GRASSES 



AND 



FOKAGE PLANTS 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE, 



COMPRISING 



THEIR NATURAL HISTORY ; COMPARATIVE NUTRITIVE VALUE ; METHODS 

 OF CULTIVATING, CUTTING, AND CURING; AND THE MANAGE- 

 MENT OF GRASS LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES 

 AND BRITISH PROVINCES. 



BY 



CHARLES L. FLINT, 



SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE ; MEMBER OF THE 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY ; AUTHOR OF A TREATISE 



ON "MILCH CO\VS AND DAIRY FARMING," 



ETC. ETC. 



WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ILLUSTRATIONS, 



FOURTH EDITION, 



REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



BOSTON: 

 PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY, 



13 WINTER STBBBT. 



1859. 



