OBSERVATIONS ON GRASSES. 381 
G E N U S 25. 
SOFT grafs Holcus Lanatus 
H. R. 404.14. 
Genus the firft. VERNAL. Tab. 1. 
This grafs grows very commonly on dry hills, 
and likewife on found rich meadow land. It is 
one of the earlieft graffes we have, and from 
its being found on fuch kinds of paftures as 
ftieep are fond of, and from whence excellent 
mutton comes, it is moft likely to be a good 
grafs for fheep paftures. It gives a grateful 
. odor to hay. 
ADDITION. This grafs i have found on all 
kinds of grounds, from the moft fandy and dry to the 
moft ftiff and moift , and even in bogs . It is very 
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plentiful in the beft meadows about London , viz. to- 
wards Hampftead and Hendon. It is very eafy to 
gather , as i have found by experience % as it feeds 
its feeds upon the leaf; rubbing. 
Genus the fixth. Meadow FOX-TAIL .Tab. 2. 
This grafs as well as the foregoing is found 
in great plenty in our beft meadows about 
London, and i believe makes very good hay. 
Linnasus fays that it is a proper grafs to fow on 
grounds that have been drained. 
ADDITION. I am informed that the beft 
