382 
LXXIV. Bromus inermis. Host. G. A. 1, t. 9. 
Awnless brome-grass. Nat. of Germany. In- 
troduced by Mr. Hunneman in 1794. 
At the time the seed is ripe, the produce from a black 
sandy soil is 
oz. or lbs. per acre. 
Grass, 18 oz. The produce per acre - 196020 0 = 12251 4 0 
80 dr. of grass weigh when dry - 35 dr. 1 8SV5S 12 & S359 14 
The produce of the space, ditto - 126 j 
The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying - 6891 5 4 
64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 4. 1 dr. 1 ..... R „ . - 
The produce of the space, ditto - 19.0| j — 
The produce of latter-math is, 
Grass, 13 oz. The produce per acre - 141570 0 = 8848 2 0 
64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 1.1 dr. 2765 0 = 172 13 0 
LXXV. Agrostis vulgaris . Wither. Bot. 2, 132. Hud. 
A. capilaris, Dr. Smith, A. arenaria. 
Fine bent-grass. Nat. of Britain. 
At the time the seed is ripe, the produce from a sandy 
soil is 
Grass, 14 oz. The produce per acre 
80 dr. of grass weigh when dry - 40 dr. 
The produce of the space, ditto - 112 
The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 
64 dr . of grass afford of nutritive matter 1 . 2^ dr. 1 
The produce of the space, ditto " 5.1 to / 
152460 0 = 9528 12 0 
76230 0 = 4764 6 0 
4764 6 0 
4019 15 = 251 3 15 
This is one of the most common of the bents, likewise 
the earliest; in these respects it is superior to all others of 
the same family, but inferior to several of them in produce, 
and the quantity of nutritive matter it affords. As the 
species of this family are generally rejected by the culti- 
vator on account of the lateness of their flowering; and 
this circumstance, as has already been observed, does not 
always imply a proportional lateness of foliage, their com- 
parative merits in this respect may be better seen, by 
bringing them into one view, as to the value of their early 
ge. 
The apparent difference of time. 
Their nutritive powers. 
Agrostis vulgaris 
Middle of April 
_ 
1.2f 
palustris 
One week later 
_ 
2.3 
stolonifera 
Two ditto 
_ 
S.2 
canina 
Ditto, ditto 
_ 
1.3 
stricta 
Ditto, ditto 
_ 
1.2 
nivea 
Three weeks, ditto 
_ 
2 
littoralis 
Ditto, ditto 
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3 
repens 
Ditto, ditto 
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3 
mexicana 
Ditto, ditto 
_ 
2 
fascicularis 
Ditto, ditto 
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