Thefe grades differ chiefly in .he foil owing particulars: 
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white (hoots; but what diftingmfhes them mod fully and Xrr fhort and blunt; in the 
at the bottom of the leaf, where the Iheath egl \s , * .P f . obvious to the raoft common 
trivia* it is long and farted : and the Ich in fee and other particulars. 
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more fo. Tire fraterfi grows generally on wall is ; mdeed there . * ™1‘ J and B oftmt imes 
to cornea the florets and calyx together : but this appearance, which is indeed a veiy ftiikmg and Angular one, 
Ind which I have not yet riLw/in any other graflis, takes place nearly in an equal degree m both : thiy fhb- 
ftaieadheres to the feed when fepanated, and cairfes them to hang to one another as if there were cobwebs 
amon/them- fo that a perfon ignorant of the caufe, from an examination of inch feed, might Conclude it old and 
c3 fcr nothing: this appearance-is moil ftriking-in the trivialis. Ray, whole defcr.pt, ous always accord with 
nature™ andate tfken from the mod obvious ch'araSers of the plant, mentions the roughnefs, (Culm ,wm,,h,l ‘affer, :) 
but the particular ftiape of the membrane has not, that I know of, been noticed till now. 
The Pea trw# may be confidere'd as a valuable grafs, and one of thofe which ought to enter into the 
1 c.- " L,j rai . or na ft 11 re • I fav compofition, becaufe I imagine every good meadow fhou Id be 
compounded of a variety of grafles, each having peculiar and valuable properties. We are not to expeft all that 
catTbewifhed in a meadow in lie grafs: feme arc calculated to produce food, a, nd carry a beautiful verdure even 
in the depth of winter : forne bring forth early fhoots, and make choice food for cattle m the fpnng . 
fLe produce a large quantity of fweet tender leaves at bottom ; others by the weight and height of them ftalks, 
and of theh heads 6 or panicles at top, encreafe the weight of the hay: feme Ihoot ftrongly and produce a 
Ce aftermath: feme give a more agreeable fmell to the hay. So that to have a good meadow we Ihould 
have a variety of grqffcs ; and if we may argue from analogy, a variety of food may alio be more grateful to cattle. 
The principal advantages of the Poa prate»/,! are, that it is a fweet grafs and eaten readily by cattle in 
aeneral- camiesits vefdure in the winter better than moll others, and throws out young and numerous 
Cots in the fpring, fo as to make good fpnng 1 food. It produces a good crop of leaves at bottom, which 
make exceeding fine hay, and is lit for cutting early in the fpnng. , 
There is a glaucous or blucifh variety of this grafs occurs frequently in meadows : it varies alfo in the num- 
ber of its floicuies, from three to five, or fometimes more: as likewife in its lize : when growing on walls or dry 
banks, it does not reach half the height yyhich it does in fertile meadows. 
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