FIOEIN GRASS. 



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common on the Connecticut Eiver meadows, where it 

 appears to be indigenous, and is there called the Eng- 

 lish Bent. It is often used in the manufacture of bon- 

 nets. 



FiOBiN {Agrostis stoh- 

 nifera), Fig. 30, is only a 

 variety of English bent, 

 which gained great noto- 

 riety some years ago in 

 Ireland and England, vol- 

 umes having been writ- 

 ten in its praise, while it 

 received the execrations 

 of those who found it 

 troublesome to eradicate, 

 on account of its creep-, 

 ing and stoloniferous ' 

 roots. It belongs pecu- 

 liarly to moist places, 

 ^hich are occasionally 

 overflowed, and is some- 

 times known as the 

 Broad-leaved Creeping 

 Bent. In the Woburn 

 experiments it was found 

 to be inferior in nutri- 

 tive value to orchard 

 grass {Dactylis glome- 

 and meadow fes- 

 cue, and superior 

 to meadow fox- 

 tail. A magnified 

 flower of this 

 grass is shown in 

 Pig. 31. 



rata) 



Pig. 30. fiorin Oraas. 



Kg. 31. 



