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the grass is also native. Sow 2A to 3 busLels per acre. The weight of a hushel 

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



No. 114. Festuca rubra Linn. Red Fescue. 



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

 and in the Northern Slates, extending westward to the Pacific. Like Festuca 

 ovina, 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 habit 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 

 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 particularly 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 the best forage plants. It is little known in 

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

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

 of about 14 pounds. A variety, F. rubra glaucescens Hack, 

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

 of North Carolina and East 

 Tennessee. 



No. 115. Festuca scabrella Torr. 



Great Bunch-grass. (Fig. 47.) 



A strong perennial, growing in 



large tufts or bunches 1 to 3 



or 4 feet high. A native of 



th<^ 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 

 winter stock ranges. In the Northwest, particu- 

 larly in the Rocky Mountain region, there aie 

 many native sjx'cies of the genus Fcntuca which 

 are well deserving the attention of stockmen and 

 farmers. 



No. 116. Festuca teuuifolia Sibth. Slender Fescue. 



A low ;md tine-leafed grass, in habit of growth resem- 

 l)liiig Fentuca oriiia, of which it is regarded as 

 only a variety by most authors. It has no special 

 agricultural value, but will grow in dry and 

 comparativi'ly sterile soil. Its line, hair-like 



leaves and densely cespitosc haliit of growth render it a good lawn grass when 

 ])roperly treated, especially for shady places, and it is also a good plant for 

 edgings. 



Fig. 46. — Tonuessee 

 Fescue (Fentnca ru- 

 bra glaucescens). 



Fio. 47. —Great HmicligrassCFcs. 

 tuca scabrella). 



