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with those of chess, which they much resemble. IIolcus lanatus, 

 a poor grass, is also found in rye-grass. Meadow fescue is hirgely 

 adulterated with tliat of perennial rye-grass, a cheaper seed of 

 less value. 



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Fi(j. 88.— c, A floret of meadow 

 fescue ; f, the same enlarged ; 

 a, the otuer side of the base of 

 same. 



Fi(j. W».— e, A floret of peren- 

 nial rye Krass ; f, the same en- 

 larged ; (/, tlieothersideof the 

 base. Observe flie difference 

 m the apexes, difference in the 

 piece of the rachis held by 

 eacli, thoufjh tliis is not uni- 

 formly as here shown. Ob- 

 serve the base of Fii,'. 88 is 

 convex, while that of Fig. 89 ia 

 flat or concave. 



Crested dog's-tail is largely adulterated with MoUnia ccerulea, 

 which is of no value. 



Seeds formerly sold, oven by the very best seedsmen, were 

 more or less tampered with, and they were careful to adulterate 

 their seeds about so much each year to prevent troublesome 

 questions. 



In Germany, the mills ground quartz; it was sifted, colored, 

 and mixed with seeds of clover. Pure seeds are quoted as "Hot 

 seed," while dead ones are quoted as trio or "000." 



James Hunter, of England, in his seed catalogue and treatise 

 on grasses, writes : " If it be asked how such a state of things 

 can be possible, the only reply that can be given is, that so com- 

 plete is the want of knowledge of this subject on the part of the 

 seedsmen and agriculturists, that almost any species of adulter- 



