BROAD "LEAVED, OE CREEPING BENT. 67 



From 21 to 28 lbs. of seed per acre on such soils 

 eliould be sown. About 2 or 3 lbs. of the seed of 

 this grass should enter into a mixture Avith the seeds 

 of other grasses for permanent pasture. 12 lbs. of 

 Hed Top seed make a bushel. 



CHAPTER XXIV 



LARGE LEAVED, CREEPING BENT GRASS OR EIORIN. 



Agrostis Stolinifera Var 1 Latifolia— Specific 

 Character. 



Panicle loose at the time of flowering contracted af- 

 terwards; florets large, numerous; calyx husks acumi- 

 nate, outer, serrulated from keel upwards; inkier only 

 slightly toward the top. 



The pecu'Uar value of the Fiorin and of other grass- 

 es of the Agrostis family arise from their fitness for 

 winter pasture as they lose very little of their bulk or 

 nutriment by remaining on the soil after they have' 

 ceased to grow. The Fiorin gi'ass to be in perfection 

 requires a moist climate or a wet soil^ and it grows 

 on cold clays unfitted for other grasses; in light sand 

 and dry situations its produce is inferior as to quan- 

 tity and quality. Fiorin or as it is commonly called 

 in the North of Ireland Fanreeriy was fixst intro- 

 duced to the notice of the British public some seven- 

 ty years ago by Rev. Doctor Richardson, of OlonfQcle 

 County, Antrim, Ireland. A comnadttee of several 

 members of the Agricultural society of Kirkcudbright 

 Scotland , visited the Doctors' farm about that time 

 for the purpose of examining it They described it a& 



