22 PRACTICAL NOTES ON GRASSES AND GRASS GROWING, 
quality of their butter is not affected for the better; it is 
perhaps fortunate that cows will not eat it freely, if they can 
get anything better. This weed is toa great extent indigenous 
to the soil, and when once it takes root it increases and 
multiplies most rapidly, and it can only be eradicated by the 
utmost perseverance. 
Rep Rosin (GERANIUM MOLLE). 
Red Robin, being simply an annual in permanent pastures, 
is not of much trouble, but in alternate husbandry it soon 
becomes a nuisance. The scythe is its most effectual remedy. 
In samples of white clover the presence of the seed of Red 
Robin is difficult to detect, and, when discovered, it is 
advisable to refuse to take the sample on any terms. In 
growth it is tall, and bears a red flower. Why it should be 
called Red Robin we are at a loss to understand, unless it is 
named after the seed, which is of a dull reddish hue. 
STONE GRass. 
Stone grass, which is more commonly called “runners,” 
does not become particularly troublesome unless allowed to 
obtain a strong hold upon one’s land. It is chiefly found 
amongst giant and perennial red clovers, where it is easily 
detected, in the sample which it considerably deteriorates. 
These plants, which resemble diminutive rhubarb stools, send 
out long runners in all directions, hence the sobriquet quoted 
above. Its seeds are rough to the touch and quite round in 
appearance. 
An easy method of discovering whether stone grass seeds 
are present in a sample is as follows :—Take the sample, say, 
of perennial red clover, which you imagine is infested with the 
seeds of this weed, and place it upon a sheet of smooth paper ; 
