CHAP. IV 



SELECTION OF PASTURE PLANTS 



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Classification by Flowering 



In the pages following those species only which are desirable are 

 mentioned. 



Classific.\t ion by Soils 



The importance of soil-classification must not be — as is very general — 

 over-estimated, because the best pasture plants, — Cocksfoot, Meadow fescue, 

 Meadow foxtail, Tall fescue, Timothy, the Meadow-grasses (especially Rough- 

 stalked meadow-grass), White clover and a little Yarrow, grow naturally oa 

 any of our cultivated lands. 



Meadow foxtail-grass 

 Sweet vernal-grass 

 Tall oat-grass 

 Yellow oat-grass 

 Crested dogstail-grass 

 Cocksfoot-grass 

 Sheep's fescue-grass 

 Hard fescue-grass 



Silicious, Rocky and Dry Soils. 



Perennial rye-grass 



Smooth- stalked meadow-grass 



Rough-stalked meadow-grass 



Trefoil 



Common sainfoin 



Red clover 



White clover 



