134 



5445 



64 dr. of grass afFord of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto 



The weight of nutritive matter, in which the crop, at the time the seed is ripe, exceeds that) 



dr. qr. 



2 

 8 



lbs. 



340 5 



at the time of flowering, is 



- ^ 



101 



The proportional value in which the grass, at the time the seed is ripe, exceeds that at the time of flow- 



ering, is as 4 to 3. 

 The produce of latter-math is. 

 Grass, 5 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass aflbrd of nutritive matter 



1 2 



54450 

 1276 2 



3403 2 

 79 12 



The above details may be suflScient to shew that the Creeping Fescue has no superior merit 

 over those species it resembles in habits, to compensate for the impoverishing effects of its creep- 

 ix^g roots to the soil. The first and second years of its growth from seed, the produce is greater 

 than is shewn in the above statements of its three year old produce. After the second year the 

 produce declines till the seventh or eighth, when it becomes so thin and diminutive, as hardlv 

 to amount to one-sixth of the above : this is the case with creeping roots in general ; but though 

 they impoverish thus the soil for their own maintenance, nevertheless the fibrous-rooted species 

 succeed well when planted on the ground so impoverished by the creeping roots of the Festuca 

 nihra: the nutritive matter of the creeping roots consists almost entirely of mucilage, while the 



glabraj 



CF. 



Flowers in the third week of June, and ripens the seed in the second week of July. 



Festuca dumetorum. Pubescent Wood-fescue. 



Specific character: Panicle branches pointing in many directions; spikets pubescent; leaves 



thread-shaped. Wither. Arr. ii. p. 154; Flo. Dan. 700.? 

 0^*.— Spikets straddling, some pointing upwards, some slanting, some nearly horizontal. 



(Wither.)— The whole plant is of a light glaucous colour, the spikets nearly white with the 



numerous fine hairs that clothe them. Culms slanting ; leaves long, slender, and point- 



The peculiar pubescence of the spikets, and the distorted figure of the 



panicle, which remains unaltered from seed, particularly distinguishes this species from th 



ing downwards. 



Welsh 



Native of Britain. 



Root perennial, slightly creeping. 



E.j,en.nenis.-At the time of flowering, the produce from a rich black sandy soil, incumbent 



on clay, is, 



Grass, 16 oz. The produce per acre 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 



The produce of the space, ditto 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is, 

 . Grass, H oz. The produce per acre 



qr, 



oz. 



174240 



40 



128 



1 



- 4 



lbs. 



10890 



87120 



5445 



2722 8 



170 2 8 



5445 



152460 



9528 12 



^+. 



