ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 

 Plate I. Fig. 1. — Pl.anting Beach grass in siiud near Provincetowii, Mass. 

 Fig. 2. — Kafir corn in grass garden of the U. S. Department of 



Agriculture 10 



II. Single plant of native "Giant Millet" in grass garden of the U. S. 



Department of Agriculture 28 



III. Fig. 1. — Young plants of Teosinte in grass garden of the U. S, De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Fig. 2. — Reed Canary grass in grass 



garden of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 38 



FIGURES. 



FiG. 1. Agropyron repens 8 



2. Agrostis alba 8 



3. Alopecurus geniculatus 10 



4. Alopecurus pratensis 11 



5. Ammophila arenaria 11 



6. Andropogon halcpensis 12 



7. Andropogon nutans 12 



8. Andropogon jirovincialis 13 



9. Andropogon scoparius 14 



10. Andropogon virginicns 15 



11. Anthoxanthuni odoratum 16 



12. Aristida fasciculata ,- - - 17 



13. Arrhenatherum elatius 17 



14. Arundiuaria macrosperma 18 



15. Avena fatua 19 



16. Beckmannia erucseformis 21 



17. Bouteloua curtiiiendula 21 



18. Bouteloua oligostachya 22 



19. Briza media 23 



20. Bromns inermis 23 



21. Bromus secaliniis 24 



22. Bromus unioloidos 24 



23. Bulbilis dactyloides 25 



24. Calamagrostis canadensis 25 



25. Calamovilfa longifolia 26 



26. Campulosus aromaticus 27 



27. Cenchrus tribuloides 27 



28. Cha-tochloaglauca 27 



29. Cha-tochloa germauica 28 



30. Cha-tochloa italica 28 



31. Chloris glauca 29 



32. Cy nodon dactylon 30 



33. Cynosurus cristatus 31 



34. Dactylis glomerata 31 



35. Dactyloctenium a-gyptiura 32 



36. Deschampsia flexuosa 33 



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