INDEX 



Oat-grass, downy, experiments on, 166. 



specimen of, 167. 



Oat-grass, yellow, description of, 38. 



— specimen of, 39. 



experiments on, 38, 40. 



Oat-grass, meadow, description of, 200. 



— specimen of, 201, 



experiments on, 200, 202. 



Oxen, experiment on s.Ix, vii. 



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Panic-grass, glaucous, specimen of the seeds of, 

 xxi. 



Panic-grass, green, description of, 172. 



specimen of, 173. 



— experiments on, 172, 174. 



Panic-grass, slender-spiked, description of, 174. 



specimen of, 175, 



experiments on, 174, 176. 



Panieum sanguinale, 174, 176. 

 Panicum viride, 172, 174. * 



Plants, their effects in impoverishing the soil, 

 286, 288, 



Phleum bulbosum, 86, 88. 



pratense, i, iv, xxl, 82, 84. 



■ pratense, var. minor, xxxvii, 84, 86. 



Phalaris.arundinacea, see Arundo colorata. 



i Canariensis, 302, 303. 



. phleoides, 206, 208'. 



Pqaalpina, 167, 168, 



— annua, 304, 305, 



— angustifolia, 68, 70. 



— aquatica, 246, 248. 

 ■ ' — caesia, 78, 79. 



— caerulea, 18, 20. 



— cenisia, 160, 161, 



■ — compressa, xxvil, 192, 194. 



— compressa, var. erecta, 194-6. 



— decumbens, 280. 



— d'istans, 212, 214. 



— fertilis, 70, 72. 



— flultans, 238, 239. 



— glauca, 80, 82. 



— nemoralis, G6, 68. 



— nervata, JG, 78. 

 — - pratensis, xl, 16, 18. 

 ■^ trivialis, xli, 20, 23. 



Peat, active, analysis of, Ixiii. 

 Peat-moss, barren, analysis of, Ixir. 

 Pasture-land, natural, enquiries resjiecting the 



frequent failures in attempts to renew 



the valuable sward on, 1. 

 grasses and other plants that compose 



the produce of, 5. 

 ■ cause of failures in attempts to renew 



the valuable sward on, 118. 



unaccountable assertion respecting its 



renewal, ibid. 



the superiority of, over artificial pas- 

 tures, ibid. 



the chief properties which give value to 



a grass for, 118. 



■ selection of grasses adapted for, 123. 



manner of sowing the grass-seeds on,123. 



■ treatment of seedling grasses on, 124. 



the original valuable sward may be re- 

 newed on, in thespace of fouryears,i6i(i. 



Pastures, dry rough sandy grasses and other 



plants that are natural to, 126 '^18 

 221 J - J 



less capable of improvement than peat- 

 bogs, 127. 



disadvantages that attend converting 

 them with the plough only, 221, 



Pastures, facts to prove the increase of value they 



are capable of receiving, 222. 



— -may be much improved by conversion 



to tillage, ibid. 



how improved permanently, 223. 



grasses best for improving, ibid. 



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Quaking-grass, common, specimen of the seeds 



of, XX vii. 



— description of, 96. 



— specimen of, 97. 



comparative value of, 98. 



nutritive matter contained in the spring 



leaves, 120. 



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Ray-grass, see Rye-grass, 



Reed-grass, wood, specimens of the seeds of, 

 xxxiii. 



Root of grasses, varieties of, xil. 



Rye-grass, annual bearded, specimens of the 



seeds of, xlv. 



description of, 298. " 



— specimen of, 299. 



experiments on, 298. 



Rye-grass, slender-avvned, annual, description 



of, 300. 



specimen of, 301. 



experiments on, 300. 



Rye-grass, perennial, specimens of the seeds of, 



xxxiii. 



L 



description of, 104. 



specimen of, 105. 



experiments on, and comparative value 



of, 106, 107. 



nutritive matter afforded by the leaves 



of, in spring, 120. 



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S 

 Sainfoin, 217, 219. 



Seed of grasses, specimens of the,xvii, et seq.xlvi. 

 Sesleria caerulea, 188, 189. 

 Stem of grasses, see Culm. 

 Soft-grass, creeping meadow or couch, speci- 

 mens of the seeds of, xxxix. 



description of, 42. 



— specimen of, 43. 



experiments on, 44, 45. * 



nutritive matter afforded hy the leaves 



of, in spring, 120. 



Soft-grass, tall oat-like, description of, 48. 

 ■ specimen of, 49. 



experiments on, and comparative value 



of, 48, 50. 



nutritive matter afforded by the leaves 



of, in spring, 120. 



Soft-grass, awnless, tall oat-like, description of, 



52. 



specimen of, 53. 

 experiments on, 52. 



Soft-grass, sweet-scented, description of, 46. 

 • — specimen of, 47. 



experiments on, 46, 48. 



Soft-grass, woolly, specimens of the seeds of, xxv. 



description of, 40. 



experiments on, ibid. 42. 

 specimen of, 41. 



nutritive matter affbrded by the leaves 

 of, in spring, 120. 

 Soil, every different species of, produces grasses 



in some measure peculiar to itself, Ivili. 



terms used to denote the different kinds, 



lix. 



to what theseterms should be limited, lix. 



Sods, chemical examination of those employed 



m the experiments on grasses insti- 

 tuted by the Duke of Bedford, Ix-lxiv. 



— — dry, sandy, or elevated, different grasses 



S„P. 1 ' ,f^^?P^'"^^^^^t^^enaturalto,126. 



Suceulency, the degree of, in the food of cattle, 



ofimportanee to be ascertained, how it ma; 

 in most instances, 121, 122. 



Stipa pennata, xxxi, 162, 163. 



T 



Tare, everiasting, 74, 75, 76. 



Tares, nutritive matter contained in, 296 



manner of growth of, offers a remedy 



for the defects of thin sandy soils, in 

 rearing seedling grasses, 224. 



Trefoil, bird's-foot, 196, 197, 198. 



greater bird's-foot, 120-198-200 



Trefoil, medick, 214-216. 



melilot, 292. 



Trifollum, macrorhlzum, 120, 290, 292. 



medium, 108-111. 



■ pratense, 120. ■ 



• — meiilotus ofKcinalis, 292-294. 



rcpcns, 111,112-120. 



Triticum, XXXV, 306, 307. 



canrnum, 92-94. 



Trichodium canlnum, var. 152-154, 



■ canlnum, var. muticum, 226, 227. 



■ rupestre, 150-152. 



Turnips, yellow, Scotch, nature of the nutritive 



matter of, ix. 



dung of sheep that had fed on, ibid. 



Turnip, weight of nutritive matter afforded by 

 diffl'rent varieties of, 310, 312, 



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Vernal-grass, sweet-scented, specimens of the 



seeds of, xlvlii. 



r 



' -— description of, 6. 



— specimen of, 7. 



experiments on, and comparative value 

 of, 6, 8. 



nutritive matter contained in the leaves 

 of, in spring, 120. 

 Vetch, bush, description of, 102. 



' specimen of, 103. 



— experiments on, and comparative value 



of, 102, 104. 



Vetch, tufted, description of, 294. 

 — specimen of, 295. 



' experiments on, 294, 296. 



Vetch, wood, description of, 296. 



experiments on, 296, 298. 



' specimen of, 297. 

 Vetchling, yellow, see Lathyrus pratensis. 

 Vicia craeca, 294-296. 



seepium 102-104. 



syh-atica, 296-298. 



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Water-meadow, see Irrigated Meadow, 

 Way-bennet, see Hordeum murlnum. 

 Wheat-grass, bearded, description of, 92. 

 ■ experiments on, ibid. 94. ^ 



— specimen of, 93, 



Wheat-grass, creeping, or couch-grass, speci- 

 mens of the seeds of, xxxv. 



r 



' description of, 306. 



■ experiments on, ibid. 



■ specimen of, 307- 



y 



Yarrow, nutritive matter afforded by, 314, 



