Nutritive Matter of Grasses. 

 Table II. — Artificial Grasses. 



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Botanical Name. 



Common Name. 



Trifolium prateuse. 



Trifolium pratense per- 

 enne. 



Trifolium incarnatum 



Trifolium medium . 



Ditto — second speci-1 

 men. J 

 Trifolium procumbens 



Trifolium repens . 



Vicia sativa . 

 Vicia sepium . 

 Onobrychis sativa 

 Medicago saliva . 

 Medicago lupulina 

 Plantago lanceolata 

 Poterium sanguisorbia 

 Poterium millefolium 



Common cultivated red or 1 

 broad clover. j 



Common purple trefoil or ^ 

 clover. J 



Scarlet or Italian clover . 



Hop trefoil .... 

 (White trefoil or Dutch) 

 \ clover. j 

 Common vetch . 

 Bush vetch .... 



Sainfoin 



Purple medick or lucerne 

 Black medick or nonsuch 

 Ribwort plantain, ribgrass 

 Common salad burnet . 

 Yarrow 



Date of 

 Collection 

 1849. 



June 7 



4 

 4 



J J 7 



21 

 13 

 18 



13 



9 

 8 

 16 

 6 



May 28 



Nature of Soil. 



f Forest marble tenacious 

 \ loam. 



Calcareous loam or gravel. 



Calcareous rubbly loam. 

 (Forest marble tenacious 

 I loam. 



Calcareous loam. 



Dry calcareous loam. 



Forest marble loam. 



Ditto. 



Stiff forest marble clay. 

 Dry rubbly loam. 

 Ditto. 



Calcareous rubbly loam. 

 Calcareous clay. 

 Ditto. 



Table III.— Analyses of Natural Grasses. (In 100 parts of Grass as removed 



from the field.) 



Name of Plant. 



1 



Water. 



s 



Albu- 

 minous or 

 Flesh- 

 forming 

 Principles. 



3 



Fatty 

 M atters. 



4 

 Heat 

 Producing 

 Principles. 



Starch, 

 Gum, 

 Sugar, &c. 



5 



Woody 

 Fibre. 



6 



Mineral 

 Matter or 

 Ash. 



T 



Date of 

 Collection. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum 



80 



35 



2 



05 





•67 



8 



54 



7 



•15 



1 



•24 



May 



25 



Alopecurus pratensis 



80 



20 



2 



44 





•52 



8 



59 



6 



•70 



1 



• 55 



June 



1 



Arrhenatherumaveuaceum 



72 



65 



3 



54 





•87 



11 



21 



9 



37 



2 



•36 



July 



17 



Avena flavescens . 



60 



40 



2 



96 



1 



•04 



18 



66 



14 



22 



2 



•72 



June 



29 



Avena pubescens . 



61 



50 



3 



07 





•92 



19- 



16 



13 



34 



2 



•01 



July 



11 



Briza media .... 



51 



85 



2 



93 



1 



•45 



22 



60 



17 



00 



4 



•17 



June 



29 



Bromus erectus . 



59 



57 



3 



78 



1 



•35 





33- 



19 





2 



11 





23 



Bromus mollis 



76 



62 



4 



05 





•47 



9 



04 



8 



46 



1 



•36 



May 



8 



Cynosurus cristatus . 



62 



73 



4 



13 



1 



•32 



19 



64 



9 



80 



2 



38 



June 



21 



Dactylis giomerata . 



70 



00 



4 



06 





•94 



13- 



30 



10 



U 



1 



59 





13 



Ditto — seeds ripe . 



52 



57 



10 



93 





•74 



12 



61 



20 



54 



2 



61 



July 



19 



Festuca duriuscula . 



69 



33 



3 



70 



1 



•02 



12 



46 



11 



83 



1 



66 



June 



13 



Holcus lanatus 



69 



70 



3 



49 



1 



•02 



11' 



92 



11 



94 



1 



93 





29 



Hordeum pratense 



58 



85 



4 



59 





•94 



20 



05 



13 



03 



2 



54 



July 



11 



Lolium perenne . 



71 



43 



3 



37 





•91 



12 



08 



10 



06 



2 



15 



June 



8 



Lolum italicum . 



75 



61 



2 



45 





•80 



14 



11 



4 



82 



2 



21 





13 



Phleum pratense . 



57 



21 



4 



86 



1 



•50 



22 



85 



11 



32 



2 



26 







Poa annua 



79 



14 



2 



47 





•71 



10 



79 



6 



30 





59 



May 



28 



Poa pratensis .... 



67 



14 



3 



41 





•86 



14 



15 



12 



49 



1 



95 



June 



11 



Poa trivialis .... 



73 



60 



2 



58 





•97 



10 



54 



10 



11 



2 



20 





IS 



Grass from a water mea-) 



87 

























dow J 



58 





22 





•81 



3 



98 



3 



13 



1 



28 



Apr. 



30 



Ditto— second crop . . 



74 



53 



2 



78 





•52 



11- 



17 



8 



76 



2 



24 



June 



26 



Annual rye-grass. 



69 



00 



2 



96 





•69 



12 



89 



12 



47 



1 



99 





8 



VOL. XIV. 



