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soil in Aspley Wood, where the trees had heen thinned; on a heath soil, and on a clayey 



loam. 



Experiments,— Kl the time of flowering, the produce from a sandy soil, incumhent on clay, is, 



Grass, 9 oz. The produce per acre 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - - - 34 



dr. qr, oz, lbs. 



98010 = 6135 10 



The 



61 



4 



41654 4 = 2603 6 4 



3522 3 12 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter - ^ ^ f ^ _ 3g28 8 = 23Q 4 8 



The produce of the space, ditto - - - 5 22 



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

 Grass, 7 oz. The produce per acre 

 80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 



^2 



76230 = 4764 6 

 20963 4 = 1310 3 4 



3454 3 



The produce of the space, ditto - - 30 3r 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter - 2 0) . ^ ^^ _ 



The produce of the space, ditto - - 3 0| 



32670 = 2041 14 



The produce of latter-math is, 

 Grass, 3 oz. The produce per acre - » ^ - ^ 



64 dr. ofgrass afford of nutritive matter - 12 - -765 11= 47 13 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by leaving the crop till the seed be ripe, is, - 90 6 5 



The seeds of this grass^, when sown on a heath soil, and on a clayey loam of equal space, 

 afforded of grass, from the time they were sown. May 10, till the time the produce was col- 

 lected, on the 20th of August following : 



Heath soil, produce of grass ^ - - ^ 



Clayey loam, produce of grass 



2 oz. 

 1 



(A 



garis), it will be found inferior in the proportion nearly of 5 to 3. It appears to he a very 



scarce grass : I have only seen it twice in a w ild state, and then hut in very small quautities. 



It grows on the east side of Aspley Wood, and by the side of a field near Wavendon. 



From these facts and observations, the Snowy Bent will appear to be unfit for the purposes 



of the Agriculturist. It is apparently too scarce a plant, to be at all formidable as a weed. 



It flowers about the second week of August, and ripens the seed about the beginning of 

 September. 



Agrostis fascieularis. Buodle-leaved Bent Tufted Bent. 



Specific character; Calyx valves unequal, coloured ; corolla valves very unequal ; inner valve 

 very minute, awnless ; sheath-scale acuminate ; leaves in dense bundles. 



0Z>5.— This grass is mentioned in Mr. Curtis's enumeration of British grasses, but without any 

 specific description. It seems nearly allied to the A. capiUaris of Hudson. The leaves are 

 more obviously collected into bundles than in any other species of Bent. It seldom rises 

 to more than five inches in height : the leaves of a smaller variety are finer than those of 

 most other species of Bent, and it has received the name of tennifoUa. The shoots strike 



ift 



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