508 



Result of an Experiment with Grass Seeds. 



house, with space in the centre for pits or tubs to accommodate 

 20 fruiting plants, and plenty of room at the sides of the paths for 

 young plants. A small bark bed might be made at one end, to 

 establish the suckers. 



The whole of the roof might be fixed, and the upright sashes 

 at each end made to slide or drop as ventilators. The glazing 

 should be done with sheet glass, in long panes, in Mr. Paxton's 

 manner. Such a house would be nearly air-tight, and I have 

 experienced that a stove constructed in this manner is heated at 

 a comparatively trifling cost. Erecting a house of this kind 

 would cost but little, and it would be capable of yielding a sup- 

 ply of excellent fruit throughout the year. Heating by hot-water 

 pipes is preferable to flues; although these, if properly con- 

 structed, would answer very well. 



Leigh Park Gardens, July 19. 18 42. 



A RT. VII. Result of an Experiment "with Grass Seeds, intended to 

 shotu the proper Depth of Covering they should receive when soivn. 

 By Messrs. Drummond, of the Agricultural Museum, Stirling. 



The seeds were sown on the 13th of May, 1842, in our nursery 

 grounds, on an open border of light soil, the covering regulated 

 by a frame (Jig. 55.) 4 ft. wide, the back (a, c) standing 3 in. in 



Fig. 55. Diagram showing the different Degre 



Grass 



2. 



Solium perenne L., Perennial 

 rye grass. 



Phleumpratensemajus-L., Greater 

 meadow catstail, or Timothy. 



Festuca pratensis L., Meadow 

 fescue. 



TVifolium pratense L., Red clo- 

 ver. 



TVifol. repens L., White clover. 



Medicago lupulina L„ Yellow 

 clover. 



Plantago lanceolata L., Ribgrass. 



yilopeciirus prateusis L., Meadow 

 foxtail. 



8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 



es of Covering required for different Kinds of 

 Seeds. 



9. Festuca duriuscula L., Hard 

 fescue. 



10. Poa pratensis L., Smooth-stalked 



meadow grass. 



11. .Dactylis glomerata L., Rough 



cocksfoot. 



12. Cynosurus cristatus L., Crested 



dogstail. 



13. Poa nemoralis L., Wood meadow 



grass. 



14. Jgrostis stolonifera L. var., Fiorin 



grass. 



15. -Lolium perenne L. var. italicum,. 



Italian rye grass. 



