gO PRACTICAL NOTES ON GRASSES AND GRASS GROWING, 
Red clover is naturally a heavy land plant, and is said to 
be indigenous to every country in Europe, except Greece. 
During a droughty season, on very light soil, it seems to dry 
up altogether. It seldom dies, and when showery weather sets 
in it revives in a most astonishing manner; but, sown with 
perennial ryegrass, it forms the keystone of “one year’s Jey,” 
The seed weighs 64 lb. to 65 1b. per imperial bushel, and each 
pound should contain about 225,000 germinating seeds. 
SINGLE-cuT Cow Grass, OR PERENNIAL RED CLOVER 
(TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE PERENNE, SUTT.). 
This grass derives its name from the fact that it is customary 
to feed it until the middle of the month of May, when it is 
shut up to produce a crop for the scythe, which is an excep- 
tionally heavy one, and one which exhausts it entirely for the 
season. 
Whatever one says concerning this plant is generally con- 
tradicted by someone else. For instance, many argue it is 
known by its hollow stalk, whilst others affirm the stalk is solid.. 
In this, both appear to be right as well as wrong, because when 
it first throws its flower the stalk is solid, and, as the blossom. 
develops, it becomes hollow. Many other instances we could 
quote, but refrain from doing so as we consider one sufficient.. 
From a superficial examination it may be thought identical 
with common red clover ; but a close inspection, in the earlier 
stages of its growth, shows the stems to be slightly hairy and 
of a ruddier hue, while its leaves are more pointed. 
The flower is generally a dark red, and the haulm often 
grows a foot higher than red clover; but the peculiarity of the 
plant, which is a great recommendation for soiling purposes, is. 
that, instead of turning pithy and insipid immediately it comes. 
to maturity, it can be left for a fortnight or three weeks later, 
and yet be palatable for stock when cut green and carried 
