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20 "/q are composed of Dactylis glomerata {Orchard-grass), 

 Festuca pratensis (Meadou'-Fescue), A vena flavescens 

 (Yellojv Oat-grass), Lolium perenne and I t a 1 i c u m (Peren- 

 nial and Italian Ryegrass), besides a couple of species of the 

 B r m u s-varieties, etc. 



If this is true of the superior grades of this variety, it goes 

 without saying, that the lower, cheaper grades contain even a far 

 larger proportion of these other varieties, and though amongst the 

 more experienced grass-seed dealers these grades go under the 



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name of ^'Fenasse", yet they are being handled likewise under 

 that of Tall Oat-grass. It is not at-all an exception to meet samples, 

 containing say 50 "/Vi "good" seeds, of which there are 2 3 of the 

 true variety only. 



Nobody, knowing the grass-seed trade thoroughly, would think 

 here for a moment shouting of "adulteration", if a sample like 

 the one described here \\ere being sold as "Tall Oat-grass". Such 

 lots are the natural outcome of the collector's work, and where 



