VEGETABLES. 



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avxna in Sherber's Treatise on Grasses, vol. i. 

 tab. 1. 



Agreeably to the experience of Dr. M. this grass 

 is of all the earliest, latest, and best grass for green 

 fodder and hay. It blossoms about the middle of 

 IVlay, with red clover, and the seed ripens a month 

 after. It grows best in a clover soil, and rises to a 

 height of from five to seven f^et. It ought to be cut 

 in blossom about tht end of May. The seed may 

 be sown in the Fall or Spring, with or without grain, 

 and must be brushed in, or lightly harrowed. If 

 mixed with clover, it will make good uplan^ mea- 

 dow. Horned cattle prefer this grass to all others: 

 but some horses do not relish it green.* 



In addition to the above, Dr. M. informs the au- 

 thor, that the ray grass must be pastured or cut at 

 least three times in a season ; if suffered to grow 

 old, it will become strawlike. When intended for 

 hay it must be salted. 



3. Timothy gYa.ss^ (or fi hi eum flr^atefise J, is more 

 extensively cultivated than any other grass in the 

 United States ; for where the fertilizing red clover 

 has never yet been introduced, we find timothy 

 growing abundantly. 



This plant, according to Mr. Strickland, is the 

 eat\s tail grass of England, It is not esteemed by 

 the British farmers, if we may credit the reports of 

 their agricultural writers ; but no doubt can remain 

 as to the excellence of this grass when cultivated in 

 America. 



* Traits. Agr. 6oc«s.of N. York. 



