112 



Thebiennialredcloverrrn/oZJMOTjjraifeMe;, affords of nutritive matter - 33 



The perennial red clover (Trifolium medium) , affords of ditto 



2 1 



The' white, or Dutch clover (Trifolium repens) , affords of ditto - . ^ 



The Brown five-leaved variety of White Clover, affords of ditto - - - 2 2 



The Wh 



and 



Whii 



ipect 



■er» in the pro, 



10 to 9. The 



ntity of nutri- 



inferior to tk 



White 



Humphry 



Clovers contain a greater 



^ ^^^ 



proportion of bitter extractive and saline matters, than the proper grasses; and that when pure 

 clover hay is to be mixed as fodder, it should be with summer hay, rather than after-math hay*. 



Agrostis stolonifera fvar. 1, latifolia). Larger-leaved Creeping Bent^ Florin. 



Specifii 



at the time of flowering, contracted afterwards; florets 



large, numerous; calyx husks acuminate, outer serulated from the keel upwards, inner 

 only slightly towards the top, 

 Obs, — ^This variety of Creeping Bent-grass, being confined to the richest natural pastures, at 

 least as far as my observations have extended, I have introduced it in this place; the spe- 



+ ' ' ' 



cimens and details of experiments made on the other varieties, which are now to be men- 

 tioned, will be found in another part of this Work, 

 Var, 2, Smaller-leaved Creeping Bent (see Agrostis stolonifera, var. angustifoUa), Is dis- 

 tinguished from the above, by its panicle, which is densely crowded with florets. Smaller, of 

 a whitish colour, which distinguishes it at first sight from the large spreading dingy purple pani- 

 cle of the above ; the leaves are longer and broader, pointing more direct from the stem : the 

 joints are more distant in this variety, and distinguished from those of every other variety of 

 Fiorin, by the dull purple or brownish colour, which seems to unite them with the stem: in 



tifolia, the colour is white or sjrey. Th 



g Bent-grass (; 



?2£/em of the English Botany, 1532. — Var. 3, Awned Creeph 

 Qiifera, var. aristata) is distinguished from the first variety by its larger valve of the 

 blossom having an awn twice its length, while the same valve in the true Florin 

 (var. 1.), has only the rudiment of an awn fixed below the apex, and which can only be 

 distinctly seen by the aid of a glass ; the panicle is also smaller; the colour of that 

 part of the stem nearest to the joint, is reddish • the joints much less swoln.— Var. 4, Wood 

 Creeping Bent-grass, (see Agrostis stolonifera, var. nemoralis), is more like the first 

 variety than any of the others; but the panicle is more wide-spreading, the branches rougher, 

 the florets more pointed, smoother, the leaves narrpwer, and lying more flat on the ground ; 

 the creeping stems, or runners, are more slender, and lie quite flat on the ground, joints sm 

 and nearly colourless. The Marsh Creeping Bpnt-a.ra«« rv.o. 



aller, 



. 5, (see 



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Agricultural Chemis^rj. 



