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and the superior quantity of nutritive matter which the 
latter-math affords, compared with the quantity afforded 
by the grass at the time of flowering, causes it to rank 
high as a pasture grass, on such soils as are well fitted for 
its growth ; such are peat-bogs, and lands that are deep 
and moist. 
II. Holcus odoratus. Host. G. A. Growing in woods. 
Sweet-scented soft grass. Nat. of Germany. Flo. Ger, 
— H. borealis. Growing in moist meadows. 
At the time of flowering, 
loam is 
the produce from a rich sandy 
or lbs. per acr . 
0 = 9528 12 0 
152460 
39067 14 = 2441 11 14 
0 
Grass, 14 oz. The produce per acre 
80 dr. of grass weigh when dry - 20.2 dr. \ 
The produce of the space, ditto - 57. If J 
The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying - 7087 0 
64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 4. 1 dr. ') ..... .. In 
The produce of the space, ditto - 14.3£ J ^01-4 13 - 610 15 
At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is 
Grass, 40 oz. The produce per acre - 435600 0 = 27225 0 
64 dr. of grass weigh when dry - 28 dr. \ 1524fi0 Q anno no n 
The produce of the space, ditto - 224 J 
The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying - 17696 4 0 
64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 5. 1 dr. 1 _ 
The produce of the space, ditto - 52.2 / 357o2 13 - 2233 4 13 
The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by taking the crop 
at the time the grass is in flower, being more than half of its 
value - - - - - 1600 8 10 
The proportional value which the grass at the time of 
flowering bears to that at the time the seed is ripe, is as 
17 to 21. 
The produce of latter-math is 
Grass, 25 oz. The produce per acre - 272250 0 = 17015 10 0 
64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 4.1 dr. 18079 1 = 1129 15 1 
The grass of the latter-math crop, and of the crop at 
the time of flowering, taking the whole quantity, and their 
relative proportions of nutritive matter, are in value nearly 
as 6 to 10: the value of the grass at the time the seed is 
ripe, exceeds that of the latter-math, in proportion as 
21 to 17. 
Though this is one of the earliest of the flowering 
grasses, it is tender, and the produce in the spring is incon- 
siderable. If, however, the quantity of nutritive mat 
