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HORTIJS GRAMINEUS WOBURNEIVSIS 



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OR, 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS 



ON THE PRODUCE AND NUTRITIVE QUALITIES 



OF DIFFERENT 



GRASSES, AND OTHER PLANTS, 



USED AS THE FOOD OF THE MORE VALUABLE DOMESTIC ANIMALS: 



INSTITUTED BY 



JOHN DUKE OF BEDFORD 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



®mtr specimens of tfje plants upon to|)icf) tfjese €mximmts mt Urn mm. 



AND 



PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR NATURAL HABITS, AND THE SOILS BEST ADAPTED TO THEIR GROWTH; 



POINTING OUT THE KINDS MOST PROFITABLE FOR 



PERMANENT PASTURE, IRRIGATED MEADOWS, DRY OR UPLAND PASTURE, AND THE 



ALTERNATE HUSBANDRY; 



ACCOMPANIED WITH 



THE DISCRIMINATING CHARACTERS OF THE SPECIES, AND VARIETIES. 



BY GEORGE SINCLAIR, 



GARDENER TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD, 



AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



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Disco ° "^^ "T •'"th ^ J*.^**"^*^^^' ^^^'^''' "'^*" properly appreciated and employed, must increase our we:iltli, our population, and our physical strength.— 

 - ft T ■ '^^ ^^^ «3rth, are uot merely for the time and country in which they are developed, but they may be considered as extending to 



uure ages and as ultimately tending to benefit the whole human race; as affording subsistence for generations yet to come; as multiplving life, and not only 

 multiplying hfe, but likewise providing for its enjoyment." S ^ 



DAVY. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED BY B. M'MILLAN, BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, 



PRINTER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT. 



1816. 



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