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B. — EUROPEAN GRASSES. 



Agrostis f Interloper in other seed. A very fine Bent-grass, suitable for 



lawns. 



Aira flexuosa, (Heath Hair-grass.) Very dissimilar from what I am growing a» 

 Deschampsiaflexuosa from the Eocky Mountains. 



Arrhenafherum avenacenm (Tall Oat Grrass). Young plants doing well. 



Brormis mollis, (Soft Brome Grass.) 



Elymus arenarius, (.Sea Lyme Grass.) Seed from Mr. John Mather, who imported 

 it to grow to arrest drifting sand. It is used for this purpose in some parts of the 

 United States and Holland, together with Beach Grass {Ammophila arundinacea) . 



Festuca heterophylla. (Various lea\ ed Fescue.) A fine-leaved grass of the ovina 

 type. 



Festuca ovina var, angustifoUa, (Sheep's Fescue.) Leaves very fine and of a delicate 

 green. 



IIo/cus mollis (Perennial Velvet Grass.) A beautiful but useless grass. 



Poa sudetica. — A small species. 



Stipa Lessengerianum. | j,^.^^ j^ ^ 



Stipa Sareptana. j -^ 



Both of the above are fine-leaved grasses suitable for dry localities, but of little 

 agricultural value. 



IV. — Besides the above, a large collection of seed was sown last September 

 including many of the above as well as the following not before mentioned. 



A. — NATIVE GRASSES. 



Ammophila longifolia, Vasey, from Manitoba. 



Aristida purpurea, Nutt., from British Columbia. 



Andropogon provincialis, Lam., from Manitoba. 



Bedford No. 25, from Manitoba. 



Danthonia Californica. Boland, from British Columbia. 



Elymus Virginicus, L. var. submuticus, Hook, from Manitol)a. 



Ericoma cuspidata, N"utt., from British Columbia. 



Festuca tenella, Wilkl., from British Columbia. 



Glyceria grandis, Kunth, from Manitoba. 



Glyceria Canadensis, Trin., from Ottawa. 



Phleum pratense, var. alpestre, Vasey, from Idaho. 



Stipa viridula, Tiin., from Manitoba. 



Zizania aquatica, L. Sown in the Lake. 



B. — FOREIGN GRASSES. 



Avena pubeseens. (Downy Oat Grass). 



Bromus pratensis. (Meadow Brome Grass). 



Bromus secalinus. (Chess. Plate TX.) A useless grass concerning which some 

 farmers hold the remarkable and utterly erroneous opinion that it is degenerated 

 wheat, with which, however, it is in no way related. 



Molinia ccerulea. (Purj>le Melic Grass.) 



In conclusion I would add that seed or plants of any grasses not included in the 

 above lists will be thankfully received and their qualities examined and reported 

 upon. 



