. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. ALOPECURUS. 135 and we pass them many a time with little notice, until one sunny morning we miss the uniform greenness of the clubs, and behold instead a dense fringe of quiver- ing orange anthers. A few hours, and the sleek glumes are seen no more for the crowd of tassels that quiver all round the spike; no one need overlook the Meadow Foxtail now, for its blos- soms are as charming in their way as the purple tas- sels of the Vernal-grass, and the tall culms are so in ad- vance of the surr
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. ALOPECURUS. 135 and we pass them many a time with little notice, until one sunny morning we miss the uniform greenness of the clubs, and behold instead a dense fringe of quiver- ing orange anthers. A few hours, and the sleek glumes are seen no more for the crowd of tassels that quiver all round the spike; no one need overlook the Meadow Foxtail now, for its blos- soms are as charming in their way as the purple tas- sels of the Vernal-grass, and the tall culms are so in ad- vance of the surrounding grasses that they stand out in striking clusters over the young May meadow. Flower lovers gather these grasses for their collections, and hope to preserve them in all their beauty; but alas ! though the form and often the tint of the foliage may be admi- rably preserved, the myriad dancing anthers are evanes- cent decorations, for, when the filaments are dry, their strength fails them, and the gay orange anthers are left behind between the pressing sheets. The Meadow Foxtail is a very valuable agricultural grass. It is, as we have seen, one of the earliest in de- veloping its treasures of leaf and flower. It does not add very materially to the weight of the hay crop, be- cause it produces but few culms. There are few good natural pastures where it is absent, and in many famous for their richness it is the principal grass; it occurs abundantly, according to Sinclair, in the pastures of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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