CONTENTS 



PART I 



BOTANICAL SECTION 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. The Morphology of Grasses .... . 1 



II. General Biology op Grasses 18 



III. Distribution of British Grasses ... .23 



IV. Common British Grasses grouped according to their 



Vegetative Characters 28 



V. Common British Grasses grouped according to their 



Inflorescences and Floral Characters ... 34 



VI. Key to Grass "Seeds" 38 



VII. Botanical Description of Species 51 



PART II 



AGRICULTURAL section 



VIII. The Agricultural Value and Characteristics of the 



Grasses Sown on the Farm 133 



IX. The Valuation and Purchase of Grass Seeds . 162 



X. The Specification and Compounding of Grass Seed- 



Mixtures Ig8 



XL The General Treatment of Grass Land, and the effects 



of various Fertilisers upon the different species 180 



Appendix . . .... . 188 



Bibliography 



192 



Index . ... . . 194 



