62 WOOLT SOFT GBASS. 



powers beyond a rather limited period, and the diffi- 

 culty with which they are procured^ its cnltivation is 

 attended with considerable disadvantag-e, for- such 

 as suit it best will not aiford paying a high price for 

 the seed, and its foilage is not produced in great 

 quantities, owing to its shortness. 



There is a variety occasionally to be met with in 

 moors differing from the common in' being of a much 

 more light and yellowish green color, but in other 

 respects the same. There is a hardy annual, the 

 Large Quaking grass {Briza Maxima) cultivated in 

 gardens for ornament, which grows about one foot 

 high, very elegant ; also the Briza Graciles (slender 

 Quaking grass), grown for ornament. Briza Media 

 is found growing naturally in pastures in the middle 

 and Eastern States. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



VPQOLLY SO^T GEASS ; OR, TOEKSIIIEE WHITE. MEA- 

 DOW SOFT GEASS. VELVET GRASS. , 



Holcus Lanatus — Specific Character. 



Perrennial, soft, dov/ny and pale ; panicle oblong^ 

 up])er glume mucronate, awned under the apex , 

 awn of the stamiuate flower curved. Flowers in 

 July, and ripens seeds in July. 

 Way's AN^tLxsis. 



100 parts as taken green from the field Jane 29th 



Water. gg 7(y 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles. . 3 49- 



Fatty matters ' i'q2 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc 11 0'2 



Woody Fibre " n'yj 



