192 



Poa compressa 



Specifi 



Flat-Stalked Meadow-grass 



ered: 



flowers connected at the base by a complicated web of hairs; culm compressed; root 



r 



creeping 



0^5.— Culms from a foot to a foot and a half high, compressed, decumhent at the base 

 oblique afterwards, and erect towards the top ; striated, smooth, sometimes sending forth 

 culms at the joints; leaves short, linear, acute, flat, somewhat glaucous; panicle erect, short 

 directed one way, glaucous, bluntish, condensed; florets from three to nine, according to 



the 



age and strength of the plant, closely imbricated, oval, angular, three-nerved, purpl 

 w the tip, which is silvery and scariose at the base, connected by very fine complicatei 



short villous hairs. 



Witherin 



E. Bot. 



W 



Native of Britain. Root perennial, creeping. 



Experiments, — At the time of flowering, the produce from a gravelly soil with manure, is 



dr. 



34 



34 



Grass, 5 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 one acre in drying 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto *- " - 6 



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

 Grass, 6 oz. The produce per acre 



qr. 



oz. 





lbs. 



54450 



= 



= 3403 2 



23141 



4 = 



-^ 1446 5 4 



- 



n 



1956 12 12 



4253 



14 = 



= 265 13 14 



65340 



4083 12 



40 

 48 



32670 



2041 14 



J 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 



The produce of the space, ditto f - - 



The weightiest by the produce of one acre in drying - « - - - . 2041 14 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



1 







5 



- 7 2 



5104 11 



The produce of the space, ditto 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by taking the crop at the time of flowering, is 



319 11 



! 



53 2 13 



ewn 



flower, will not make up for the valne of the latter-malh which would otherwise he lost hy tak- 

 ing the crop at the time the see^is ripe. If the produce of this grass was of greater magnitude, 

 it would rank as one of the most valuable grasses, as it produces foliage early in the spring, of 

 stronger nutritive powers than most other grasses. It has been recommended as a grass to cul- 

 tivate on poor soils; but the produce is so very deficient, that there are other grasses that might 



Meadow 



m 



tail Grass, 



The roots, in some situations, penetrate to a considerable depth, as in stony dry 

 soils. It grows in abundance on the walls which embank the ponds in Woburn-park. 



Dr. Smith, m the English Botany, observes, that this grass can scarcely be put to any agri- 

 cultural use : thetrials that have been made of it hpvo ^ c 4^1. 4- • • t. • .. ^i.n^fh(^ 



^^ ^^ ^^ nei'e, confirm that opinion. It is true, thattne 



produce is augmented by cultivating it on a richpr c^;i i . . - ^^ . r i." i ^ctlip 



.... *^ a Mil d iicner soil, but not in that proporLion which is tne 



result of a similar treatment in other s:rasses Tt.r. i i i • x i ti. ^n i 



. , ., - 6^"^^^^^* I lie culms and leaves attain a greater length on a 



rich soil, but never form a close turf, beintr undpr. • i,- i ... ;i .r.^fhe 



^ ^^^GJ unaer every circumstance, thinly scattered over tne 



