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A. — NATIVE GRASSES. 



■Agropyrum eaninum, E. & S. Glaucous variety. 



Agropyrum tenerum f From Ottawa. 



Agropyrum vnilaterale. From Michigan Ag. Col. 



Agrostis perennans, Tuck. (Thin grass). 



Agrostis perennans, Glaucous variety. 



Agrostis scabra Willd, (Tickle grass). 



Andropogon scoparius, Mx. (Little Blue Stem). This is a valuable grass in the 

 IVest where it will grow in pure sand. It makes excellent feed for horses, (S. A. 

 Bedford). 



Andropogon provincialis, Lam. (Turkey foot). " Good feed. Cattle and horses 

 very fond of it. Grows on high land." (S. A. Bedford). 



Briza media, L (Quaking grass) from Vancouver Island. Of no agricultural value. 



Bromus Kalmii, Gray. (Wild Chess). 



Chrysopogon nutans, Benth. (Indian grass). Considei-ed valuable in the "West. 

 A tall coarse grass. Yery late in starting in spring. It will grow in pure sand. 



Danthonia spicata,'Beau\\ (White Top. Old Fog.) This forms a large pro- 

 jportion of the herbage in dry upland and mountain pastures. It is a small grass, but 

 improves much under cultivation. 



Deyeuxia Canadensis, Hook. (Blue-joint Grass.) This common but valuable 

 .grass grows in all low meadows. It produces an abundance of leafy stems which are 

 eaten greedily by stock. Height 3 lo 5 feet. 



Elymus americanus, V. & S. (Long-awned form.) 



Elymus americanus, (Short-awned form.) 



Eatoniaohtmata, Gray. (Early Grass.) Seed from Brandon, where Mr. Bedford 

 says it is the earliest grass to ripen its seed. 



Eatonia Pennsylvanica, Gray. (From Ottawa.) 



Festuca microstachya, Nutt. var. divergens, Thurb. A small annual grass from 

 "Vancouver Island, of no value. 



Festuca ovina, L. (Sheep's Fescue, Plate VIII.) This is the type of a division 

 •of the Genus Festuca in which the root leaves are short and bristle-like. They are 

 small but very valuable grasses for upland pastures. Reported to be doing well 

 under cultivation at Indian Head, N.W.T. 



Hordeum jubatum, Jj. (Squirrel-Tail Grass.) Seed from Manitoba. A perni- 

 cious weed in pastures. Mr. J. Craig tells me that in dry regions it makes a beautiful 

 lawn grass, and bears cutting well. He has seen it used for this purpose in the State 

 of Iowa, and it should be tried in the arid portions of our North-West. 



Macoun No. 4. From Langford's Lake, B.C. This is possibly Glyceria paucifiora, 

 iPre^l. 



Macoun JVo. 6. From Qualicum, Van. Isd. 



Macoun No. 10. From Barclay Sound. 



Macoun No. 12. From Cameron Lake, B.C. Probably a Deyeuxia. 



Orizopsis f From Kananaskis, Rocky Mountains. 



Pennisetum longistylum. Seed from Prof. "W. J. Beal. A very ornamental grass. 



Poa ccesia, Smith. Seed from Indian Head. A short-leaved, slender and weak 

 ; grass. 



Poa tenuifolia, Nutt. (Slender-leaved Meadow Grass.) A small but valuable 

 species in mountain pastures. It grows in bunches with long fine glaucous leaves 

 and loose panicles. Seed from Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. Sown spring of 1889. 

 Flowered July, 18D0. 



Stipa spartea, Tr'm. (Korthern Buffalo Grass. Porcupine Grass.) Seed from 

 Indian Head. Sown 1889. Flowered and ripened seed 1890, 



Trisetum subspicatum, P.B. From Ottawa. 



Trisetum subspicatum, P.B. From Rocky Mountains. A small grass not likely 

 ■>k) be of much value. 



