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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    cultivated alone, it is very apt to lodge, as ap- peared to me from the obfervations I had made on a fquare plot allotted to it, in the farmers divifion, botanic garden. It retained its plot, and although placed in a dry fituation, and without the help of manure, appears very luxuriant. Not- withitanding this, it is faid to grow in moift foils only. Tallow it thrives well in a mort foil, and I alfo know its produce would be little inferior in adry one. Were a ficld to be laid down with the feed of Alopecurus pratenfis, in mixture with thofe of Feftuca pratenfis and Poa trivialis, they in conjunction would form a fine meadow. The Feftuca pratenfis being a ftouter grafs, but not fo lofty as the Alopecurus pratenfis, would contribute to fupport the latter, and prevent its being lodged by rain or high winds, whilft the Poa trivialis, which flourifhes beft when in mixture with others, would produce a fufliciency to qualify the other two. The Feftuca‘and Poa flowering the latter end of June or beginning of July, the Alopecurus would fuftain no material lofs by waiting the time of their cutting, as its {tems continue green long after the fpikes decay. The after-grafs from thefe three would alfo be abundant; for, with the ample produce of Alopecnrus pratenfis and Feftuca _ pratenfis,