THE GRASSES— MEADOW FESCUE. 



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characteristics of tlie different seeds as they appear 

 under a magnifying glass. It is easy enough to distin- 

 guish the seeds of the Brome grasses by the naked eye, 

 but not so easy to find distinguishing marks between 

 the seeds of Meadow Fescue and Perennial Kyegrass 

 without the aid of a good magnifier. 



^^i J^r Seed of Peren- 

 F«cne(iii^i- ^^ Ryegrass 



fied and natural ^,,,^J ^ 



natural size). 



e). 



Bromtts secalinut. 



Soft Brome Glass 

 (Bramvi moUii}. 



At Woburn, Meadow Fescue gave of grass per 

 acre — 



At time of flowering 

 Yielding in hay 



T. cwts. qrs. lbs. 

 6124 

 '' 17 2 26 



At the time of seed-ripening the weight of crop per 

 acre had increased considerably, but the quantity of 

 nutritive matter had fallen off to less than one-half. 



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