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Drawn from Nature and Copyrighted by James Carter <k Co. 
MEADOW FOXTAIL. 
( Alopecurus Pratensis.) 
NOTE the pointed tail-like appearance of the ear or panicle, and its soft silky texture as drawn from base to tip 
between the finger and thumb. The spikelets are densely crowded together, and each has a very short stalk , as may 
be seen by doubling the ear on itself at about the middle. The silver-grey colour of the ear is due to the numerous 
long silky awns, one of which springs from the solitary floret contained within each spikelet. The “seed” consists of 
the entire spikelet. The prostrate stolons at the base of the stem extend in all directions, and, rooting at intervals, 
spread the plant uniformly over the land. One of our earliest grasses, and invaluable in permanent pasture. 
Seed Tested for Purity and Germination, I’rice Is. 2d. and is. 4d. per lb. Special Prices for Quantities. See also page 16 . 
CARTERS', 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. -1901. 
