British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland / by Margaret Plues.
- Plues, Margaret.
- Date:
- 1867
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland / by Margaret Plues. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![any other grass, but its aftermath is inconsiderable, so it is principally to be cultivated for the hay crop. Dac- iylis ylomerata is excellent for its large produce of foliage, which is good for hay, and still better for aftermath, but its culms have very little nourishment in them. The qualities of the indigenous artificial grasses will be treated in their proper place, among the British species; the following introduced ones are recommended by Sinclair and others :— Loliurn Italicum—Italian Rye Grass.—This is im- ported annually in seed; it grows freely, and is an ex- cellent meadow grass. Like the allied species, L. perenne and its varieties, it is better for hav than for aftermath. Pacey’s Rye Grass (L. Paceyrtnum), Russell’s Rye Grass (L. Russellianum), and the Evergreen Rye Grass L.sem- pervirens), are varieties of L. perenne, which are most approved. All these will be described in treating of L. perenne. Dixon’s Rye Grass and Ruck’s Rye Grass found most favour with that eminent agriculturist Francis Blackie, Esq. Poa fertil'.s—Fertile Meadow Grass.—This is a native of Germany, introduced by Mr. Sinclair, and greatly ap- proved by him. He considers it next in value to Alope- enrus pratensis and Dactylis ylomerata, as it produces nearly as much foliage as they, and its substance i3 of | a still more nutritious character, especially its aftermath. ■ According to the botanist Host, this grass is indigenous i in moist pastures, and about the banks of rivers and ponds ] in Germany. It somewhat resembles our Poa nemora/is, but has a larger and more spreading panicle, and the I spikelets are more oval. Hares and rabbits arc very fond of it; it grows about a foot and a half high, and per- lufects abundance of seed.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28116318_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
