SECT. I.— GRASSES. 9

ttor to many others. One species of Barley-grass, which grows veryCommonly in our sea-marshes, the Hordeum maritimum-, is apt to rendercattle diseased in the month, from chewing the seeds, which are armedw ith a strong bristly awn not dissimilar to the spike of this grass.

28. LOLIUM permne. Ray- or Eve-Grass. —.This has been long inCultivation, and is usually sown with Clover under a crop of spring coro.It forms in the succeeding autumn a good stock of herbage, and the sum-mer following it is commonly mown for hay, or the seed saved for market,after which the land is usually ploughed and fallowed, to clear it of*eeds, or as a preparation for Wheat, by sowing a crop of Winter Tares orTurnips. The seed is about six or eight necks per acre, and ten pounds°f Clover mixt as the land best suits. Although this is a very advan-tageous culture for such purposes, and when the land is not to remain'0 constant pasture j yet it is by no means a fit grass for permanent•Seadow, as it exhausts th« soil, and presently goes into a state of decay'or want of nourishment, when other plants natural to the soil are apt'o overpower it. There are several varieties of this grass. Some I haveseen with the flowers double, others with branched panicles; some thatgrow very luxuriantly, and others that are littlebstterthan annuals; and'"ere is also a variety in cultivation called Pacey's Rye-grass, muchSought for. But I am of opinion that nothing but a fine rich soil willproduce a good crop, and that the principal difference, after all, isowing more to cultivation or change of soil, than to any real differencein the plant itself.

29. MELICA ccerulea. Blue Melic-Ghass. —This is common ona 'l our heaths; it appears coarse, and not a grass likely to be useful.Yet this kind is spoken of by Dr. Walker under the name of Fly-bent,w ho says it is one of the most productive and best grasses for sheep-feed in the Highlands of Scotland, where it grows to the height of threefeet, a size to whic h it. never attains in this part of the country. It isfound in all soils, both in dry sands and boggy places.

30. PANICUM germanicum. — German Panic, or Mohar, —I noticepais plant here, although it is not a native of this country; neitherls it in cultivation. It was introduced some years since by Sir ThomasTyrnvhit from Hungary. It is said there to be the best food of all othersfor horses; and I think it might be cultivated to advantage on high sandys °ils, as a late crop of green fodder. The seeds are similar to Millet*.

31. PANICUM cms galii. Cock's-foot-Panic-Grass. —This plant"as, [ believe, never been recommended forcoltiyation; but it possessesQualities which render it. worth attention : it will sometimes grow to•he height of four feet, is very fine food for cattle, and will no doubt

* The Hungarian horses are remarked for their sleekness, and it is8i| id that it is in consequence of being fed on Mohar.