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Poa fertilis, Host. (F. serotina, Ehrhart.) 



Europe, North Asia, North America. Perennial ; important 

 for wet meadows, even with sandy sub-soil. Its foliage is 

 tender, tasty and nourishing. In mixtures of grasses it 

 keeps up the growth late into the autumn. 



Poa fluitans, Scopoli. (Gl^ceria Jluitans, R. Brown.) 



Europe, North Africa, Middle and North Asia, North 

 America. The Manna-grass. Perennial. Excellent for 

 stagnant water and slow-flowing streams. The foliage is 

 tender. The seeds are sweet and palatable, and are in many 

 countries used for porridge. 



Poa maritima, Hudson. 



Europe, North Africa, North Asia, North America. Its 

 long creeping roots help to bind the coast-sand. This grass 

 can also be depastured. 



Poa nemoralis, Linne. 



Europe, North and Middle Asia, North America. This 

 perennial grass can be grown on shady forest-land, as the 

 name implies, but it accommodates itself also to open places, 

 and will grow even among rocks. It endures alpine winters. 

 According to Lawson no better grass exists for displacing 

 weeds on pleasure-lawns; the same may be said of Poa com- 

 pressa, L. 



Poa pratensis, Linne. 



The ordinary English Meadow-grass. A perennial species, 

 fit for any meadows, thriving early, and able to live also in 

 alpine localities. Better adapted for pasture than hay. It 

 is suitable for moor-land, when such is laid dry; although 

 it shoots only once in the season into flower, yet it forms a 

 nutritious fodder, even on comparatively poor soil. It resists 

 drought. It forms excellent sward, and with advantage can 

 be used for intermixing it with other pasture-grasses. 



Poa trivialis, Linn6.* 



Europe, North Africa, Middle and Northern Asia. Also a 

 good perennial grass for mixture on pasture-land. One of 

 the best grasses for sowing on ground recently laid dry. 

 Sinclair regarded the produce of this Poa as superior to 

 many other kinds, and noticed the marked partiality which 

 horses, oxen and sheep evince towards it. To thrive well it 

 wants rather moist and rich soil and sheltered places. It is 

 a later grass than P. pratensis, is well adapted for hay and 

 gives good after-growth (Langethal). 

 These few species of Poa have been singled out as recom- 

 mendable, because they are well tested. Future experiments 

 beyond Europe will add others to lists of recommendations 

 like this. 



