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Grasses sown 2nd June, 1891, &c. — Concluded. 



Variety. 



Muhlenbergia glomerata 



Phalaris arundinacea 



Boatelouia oligostachya 



Panicum virgatum 



Elymu.s Canadensis 



Hierochloa borealis 



Deyeuxia neglecta 



Deschampsia fle.xuosa 



Deschampsia caespitosa 



AgropjTum tenerum 



Agropyrum glaucum 



Apluda aristata 



Panicum ciliare 



Panicum coionura 



Koeleria cristata 



Andropogon pertusus and anmilatns (mivpd) 



Eleusine Indica 



Eragrostis poaeordis 



ercentage Growth 

 Germinated, made in 1891 



Per cent. 



100 

 100 

 100 



90 

 100 



90 



90 



90 



90 



90 

 100 



40 



90 



30 



None. 



do 



do 



do 



Inches. 



16 

 20 



6 

 13 



6 



6 



9 



9 



9 



6 



9 



Remarks. 



Seed ripened. 



ao 



From seed sent in 1890. 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



NATIVE GRASSES GROWN UNDER CULTIVATION. 



In the spring of 1889 eight small plots were sown with grass seeds gathered on 

 the piairie here ; these plots have not been re-sown since, and there is now no ques- 

 tion as to the perennial character of these grasses, for they have improved every 

 year since sown, and the yield from them this year was in most cases very large. 



As all the seed obtainable was required to enlarge the woik of this department 

 none of the plots were cut in the green state, and the yields given are obtained from 

 the ripe hay cut for seed. About 250 lbs. of seed was gathered and will be sown in 

 large plots next spring. 



About 2 acres was sown with the seed obtained from these plots in 1890 ; it made 

 a good catch, and next fall we hope to have a quantity of seed for distribution among 

 farmers. 



As the plots from which the following returns were taken were small and kept 

 perfectly free from weeds, such large returns must not be expected from ordinary 

 field culture. 



No manure was used on any of the plots. 



NATIVE GRASSES. 



