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will amply repay the attention given to them, as they have a 
peculiar softness and delicacy of appearance when forced and 
growing luxuriantly.” 
loo Grasses for Lawns. In many situations it is difficult to 
obtain good turf to lay on lawns or grass-plots, we, therefore, 
now give directions for forming it from grass seeds, a practice 
which is rarely pursued, although a very efficient means of ob- 
taining the end required. It may be regretted that so little 
attention has been paid to this subject by the agriculturist. 
Dutch clover {Trifolium repens), Trefoil [Medicago Ivpu- 
Hna), Rye grass {Lolium perenne), Cocksfoot grass {Dactylis 
glomerata), and a few others of the coarser species are all that 
have generally been thought of by the farmer, as necessary to 
produce a permanent pasture; and an early spring crop of 
bents from the Rye-grass has oftentimes been seen to be the 
chief produce of the best soil. The error of such plan is best 
shown by an examination of the produce of those pastures 
which we would desire to imitate. The late George Sinclair, 
under the direction and support of his Grace the Duke of Bed- 
ford, instituted various enquiries and experiments, regarding 
the nutrition, culture, and value to the agriculturist, of the 
grasses, usually found in English pastures, the results of which 
he published under the title of Ilortus Grarnineus Woburnen- 
sis, a work that deserves to be more generally known. In his 
examination of the herbage of various old pastures he discov- 
ered from twelve to twenty distinct species of grass in a single 
square foot; it is therefore evident that to obtain a good turf, 
without waiting for its natural production, we must sow the 
requisite variety of seeds. Although we had not intended to 
enter so generally into this subject, we will, as it is one of im- 
portance, annex a list of the grass seeds and their proportions, 
recommended by Sinclair, to be sown together, to form a per- 
manent pasture, and afterwards select those species which are 
best calculated for our own immediate purpose — the clothing 
of Lawns. 
Tlic proportions in which the seeds of the different species should be mixed 
for perinnnent pasture ; — 
Cock’s-foot grass ( Dactylis glomerata) 8 pecks. 
Meadow-fescue [Festuca pratensis) 8 
Meadow foxtail-grass {Alopecurus pratensis) 8 
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