THE GRASSES— FINE-LEA VED FESCUE. 55 



Fine-Leaved Sheep's Fescue. 



{Festuca ovina tenuifolia.) 

 Extra good seed weighs 24 lbs. per bushel. 



Some seedsmen guarantee a germination of So per 

 cent. 



CuETis says that it appeared to him appli- 

 cable only "to the purpose of making a fine- 

 leaved grass-plot that shall require little or no 

 mowing. 



Dr. Stebuer describes it as a dwarf variety, 

 with the leaves very fine and almost hair-like. W 4 

 Seeds not awned. Has no agricultural value, pme. 

 but is useful in lawns and ornamental grounds, peslue. 

 particularly in shady places. 



Chables Johnson says also that in the practice of 

 agriculture it is almost useless, being entirely un- 

 productive as hay ; while for grazing purposes, on 

 temporary pasture, grasses of larger growth are pro- 

 portionately far more profitable. Nature in her dis- 

 tribution of it on poor, rocky, sandy soils, where other 

 species would dwindle and die, points out the only 

 situation to which it is properly adapted. He shares 

 the opinion of the other authorities as to its suitability 

 for lawns, bowling-greens, and pleasure-grounds. 



The Seed is of a tawny orange colour, something 

 less than half the size of Hard Fescue, and difiers also 

 from the other Sheep's Pescues in being awnless. 



It is stated on good authority that only a small 

 quantity of the true seed comes into those kingdoms, 

 and that a small-seeded sample of Hard Fescue is 



