. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. CHAPTER XII. FouAGK Plants and "Weeds. The Cabbage Tribe—Kohl-Rabl—Turnips—Swedes—Rape—Mustard—Leguminous Plants -CIOTers-Luccmc—Sainfoin—Vetches, or Tares—Trefoils—Lupins—Furze, or Gorse-I'eas—Umbelliferous Plants—Carrots and Parsnips—Milfoil and Chicory- Comfrey - Plantain—Mangold—Buckwheat—Grasses: Thoir Character and Usefulness—Cat's-tail—Me vdow Fox-tail—Floating Fox-tail- Slender Fox-tail—Sweet-scented Vernal Grass—Bent Grass—Yellow Oat Grass—Downy Oat Grass—Wild Oat—False
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. CHAPTER XII. FouAGK Plants and "Weeds. The Cabbage Tribe—Kohl-Rabl—Turnips—Swedes—Rape—Mustard—Leguminous Plants -CIOTers-Luccmc—Sainfoin—Vetches, or Tares—Trefoils—Lupins—Furze, or Gorse-I'eas—Umbelliferous Plants—Carrots and Parsnips—Milfoil and Chicory- Comfrey - Plantain—Mangold—Buckwheat—Grasses: Thoir Character and Usefulness—Cat's-tail—Me vdow Fox-tail—Floating Fox-tail- Slender Fox-tail—Sweet-scented Vernal Grass—Bent Grass—Yellow Oat Grass—Downy Oat Grass—Wild Oat—False Oat Grass- Meadow Soft Grass—Creeping or Bearded Soft Grass—Rough Cock'sfoot Grass—Meadow Grasses—Quaking Grass—Fescue Grasses-Brome Grasses—Crested Dog's-tail Grass—Couch Grass—Rye Grasses—Poisonous Rye Grass—Other Weed Gra.'ises— Mixtures—Analyses—Diseases—Smut—Bunt—Rust—Mildew—Ergot—Parasitic Grasses-Iceland Moss and Irish Moss—Seeds and their Adulteration. i^lf^. shall consiilcr the varimis forao-e plants iindor tlie heads of tlie natural orders to which they respectively belong, as t ";. J we believe this method will s,' be found advantageous to the reader acquainted with the outlines of classification, while it will in no way comi)lieate the subject for the non- botanical reader. A natural order is simply an assemblage of plants grouped ~'^ together on account of the many bo- characters they possess in common, and the general characters of the natural order per- tain in most cases to all the plants included in it. The botanical name of a plant consists of two words; the first is the generic name, and refers to the sub-group, or genns of the order to which the plant belongs; the second is the specific name, and indicates, when there are more plants than one in the genus, which particidar plant or species is referred to. Thus, the prim- rose. Primula vulgaris, and the c
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