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grass, has the upper joint in the middle of the stem, the 

 flowering glume five-ribbed, and the upper sheath longer 

 than its leaf. This variety was first discovered by Mr. 

 Babington, near that magnificent waterfall called the 

 High Force, in Teesdale ; it was growing in sheltered 

 nooks ; it has since been found in similar situations in 

 other parts of England. Its florets are not webbed. 



P. nemoralis, var. Balfonrii, Balfour's Meadow-grass, 

 closely resembles the last variety, but its florets are 

 webbed. 



P. nemoralis, var. albocaulis, White-stalked Meadow- 

 grass, has leaves veined with white, and white stalks ; it 

 is very elegant and pretty, and was raised by Mr. Gorrie 

 at Annat. 



P. nemoralis, var. elatior, Tall Wood Meadow-grass, 

 is a robust variety, introduced by Messrs. Lawson for 

 purposes of cultivation. 



P. nemoralis, var. sempervirens. Evergreen Wood 

 Meadow-grass. — This variety first attracted notice by 

 the luxuriance in which it grew in the Botanic Gardens 

 at Edinburgh. Mr. Thomas Bishop, of Methven, visited 

 the said gardens in a very droughty season, and seeing 

 this grass so healthy and verdant at such a time, he 

 straightway began to cultivate it on his own land. His 

 experience of it after some years confirmed his first im- 

 pressions in its favour. Its verdure is perpetual, it 

 grows with wonderful rapidity after being eaten down 

 or inowm, and it begins to grow very early in the spring. 

 It is a native of North America, and is known as Poa 

 nervosa, or Hudson's Bay grass ; but Messrs. Lawson 

 have rightly decided it to be a variety of Poa nemoralis. 



