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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



odour of Antlioxantliiim. It is worthy of dissemination on 

 moist pasture-land. H. borealis of the colder regions of the 

 Northern Hemisphere accompanies here in the south H. 

 redolens, but is a smaller grass. These grasses are particu- 

 larly valuable for their fragrance as constituents of hay, the 

 odorous principle, like in Anthoxanthum, Melilotus and 

 Asperula, being Cumarin. Hierochloas are particularly 

 appropriate for cold, wet, moory grounds. 



Hippocrepis comosa, Limie. 



The Horseshoe- Yetch. Middle and South Europe, North 

 Africa. A perennial fodder-herb, not without importance. 

 Likes stony ground, hence adapted for our "stony rises;" but 

 delights, lil^e most leguminous herbs, in limestone soil. The 

 foliage is succulent and nutritious. Langethal recommends 

 it for a change after Saintfoin i:»astures fail. It furnishes not 

 quite as much, but an earlier fodder. 



Holcus lanatus, Linne.* 



Europe, North Africa, Middle Asia. A well-known and 

 easily disseminated j^erennial pasture-grass, of considerable 

 fattening property. For rich soil better grasses can be 

 chosen, but for moist, moory, or sandy lands and also for 

 forests it is one of the most eligible grasses, yielding an 

 abundant crop ; it is however rather disliked by cattle as 

 well as horses. 



Holcus mollis, Linne.^ 



Of nearly the same geographic range and utility as the pre- 

 ceding species. Particularly admissible for sandy forest-land. 



Holoptelea integrifolia, Planchon. (Ulmus integrifolia, 

 Koxburgh.) 



The Elm of India, extending from the lowlands to subalpine 

 regions. A large tree, with timber of good quality. Foliage 

 deciduous. 



Hordeum deficiens, Steudel. 



The Red Sea Barley. One of the two -rowed Barleys, culti- 

 vated in Arabia and Abyssinia. Allied to this is H. macro- 

 lepis (A. Br.), a native of Abyssinia. 



Hordeum disticlion, Linne. 



Central Asia. The ordinary two-rowed Barley. To this 

 species belong: the ordinary English Barley, the Chevalier, 

 the Annat, the Dunlop, the long-eared, the black, the large, 

 the Italian and the Colden Barley, along with other kinds. 

 A variety with grains free from the bracts constitutes the 

 Siberian and the Haliday Barley, which however is less 

 adapted for malt. Dry barley-flour, heated at the tempera- 

 ture of boiling water during several hours, constitutes Hufe- 



