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bad the term Suffolk grass applied to it, from its having been grownl n that county. I have never seen it in such states, neither can I sayI should anticipate much benefit to arise from a plant which is not onlyan annual, but very diminutive in size.

36. POA aqvalica. Water Meadow-Grass. —This is quite anaquatic, but is eaten when young by cattle, and is very useful infenny countries: it is highly ornamental, and might be introduced intoPonds for the same purpose as Arundo Phragmites: it might also beplanted with Festuca elalior and Pbalaris arundinacea, in wet dug outplaces, where it would be useful as fodder, and form excellent shelter forgame.

37. VOAfluilans. Flote Fescue-Grass. —This would be of all othersthe most nutritive and best plant for feeding cattle; but it thrives onlyin nater. I have noticed it only because it is highly recommended bythe editor of Mr. Curtis's Observations on British Grasses, 5th edit.The cattle are very fond of it; but it is not to be cultivated, unless itbe in ponds, being perfectly aquatic.

Linnaeus speaks of the seeds being collected and sold in Poland andGermany as a dainty for culinary purposes; but I have never seen itused here, neither are the seeds to be collected in great quantities.Stillingfleet, on the authority of a Mr. Dean, speaks highly of its me-rits in a water-meadow, and also quotes Mr. Ray's account of the famousmeadow at Orchiston near Salisbury. There this, as well as Poa tri-vialis, most certainly is in its highest perfection; but the real and ge-neral value of grasses or other plants must not be estimated by suchv ery local instances, when our object is to direct the student to a generalknowledge of the subject. See Curtis, art. Poa trivialis,

38. POA trivialis. Rough- staiked Meadow-Grass. —Those whohave observed this grass in our best watered meadows, and in other lowpasture-lands, have naturally been struck with its great produce andfine herbage. In some such places it undoubtedly appears to have everygood quality that a plant of this nature can possess; it is a principalgrass in the famous Orchiston meadow near Salisbury, and its amazingproduce is mentioned in the Bath Agricultural Papers, vol. i. p. 94 :nut persons should not be altogether caught by such appearances; forI have seen it in some lands, and such as would produce good red Clo-ver, a very diminutive and insignificant plant indeed.

When persons wish to introduce it, they should carefully examinetheir neighbouring pastures, and sec how it thrives in such places. Theseeds are small, and six pounds would be sufficient for an acre, withothers that affect a similar soil.

39. POA pratensis. Smooth-stalked Meadow-Crass __-This is also

* grass of considerable merit when it suits the soil; it affects a dry si-tuation, and in some such places it is the principal herbage; but I have

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