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birds are fond of the seeds. There are striped-leaved varieties of the Aorostis 

 glomerafa^ in the 



Woburn 



the leaves, are equal, if not superior, to tliose of the Striped-leaved Reed-p-rass 



It comes into flower about the first and second vs^eeks of July, and the seed ri 

 middle of August. 



alba, and DactyUs 

 ty of the tints i 



m 



pens about the. 



Festuca elatior 



sterilis. Barren-seeded Tall Fes 



cue. 



e outer one 



or ten 



+ 



Specific character: Panicle directed on one side, upright; spikets mostly awned, th 

 cylindric. 



Obs. — It greatly resembles the Festuca prafensis. It is larger in every respect ; flowers " 

 - -" days later. The panicle of the pratensis is upright at first, afterwards drropL* 

 whde the panicle of the elatior is drooping at first, and afterwards upright; spikets of a 

 green and purple colour, cylindric, generally awned ; leaves rougher, and less pointed 

 than those of the Festuca pratensis, ^ 



Native of Britain. Root perennial, fibrous. E. Bot. 1593; Curt. Lond. 6. t. 7; Flo. Ger 



Bromus littoreus. 



Experiments.— At tlie time of flowering, the produce from a black rich loam, is 



dr. 



28 

 420 



Grass, 75 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 - 5 



The produce of the space, ditto 



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

 Grass, 75 oz. The produce per acre 



^ 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



qr, 



oz. 



816750 

 285862 8 



lbs. 



51046 14 

 17866 6 8 



33180 7 8 



93 



63808 9 



3988 9 



£8 



420 S 



y 



816750 

 285862 8 



51046 



4 



17866 6 8 



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 



3 

 56 1 



33179 13 8 



38285 2 



2392 13 2 



The propcH-tional value in which the grass of the flowering crop exceeds that at the ti.e the seed i 



is as 5 to 3. 

 The produce of latter-math is. 

 Grass, 23 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



IS npe, 



4 



250470 

 15654 6 



15654 6 

 978 6 6 



The grass, at the tune of flowering afi>)rd« .v. . • • , , 



^, . V . , ■ "^' '*"''' ^^ more nutritive matter than that of the latter- 



math, m the proportion of 5 to 4 : but the e-ri^^ ^f +1, i 



^ -,, ,, T . , ' "^ Srass of the latter-math contains more nutritive mat- 



ter than that at the time the seed is ripe, in the proportion of 4 to 3 



The superior value of the grass of the latter matl. i i i. • i j • 



.. ■ , , ,._* ^^"'^^-math, compared to that at the time the seed IS 



ripe, IS manifested by the difi^rent appearance nf tl, i >- , xxn .t, 



... , , FF^'irance ot the grass at these stages of growth. When the 



seed IS ripe the culms are withered and dry • thp 1 1 t, • rl it 



£ 1- J' J ine latter^math consists ot nne green succulent 



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