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Deyeuxia Canadensis, Beauv. (Blue-Joint), Fig. 12. This is a fine grass of high 

 quality and free growth. It grows in veiy wetlaudj someiimes to a height of 6 

 feet, and makes excellent hay. 



Fig. 13. Fig. 14. Fig. 15. 



Slerochloa borealis, E. & S. (Holy Grase, Tndian Hay), Fig. 13. Mr. Bedford 

 points out, what is undoubtedly quite true, that in land required for farm crops this 

 grass in Manitoba will probably be more trouble to eradicate than will justify 

 fai-mers in sowing it, except in land that can be left indefinitely in grass. 



Muehlenbergia glomerata, Trin. (Wild Timothy). This grass is still a great 

 favourite with all who have grown it. Mr. S. A. Bedford speaks of it in the highest 

 terms of praise. Seed sown in the spring will yield a crop of good hay by August. 

 At Fig. 14 is shown a flowering spike, and at Fig. 15 is a cut showing the whole 

 plant. 



Muehlenbergia sylvatica, T. & G. (Bearded Satin Grass). Seed from single plant 

 collected at Ottawa. Sown 28th October, 1890; cume up 2l8t May, 1891; trans- 

 planted 6th July ; speared 13th August. On 5th September 20 to 24 inches high. 

 This has the appearance of being a valuable grass. It kept green right up to hard 

 frost. The bed is not yet filled, so that no weight could be taken. 



Fhnlaris arundinacea, L. (Reed Canary Grass), Fig. 16. The plot was cut three 

 times in 1890 — 4th June, 5th August and 16th October. Last season it did not make 

 a good growth ; this, however, may have been due to the drought early in the season. 

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