Practical Notes on Grasses 
and Grass Growing in East Anglia. 
CHAPTER I. 
OBJECTIONABLE AND PERNICIOUS WEEDS. 
Twitch, Couch, or Speargrass (77itécum repens). Black Grass ( Alopecurus 
agrestis). Running Grass (Agrestis vulgaris). Yorkshire Fog (Hokus 
lanatus). Dock (Rumex obtustfolius). Sorrell (Rumex acetosella). 
Rib Grass or Plantain Seeds (/¥antago lanceolata). Buttercnp 
or Crowsfoot (Plantago lanceolata). Red Robin (Geranium moile). 
Stone Grass. Dodder (Cuscuta ¢rifoliz). 
jy is as essential for one who would be a successful 
{| grass-grower to be thoroughly conversant with the 
weeds which are pernicious to one’s pastures, as 
it is for one to understand the various seeds which 
one is handling. We do not propose to deal with all the 
weeds which would fall under this heading, but merely to 
select a few of those which are generally a nuisance to the 
agriculturist and are likely to be found, sooner or later, in 
almost every pasture. 
Taking them in the order in which they, in our opinion, 
make themselves most objectionable, we will summarise, as 
shortly as we can, some of their general characteristics, how 
