Rye, Lolium perenne, 

 Pacey's Rye, LoUum Paceyanum, . 

 Meadow Fescue, Festuca pratensis, 

 Sheep's Fescue, Festuca ovina, 

 Hard Fescue, Festuca duriuscula, . 

 Smooth Meadow Grass, Poa pratensis, 

 Golden Oat Grass, Avenaflavescens, 

 Downy Oat Grass, Avena pubescens, 

 Sweet Vernal, Anthoxanthum odoratum, 

 Crested Dogstail, Gynosurus cristatus, 

 Sainfoin, Onobrychis sativa, . 

 Birdsfoot Trefoil, Lotus comiculatus, 

 Alsike Clover, Trifolium hybridum, 

 Perennial Cow Grass, Tri. pratense perenne, 

 White Honeysuckle, Trifolium repens, . 



Description of Soil. 



