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HALF-HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES. 



odomtum, Fig. 199), had, indeed, long been a 

 favourite, even with common people, inasmuch as it 

 is the perfume of this very common and beautiful 

 grass that gives the well-known scent to new-mown 



Fig. 199. 



a Paiiicle of Anthoxanllvim odoratum. 



b. Inner Glumes with Awns containing Ovary, magnified 



c. Inner Glumes, Ovary removed, magnified. 



d. Outer Glumes Styles. 



hay or grass. The study of grasses is not so difficult 

 as many suppose, and if it be a trifle more so than 

 the study of flowering-plants so called, like every 

 other out-of-the-way subject, when once mastered, it 

 more than compensates for the little extra pains 



