GRASSES FOR SPECIAL SOILS OR USES. 



The following lists include the best known and most valuable of the 

 economic grasses. Descriptions of the species enumerated will be found 

 in the body of the work under the initial letter of the Latin name. 

 Seeds or roots of nearly all can be obtained from seedsmen. 



HAY GRASSES. 



Slender wheat grass {Agropyron tenerum), redtop or herd's grass (Agrostis alha and 

 A. vuh/aris), meadow foxtail {Alopeciirus pratensis), Johnson grass {Andropogon hale- 

 pensis), big blue stem (Andropogon provincialis) , sorghum {Andropogon sorghum), tall 

 oat grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), Mitchell grass (Astreila peeiinacea), oats {Arena 

 satira), side-oats grama {Bouteloua curti2)endida), Japanese wheat grass {Brachiipoduim 

 japonicinn), smooth brome grass {Bromus hiermis), millet (Cluttockloa itaJica), Ber- 

 muda grass {Cynodon dactyloii), crested dog's tail {Cynoaurus cristatus), orchard grass 

 (Dactylis glomerata), teft" {Eragroatis abyssinicn), teosinte {Euchlania mexieana), tall 

 fescue (FestKca elatior), barley (Hordeinn satirum), Italian rye grass {Lolium Halicum), 

 perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), rice {Oryza satira), barnyard millet {Panicum 

 crus-galli), guinea grass {Panicum maximum), broom-corn millet {Panicum miliaceum), 

 Para grass {Panicum moUe), crab grass (Panicum sanguinale), Colorado grass ( Panicum 

 texanum), pearlmillet (Pennisetum spicatum), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacca), 

 timothj (Phleum pratense), Kentucky blue grass (Poapratensis), sugar cane (Saccharum 



officinarum), (Tricholwna rosea), yellow oat grass (Trisetum pratense), wheat 



{Triticum wstivum), corn (Zea mays). 



PASTURE GRASSES. 



Wire bunch grass (Agropyron divergens), redtop or herd's grass (Agrostis alba and 

 A. vulgaris), creeping bent (Agrostis stolonifera) , bushy blue stem (Andropogon nutans), 

 big blue stem (Andropogon provincialis), little blue stem (Andropogon scoparius), 

 needle grass (Aristida faseiculata) , Mitchell grass (Astrehla pectinacea), side-oats 

 grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama (Bou- 

 teloua oligostachya), Japanese wheat grass (Brachypodium Japonicum), rescue grass 

 {Bromus unioloides), smooth brome (Bromus incrinis), buffalo grass ( Bulbilis dactyloides), 

 windmill grass (Chloris rerficillata), Bermuda i;rass (Cynodon daciylon), orchard grass 

 (Dactylis glomerata), everlasting grass (Eriochloa punctata), Indian millet (Eriocoma 

 cuspidata), hard fescue (Festuca duriuscula), tall fescue (Festuca elatior), sheep fescue 

 (Festuca orina), red fescue (Festuca rubra), curly mesquite (Hilaria cenchroides). per- 

 ennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), Indian wheat (Panicum ciliatum), carpet grass 

 (Paspalum comjiressum), 'knot grass (Paspalum distichum) Texas blue grass (Poa 

 arachnifera), Canada blue grass (Poa compressa), Kentuckj^ blue grass (Poa pratensis), 

 rough-stalked meadow grass (Poa trivialis), rye (Secale cereale), St. Augustine grass 

 (Sienotaphrmn dimidiatum). 



■LAM7N GRASSES. 



Seacoast bent (Agrostis coarctata), creeping bent (Agrostis stolonifera), Rhode Island 

 bent (Agrostis canina), buffalo grass (Bulbilis dactyloides), Bermuda grass (Cynodon 

 dactylon), various-leafed fescue (Festuca heterophylla) , red fescue (Festuca rubra), 



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