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ECURUS PRATENSIS_ (_Meadow Foxtail_).--Strong-growing and very nutritious. _ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM_ (_True Sweet Vernal_),--Hardy and gives fragrance to hay. _AVENA FLAVESCENS_ (_Yellow Oat Grass_).--Fine for sheep; grows freely on light soils. _CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS_ (_Crested Dogstail_).--Suitable for any soil. _DACTYLIS GLOMERATA_ (_Cocksfoot_).--Strong and coarse-growing; cattle are fond of it. _FESTUCA DURIUSCULA_ (_Hard Fescue_).--Dwarf-growing; excellent for sheep. _FESTUCA ELATIOR_ (_Tall Fescue_).--Useful for cold, strong soils. _FESTUCA OVINA_ (_Sheep's Fescue_).--Fine for dry, sandy soils. _FESTUCA OVINA TENUIFOLIA_ (_Slender Fescue_).--Suitable for mountain pastures. _FESTUCA PRATENSIS_ (_Meadow Fescue_).--Good permanent grass for rich, moist soil. _PHLEUM PRATENSE_ (_Timothy, or Catstail_).--Suitable for strong soils; nutritious and hardy. _POA NEMORALIS_ (_Wood Meadow Grass_).--Good for poor soils. _POA PRATENSIS_ (_Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass_).--Grows well on light, dry soil, and also in water-meadows. _POA TRIVIALIS_ (_Rough-stalked Meadow Grass_).--Fine for damp soil. Grasses, Ornamental.--Fine for mixing in a green state with cut flowers, or in a dried condition for the decoration of vases, winter bouquets, etc. To have them in perfection gather them while quite fresh, with the pollen on them. Cut with as long stems as possible, arrange lightly in vases, and keep them in the dark till they are dried and the stems become stiff. The Grasses may be divided into two sections, viz., those for bouquets or edgings, and those grown in the border or on lawns for specimen plants. The class is numerous, but the following (which may be found described herein under alphabetical classification) may be mentioned:-- For bouquets and edgings: Agrostis, Anthoxanthum, Avena, Briza, Coix Lachryma, Eragrostis, Festuca, Hordeum Jubatum, Lagurus, and Stipa Pennata. For specimen plants: Eulalia, Gynerium, Panicum, Phalaris, and Zea. Gratiola Officinalis.--This hardy herbaceous plant bears light blue flowers in July. A rich, moist soil is its delight. It is propagated by dividing the roots. Height, 1 ft. Green Fly.--Fumigate the infected plants with tobacco, and afterwards syringe them with clear water; or the plants may be washed with tobacco water by means of a soft brush. Grevillea.--Handsome greenhouse shrubs, which require a mould composed of equal parts of peat, sand, and loam. Gi
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