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the grass is also native. Sow 2i to 3 1)nsbel8 per acre. The weight of a bushel 

 of seed is about 14 poniids. Price per bushel, $2.25 to $2.75 iu New York. 



No. 114. Festuca rubra Linu. Red Fescue. 



This grass grows aloug the Atlantic coast of the New England and Middle States, 

 and in the Northern States, extending westward to the Pacific. Like Feslma 

 oviva, it presents many forms, but in some respects is superior to that species, as 

 by its creeping rhizomes it will form a compact and durable 

 ^^ turf. On account of this haldt of growth, it is a useful 



grass for binding moving sands along the seacoast, or cov- 

 ering gravelly banks and dry slopes. In Germany, Red 

 Fescue is regarded as one of the most valuable grasses for 

 ,wr dry, sandy meadows. Owing to the great production of fine 



root leaves, this species makes a good bottom grass, and as 

 these leaves are quite soft the grass is well adapted for 

 lawns, and is jiarticularly recommended for those which are 

 too much shaded for the successful growth of other lawn 

 grasses. It is an excellent grass also for woodland parks 

 where the soil is not sandy, European authorities have 

 classed it with th(^ best forage plants. It is little known in 

 this country, but the seed is offered for sale by our leading 

 seedsmen, the retail price being from $2.50 to $3 per bushel 

 of about 14 pouiuls. A variety, F. rultra f/lancescetis Hack, 

 (fig. 46), is the best pasture grass in the mountain meadows 

 of North Carolina and East 

 Tennes.see. 



No. 115. Festuca scabrella Torr. 



r;re;it Hunch-grass. (Fig. 17.) 



A strong iierenuial, growing in 



large tufts or bunches 1 to 3 



or 4 feet high. A native of 



the Rocky Mountain regions, 



extending from Colorado 



northward and westward to 



California and Oregon. It 



often occupies extensive 



mountain parks, to the ex- 

 clusion of other grasses, where it affords excellent 

 grazing. It may be cut for hay, of which it fur- 

 nishes a large amount, excellent in (juality, espe- 

 cially for horses. It is one of the best grasses for 

 Aviuter stock ranges. In the Norfliwesf, particu- 

 larly in fhe Rocky Mountain region, there are 

 many native species of the genus Fvsinca which 

 are well deserving the attention of stockmen and 

 farmers. 



No. 116. Festuca tenuifolia Sibth. Slender Fescue. 



A low and fin<!-lcafed grass, in habit of growth resem- 

 bling Fentuca uviiiti, of which it is reg.irded as 

 only a vaiiety by nu)8t authors. It has no special yxn 47 

 agricultural value, but will grow in dry iiud 

 comparatively sterile soil. Its One, h.iii-iike 



leaves and densely cespitose hiibit of growth reinler it a gnod lawn gi'ass when 

 properly treated, especially for shady places, and it is also a good i)lant for 

 edgings. 



Fin. 4C. — Tenne.saee 

 Fescue {Fegtuca ru- 

 bra (jlaucesceng) . 



-dreat Hiiiicligra.ss (Fe.9. 

 tnca scabrella). 



