Does it talk mainly of species of grasses?, or meadows or types of grassland such as lawns?, the Downs?

or calcareous grasslands etc - Does anybody have any opinions of it - what types of student found it most

useful - ecologists or agriculturalists?

Stephen

Although I have this title in my collection, I have not read it, so let me refer you to the text of the excellent, new "Art of the New Naturalists".

Peter Marren writes "Grass and Grasslands was conceived as a book about natural grasslands and wild species of grass.  After the commissioned author, Cyril Hubbard, dropped out, an agriculturalist, Ian Moore, took on the title and in his hands the book became more of a treatise on the use of grass for sown fields and lawns.  In their preface the editors noted that 'the interrelationship between man and nature' had come to be an important theme of the series, though in this case nature seemed to be almost invisible.

Given that Moore's book is chiefly about replacing wild places with crops of grass, it is tempting to see C&RE's all green jacket as a satire (though it was almost certainly not so intended)."

I have no idea if this is a fair assessment of the complete book's contents, but it won't be far wrong!

Regards,

Bill