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during various periods of the season, the produce will be found to consist of the folio '" 



j^lants 



Alojjecurus pratensis, (meadow foxtail), 

 Dactylis glomerata, (round cock's-foot), 

 Festuca pratemh, (meadow fescue), 

 Phkum prafense, (meadow cat's-tail), 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum^ (sweet-scented vernal-grass), 



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Holcus aveiiaceus, (tall oat-like soft-grass), 



Vicia sepium, (creeping vetch), 



Loliu?7i perenne, (rye-grass), /->: .- 



Bromus arvensis, (field brome-grass), frequent, 



Foa annua, (annual meadow, or Suffolk-grass), 



Avena pratensis, (meadow oat-grass), 



Avena Jiavescens, (yellow oat-grass), 



Hordeum pratense, (meadow barley), 



Cynosurus cristatus, (crested dog's-tail), 



Festuca durmscula, (hard fescue), 



Foa trmalis, (rough-stalked meadow-grass), 



Poa pratensis, (smooth-stalked meadow-grass), 



Hoicus lanatus, (woolly soft-grass), sparingly, 



TrifoUmn medkm, (cow-clover, or perennial red clover), 



Trifolium repens, (white, or Dutch clover), 



Lathyrus pratensis, (yellow vetch, or meadow lathyrus), 



Festuca glabra, (smooth fescue), 



Agrostis stolonifera, (creeping bent, or florin), 



Agrostis palustris, (marsh bent-grass), 



Triticum repens, (creeping wheat-grass, or couch). 



Which afford the principal grass in the spring, 



and also a great part of the summer pro- 

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Which yield produce principally in -summer . 



and autumn. 



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Besides these, there are other plants that I have invariably found in the richest natural pas- 



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yarrow) 



But of these, 



the nb-grass and butter-cups were by far the .Bost common, the yarrow and sorrel-dockbein. 



contmed to particular spots. I have been in the practice for many years, of examining these 



pastures at vanous periods of the season, but I never could discover the smallest indication of 



ne cattle (horses, cows, and sheep) having touched the Rume^ acetosa, or Ranunculus acris. 



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