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16. Deyeuxla Langsdorffii, Kunth. Seed from Manitoba. Sown 14th March, 

 1890. Transplanted 15th July. Has not flowered yet, but ha.s spread much by under- 

 ground stems. 



17. Deyeuxla neglecta, Kunth, (Neglected Blue Joint.) Seed from Brandon, 

 Man. Sown March, 1889. Transplanted to bed June, 1889. Speared 18th . June. 

 Flowered 30th June. Eipe 27th July. This valuable grass has succeeded well under 

 cultivation, producing great quantities of very long fine leaves and flowering fieely. 

 Height 3 feet. Mr. S. A. Bedford informs me that ponies will wander long distances 

 over the prairies cropping the dry stems and leaves of this grass in preference to 

 many others. 



18. Deyeuxia neglecta, Kunth var. robusta, Vasey. Seed from Prof. 3Iacoun, 

 collected in the North-West Territories. Treated as the above and closely resembling 

 it. Heads of flowers I'ather shorter and the stems rougher. 



19. Elymus Americanus, V. & S. (American Lyme Grass.) Seed from Eocky 

 Mountains. Sown March, 1889. Transplanted June, 1889. Has not flowej'ed yet. 

 Growth spindly and weak, only 7 plants living October, 1890. 



20. Elymus Canadensis, L. (Canadian Lyme Gi-ass.) Seed from Eocky Mountains. 

 Sown in house March, 1889. Transplanted June, 1889. Nearly destroyed by the 

 Wheat-stem Maggot. Speared 10th July. Flowered 24th Jul3\ Eipe 10 ^h Sept. 

 A coarse grass found amongst bushes in low ground. Not suitable for cultivation in 

 the open. 



21. Elymus condensatus, Presl. (Giant Eye Grass.) Seed from i)r. G. M.Dawson, 

 collected in British Columbia. Sown 15th March, 1890. Transplanted 25th June. 

 Has not flowered yet. This grass is useful for holding the sand on railway banks. 

 When cut young it makes good hay and is also a valuable winter forage plant in the 

 west. , 



22. Elymus dasystachys, Ti-in. (Downy Wheat Grass). Seed from N. W. Terri- 

 tories, near Banff. Sown spring of 1889. Eoots divided and transplanted May, 1890. 

 Speared 12th June. Flowered 20th June. Eipe 18th July. This grass has muyh 

 the aspect of an ^4^;-c>/?2/rum. It produces long slender leaves and wheat-like heads 

 of downy flowers. It promises well as a hay grass. 



23. Elymus Virginicus, L. (Lyme Grass). Seed from Brandon, Man. Sown 

 Hth March, 1890. Transplanted 9th June. Plants weak and hardly established 

 when winter set in. 



24. Hierochloa borealis. E & S. (Holy Grass, Indian Hay). Seed from Brandon. 

 Sown 1888. Transplanted to present bed June, 1889. Speared 12th May. Flowered 

 24th May. Eipe 20th June. Cut 5th July, after the leaves had grown to their full 

 size. 55 lbs per square rod. 



This is the earliest grass of spring, and is the scented hay made into baskets, &c., 

 by the Indian women. Its very sweet odour makes it a valuable admixture in hay. 

 Horses and cattle are very fond of it. When grown alone it is rather subject to rust. 



25. Ka^leria cristata. Pei-s. (Western June Grass). Seed from North- West 

 Teri-itories. Sown spring of 1888. Transplanted to present bed June 1889. Speared 

 15th June, 1890, Flowered 26th June. Cut for hay 1st July. 35 lbs. grass to the 

 square rod. A poor bunch grass of the plains, not touched by cattle while there is 

 anything else. 



26. Macoun No. 8. — (Panicum capillare, variety). Seed collected by Prof 

 Macoun at Sprout Lake, Vancouver Island. Sown March, 1890. Pricked out 10th 

 June. This turned out to be a useless grass, botanically it was interesting from the 

 fact that it came true from seed. Although there were no good characters by 

 which it could be separated from P. capillare, it presc^itcd a very different aspect 

 from the Ottawa form of that species growing wild all round it. The whole plant 

 is more glabrous, smaller, and has a contracted slender panicle, 



27. Macoun No. 11. — Seed collected by Prof. Macoun on Mount Finlayson, Van- 

 couver Island. Seed sown 15th November, 1890. Transplanted 25th June. Tli - 

 grass has not yet flowered but has a promising appearance. 



