S6 THE GRASSES— VARIOUS-LEAVED FESCUE. 



usually sold for it. However, there is no difficulty- 

 whatever in procuring the true F. ovina 

 tenuifoUa if people will go to the price of 

 it, which is usually about thrice the price 

 of Hard Fescue. It is also stated that 

 it is sometimes adulterated with the 

 seeds of the Blue Melic grass, which is 

 a most objectionable adulteration in this 

 instance, as it is a most obnoxious grass to 



! Blue Meiio grass, Introduce into lawns, in the formation of 



(Mounia cca-uiea). -^yhich Fine-Lcaved Fescue is much used. 

 At Woburn, grown on a light sandy soil, gave of 



grass per acre — 



T. cwts. qvs. lbs. 



At time of flowering . . . . 2 8 2 13 



At time of seed ripening did not increase in weight, 

 but nutritive matter had decreased very much. 



Various-Leaved Fescue. 



{Festuca heierophylla.) 



Dr. Steblee's opinion of it is, that it is a first-rate 

 grass, and that he has obtained very satisfactory results 

 from it. It succeeds better in the shade than in the 

 open. It requires strong rich land and a warm situation, 

 as it belongs naturally to the south of Europe. Most 

 of the seed sold as F. heterophylla and F. rubra is 

 really the seed of F. fallax. 



Mr. Maetin J. Sutton says it is a most valuable 

 Fescue grass, and indeed one of the best of the finer 

 grasses. The earliness of its growth makes it exceed- 

 ingly useful in a pasture. For hay it is comparatively 



