An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

  • White, John.
Date:
1808
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Credit: An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    defect, I have compiled the present generic and specific names in Irish for our indigenous grasses, that those unacquainted with Botany may know that under each of the common names there have been included a variety of different species. The cultivation of grasses at pre- sent is but in an infant state, and will continue so until Gentlemen ob- tain a knowledge of the different spe- cies, so as to be able to remark the various soils most congenial to their growth. For without this knowledge no scientific experiments can be per- formed, nor can ther best assort- ments, or their true culture, be ascer- tained. The mode of experiment which I would recommend, in order to ascer- tain the grasses that would constitute a good meadow in every soil and si- tuation, would be the following. Suppose a farm which abounded with