TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



Which treats of the Introduction and Cultivation of Species and Varieties 



Introductory Remarks — Culture of Plants for Cattle Food not attended to in the Early Ages 

 — Cultivation of, commenced in England atout the middle of the Seventeenth Century ; 

 in Scotland at the beginning of the Eighteenth, and in Ireland from about the middle of the 

 same Century — Publication of the "Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis " in 1821, from which 

 period more particular attention directed to cultivation of Natural Grasses — Important 

 results to be anticipated from extended culture of recently introduced varieties 



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CHAPTER II. 



Which enumerates the Kinds and specifies the Quantities of Seeds for Sowing 

 down Land to Pasture 



Unaccountable disparity of quantity and proportion of Grass Seeds sown by different cultivators. ... 10 

 Here follow a series of Tables, shewing the Kinds and Quantities of Grass Seeds required for 

 sowing the Imperial Acre : — 



1 Alternate Husbandry 12 



2 Permanent Pasture — No. i 13 



3 Permanent Pasture — No. 2 14 



4 Permanent Lawn Pasture — No. i 14 



5 Permanent Lawn Pasture — No. 2 ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 15 



6 Fine Lawns, Croquet Greens, Bowling Greens, Bleaching Greens, &c., kept constantly 



under the Scythe 16 



7 Lands in Preparation for Irrigation 16 



8 Permanent Pasture and Hay in Orchards and other Grounds much overshadowed by Trees 17 



