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Agrostis Mexicana. 31exican Bent-grass. 



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Specific character: Panicle obJong, heaped; calyx and corolla acuminate, and nearl 

 0^*.— Culms numerous, from one to two feet high, according to the' naturif \'''^''''^' • 

 grows in, branched, erect; leaves smooth, sheath-scale truncated- paniJir ^ '''^ '* 

 tinged with purple, according as it is produced in full exposure to the sun' ^ "^^ ^ T^^' 



e sun, crowded with 



scabrous florets; calyx-valves unequal, shorter than the corolla; corolla-valves near] "^ 1 

 hairy at the base. Linnaeus observes, that it is very difficult to distinguish tl.^' ^ ' 



hairy at the base. 



Native of South America. Root perennial, 

 ander in 1780. 



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Mant 



E.penrnents.~At the time of flowering, the produce from a rich black siliceous sandy soil in 

 . ciinihpnt nn a fpnur^Inno o.,T.o^;i • . J *"^*^ in- 



cumbent on a tenacious subsoil, is 



Grass, 28 oz. The produce per acre - . '' T cS^nr. ***'" 



0O492O = 19057 8 O 

 80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - 28 ) ' o u 



The produce of the space, ditto - » I56 3f ^ " " 106722 = 6'670 2 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying - .. 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter - Sf ) - 7 



The produce of the space, ditto - - 14 > ' " " ^^^^ ^^ = 595 8- u 



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I. delights more in calcareous or clayey soils than in those that are of a siliceons sandy na- 



ritio?!? r '7"""?^ "' '''''^'^- -''» --. P"''— plants that soon arri™ at 

 perfect, on. So far, hcrefore, ,t possesses the requisite properties of a grass adapted for the Alter- 



na e Hu.handry ; hut ,t ,s late in the produce of foliage in the spring, and that herbage is not 



d.s.,ngu,shed hy any superior nuritive powers, as the ahove results of experiments mantet. It 



perfect y hardy. Being a native of a warmer climate, its defects may possibly he greatly 



essened hy hemg naturalized, and by frequently rising it fron, seed successively ripened in 



lot TI' ,^'.P"T"'' "' ''°" ""' ""^^ ™y *°"S ■■« '° -—'J i« f""!- to the 

 notice ot the Agriculturist. 



It flowers in the third week of August, and the seed is ripe towards the end of September. 



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are tT ""^n"" "T't' ^°"'""^ "" *" ""^ ""^ ^''^^'^S S<=™s, it appears manifest there 

 but a small number of the natural grasses pecuharly fitted for the Alternate Husbandty. 



■e hX!" : ■rir" "'" '''"'" °' P'-^ ^-^ *--'■». - S— -F*. -.h grain. 



were before mentioned. 



culturist. ^"ngtnemmay not be altogether uninteresting, but of some use to the Agri- 



not appear. But from various accoult^ '^T* ^" ^^ ^^^^ V^^'^od, Turnips were first used in England as the food of cattle, does 

 records. The ancients appear trW b' ^ ^''^ Z'"'*"''^ ^""^ "'^' ^^^^ ^"^wn in the Low Countries, as far back as there arc any 

 kinds of vegetables adapted for t^heTrm'''' ^'^"^^"t^<l ^ith the value of this root. Columella, speaking of the several 



not wanted for the table will ii ♦ 1! ^^^^™™^" ^ *^^ cultivating of Mapa in plenty, because, sajshe, those roots that are 



J Will De eaten hy the cattle. 



