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The Herbage of Old Grass Lands. 
German, or American writings upon agricultural botany will be 
familiar with the confusion and uncertainty which arise from a 
careless style of nomenclature, a fault from which many of our 
English writings are not free. Hence, in these reference tables I 
have given the systematic name of each plant, and the authority 
for that name — " L.," Linnaous ; " Huds.," Hudson ; and so on 
— a system which is invariably adopted in scientific writings. 
Moreover, as the common names are much confused, not only 
between different countries, but between different parts of the 
same country, I shall throughout employ the systematic name, 
as this is good currency in all civilised countries. By referring 
to the following tables the reader may see at a glance what is 
the common name of any plant mentioned in the subsequent 
pages : — 
Gramineous Species, or Grasses. 
. Marsli bent grass 
. Fiorin 
. Fine bent grass 
. Tufted hair grass 
. Floating foxtail 
, Meadow foxtail 
Agrostis alba, L. 
Agrostis alba var. stolonifera, L 
Agrostis vulgaris, With. 
Aira csespitosa, L. 
Alopecurus geniculatus, L. 
Alopecurus pratensis, L. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum, L. 
Avena elatior, L., or Arrhenatherum 
avenaceum, Beauv. 
Avena flavescens, L. . 
Avena pubescens, Huds. 
Briza media, L. 
Bromus mollis, L. 
Bromus racemosus, L. 
Cynosurus cristatus, L. 
Dactyl is glomerata, L. 
Festuca elatior, L. 
Festuca pratensis, auct 
Festuca ovina, L. 
Festuca duriuscula, L. 
Festuca rubra, L. 
Glyceria ar^uatica, Sm. 
Glyceria Huitans, R. Br. 
Holcus lauatus, L. 
Hordeum pratense, Huds 
Lolium perenne, L. 
Phalaris arundinacea, L. 
Phleum pratonse, L. . 
Phragmites communis, Trin 
Poa annua, L. 
Poa pratensis, L. 
Poa trivialis, L. . 
Sweet-scented vernal grass 
False oat grass 
Yellow oat grass 
Downy oat grass 
Quaking grass 
Soft brome grass 
Smooth brome grass 
Dogstail 
Rough cocksfoot 
Tall fescue 
Meadow fescue 
Sheep's fescue 
Hard fescue 
Creeping fescue, red fescue 
Reed sweet grass 
Floating sweet grass 
Yorkshire fog, woolly soft grass 
jNIeadow barley grass 
Ryegrass 
Reed canary grass 
Timothy, or meadow catstail 
(ireat reed 
Annual meadow grass 
Smooth-stalked meadow grass 
Rough-stalked meadow grass 
Lathyrus pratensis, L. 
Lotus corniculatus, L. 
Lotus major, Scop. 
Ler/i'miiioiis Species. 
, , , ^loadow vetchling 
, . ^ , ('ommon birdsfoot trefoil 
, , . Narrow-leaved birdsfoot trefoil 
