12 



Meadow Fox-tail Grass 



Alopecurus pratensis* 



Specific character: Flowers i; ^ , . 



Native of Britain, and most parts of Europe, from Italy, through France, Germany, Ho 



.- r» u ■M.™,,.^,. S„ro^«r. anrl Riissla. Flo. Rust. E. Bot. 848 : Witll^,. 



Hand, 



to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Russia. Flo. Rust. E. Bot. 848 ; Wither. Arr.; 

 Curt.Lond.; Hort. Kew. ; Flo. Ger. It is surprising, observes Dr. Withering, tWthe 

 specific character, in the latter editions of the works of Linnaeus, should describe this 

 grass as awnless : the awn is twice the length of the blossom, and knee bent. 

 Experiments.— The produce of herbage, from a space of four square feet of a clayey loan. 



on the 12th of April, is 



t 



dr. qr. 



r 



Grass, 14 oz. The produce per acre 

 .64 dr. of grass afFord of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space, ditto - ^ 



f 



At the time of flowering, the produce is. 

 Grass, 30 oz. The produce per acre * 



E 



,80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry «• 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



r - 



OZ. 



152460 



lbs. 



- 5 



- 11 



7742 



9528 12 

 483 14 



326700 



- 24 



- S36 



98010 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drjin 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



^ 



The produce from a sandy loam, is. 

 Grass, 12 oz. 8 dr. The proHuce per acre 

 80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - .- 



The produce of the space, ditto 





1 2 



n I 



7657 



20418 12 



6125 10 



14293 2 



478 9 



136125 



8507 



24 

 60 



40837 8 



Si552 5 8 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter - 10 

 The produce of the space, ditto t -3 0^ 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce from a clayey loam is, 



2126 15 



5955 7 8 

 132 14 15 



Grass, 19 oz.. The produce per acre 

 ,80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



^ 



The weight lost by the produce of an acre in drying 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space ditto r 



206910 



- 36 ^ 



136 Si-S 



93109 8 



2 



10 2^ 



7274 2 



12931 14 



5819 5 8 



7112 8 8 



454 10 2 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by leaving the crop till the seed be ripe, k 

 23 lbs. U oz. 14 dr. The proportional value which the grass, at tlie time the seed Is ripe, bears 

 to that at the time of flowering, is as 3 to 2. From a sandy soil, 64 dr. afforded 3 dr. of 

 nutritive matter, which gives the superiority to the produce from a llc^ht soil over that from a 

 clayey soil, as 4 to 3. 



- The latter-math produce from a clayey loam is. 



Grass, 12 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space ditto 



dr. qr. 



2 

 6 



oz. 



130680 

 4083 U 



lbs. 

 8167 8 



255 s n 



^ tris'Iat"' ™'" t "" ^' "' "" '»*™«* '» tl-' a' tl.e '"- of flowering. 

 * " 13 . and the cop, „. the time the seed is ripe, is ,„ ,hat of the la.ter-»a.h as 3 to «• 



J 



is as 



