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SHEEP'S FESCUE-GRASS. This is very highly spoken of in all dissertations that have hitherto been written on the merits of our grasses; but its value must be confined to alpine situations, for its diminutive size added to its slow growth renders it in my opinion very inferior to the duriuscula.
"Brothers and sisters! I am sure Mrs. Caxton will never think of such a thing, sir," said my father, almost indignantly; "she's much too good a wife to behave so. Once in a way it is all very well; but twice and as it is, not a paper in its place, nor a pen mended the last three days: I, too, who can only write cuspide duriuscula, and the baker coming twice to me for his bill, too!
"Brothers and sisters! I am sure Mrs. Caxton will never think of such a thing, sir," said my father, almost indignantly; "she's much too good a wife to behave so. Once in a way it is all very well; but twice and as it is, not a paper in its place, nor a pen mended the last three days: I, too, who can only write cuspide duriuscula, and the baker coming twice to me for his bill, too!
The seeds of this grass are small, and about one bushel would sow an acre of ground. FESTUCA rubra. RED or CREEPING FESCUE-GRASS. A fine grass, very like duriuscula; but it is not common in this part of the country; it grows plentifully on the mountains in Wales. It does not produce fertile seeds with us in the garden. FESTUCA pratensis.
See Poa aquatica. FESTUCA duriuscula. HARD FESCUE-GRASS. A very excellent grass both for green fodder and hay, and would be well worth cultivating; but the seeds have not hitherto been saved in any quantity. Curtis observes that this grass grows thin on the ground after a time. I have sometimes observed this to be the case in the Botanic Garden, but it is otherwise in its native state of growth.
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