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Moha de Hongrie (Panirura Germanicum), from France, an an- 

 nual, good for forage, green or dry, very productive, of quick 

 growth, and flourishes well on dry soils. The seed may be sown 

 from May until July. The following extract from the "Bon Jar- 

 dinier" for 1855, will give some idea how this grass is appreciated 

 in France : 



" My first attempts on a large scale did not succeed well, but 

 one of my neighbors, among others, made such good use of it for 

 feeding horses and cows, that I was induced to try it agaio, which 

 I did with success. I sowed it in 1835, in a dry, calcareous soil, 

 when I remarked in it the quality of great resistance to drought. 

 It remained green, and in an excellent state in spite of the high 

 temperature and great drought of that year, even in places that 

 had not been manured. This time I would sow it in drills, and 

 regularly weeded it; but haricot beans and Panicum Italicum, 

 sowed and treated in the same manner, withered and lost their 

 leaves, whilst the moha remained green and fresh. The disast- 

 rous drought of 1842 gave new proof of the superiority of this 

 plant in this respect. In the middle of a calcareous plane, where 

 everything had perished, the moha remained unchanged. A con- 

 siderable portion of the heads were tolerably well filled with 

 seed, and the threshing gave a good though diminished product. 

 When it is intended to perfect the grain, the moha must be sown 

 in May ; when it is only w'anted as a green forage it may be sown 

 as late as July, at the rate of ten to twelve pounds to the acre in 

 the first case, and fourteen to sixteen in the latter." 



Sainfoin (hedysarum onobrychis), two varieties from France, 

 the " common" (sainfoin ordinaire), and the " double bearing" 

 (sainfoin a deux coupes) both of which are perennial. The for- 

 mer is best adapted for poor soils, and will not admit of but one 

 crop in a season. The latter is generally cultivated in all parts 

 of France, is more vigorous, hardier, and more productive than 

 the common sort, yielding two cuttings in a year. The farmers 

 consider it necessary to sow it upon good land, lest the plants 

 should deteriorate, as on soils of inferior quality the sowings 

 must be occasionally renewed. As its stalks are thicker and 

 harder, and its seeds larger than those of the other variety, it 



