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Nutritive Matter of Grasses. 



analyses are collected in Tables. I shall divide them into two 

 classes, which, for convenience sake, may be called the natural 

 and artificial grasses, respectively. 



The Tables I. and II. contain the botanical and common 

 names of each grass, the nature of the soil, and the date of col- 

 lection of the different specimens. 



Table I. — Natural Grasses. 



Botanical Name. 



Anthoxantham odo- 

 ratum. 



Alopecurus pratensis 



Arrlienatlierum ave- 



naceum, 

 Avena flavescens . 

 Avena pubescens . 

 Briza media . . 

 Broinus erectus . 

 Bromus mollis 

 Cyuosurus cristatus 

 Dactylis glomevata 

 Ditto — second sped 



men, having the 



seeds ripe. 

 Festuca duriuscula 

 Holcus lanatus 

 Hordeum pratense 



Lolium perenne . 



Lolium italicum . 

 Phleum pratense . 



Poa annua 

 Poa pratensis . 



Poa trivial is . 



Grass, from a water 



meadow 

 Ditto .... 



Common Name. 



Date of 

 Collection, 

 1849. 



Nature of Soil. 



Sweet-scented vernal grass 

 Meadow fox-tail grass 



Common oat-like grass 



Yellow oat-like grass 

 Downy oat grass . . 

 Common quaking grass 

 Upright brome grass 

 Soft brome grass , 

 Crested dog's-tail grass 

 Cocksfoot grass . 



Hard fescue grass 

 Soft meadoAv grass , 

 Meadow barley . 

 I Perennial rye grass or 

 I darnel. 

 Italian rye grass . 

 Meadow cat"s-tail 



Annual meadow grass . 



I Smooth-stalked meadow \ 



i grass. j 



[ Eough stalked meadovr ) 



[ grass. i 



First crop 



Second crop .... 

 Annual rye-grass . 



May 1^°^^ and calcareous rub 



'(Calcareous loam with 

 1 velly subsoil. 



June 1 



gra- 



July 17 



June 29 

 July 1 1 

 June 29 

 ,, 23 

 May 8 

 June 21 

 13 



Forest marble loam. 

 Ditto. 



Dry calcareous loam. 

 Forest marble. 

 Calcareous loam. 

 Stiff loam. 

 Calcareous loam. 

 Ditto on gravel. 



July 19 Calcareous loam. 



June 13 

 ,, 29 

 July 11 



June 8 



13 



May 28 

 June 1 1 

 18 



Apr. SO 

 June 26 



June 8 ' Calcareous rubbly loam. 



Dry calcareous loam. 

 Calcareous loam. 

 Ditto on gravel. 



Calcareous rubbly loam. 



Forest marble loam. 



(Loam, with gravelly cub- 

 [ soil. 



Dry calcareous loam. 

 Calcareous loam. 



