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growing there when the region was first discovered, consti- 

 tuting a natural pasturage that attracted vast numbers of 

 grazing wild animals, countless herds of buffalo, elk, deer, 

 antelopes, &c. 



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Perennial Eye-Grass. 



Italian Rye-Grass. 



This grass is not so well adapted to a short rotation, and is, 

 therefore, less suited to our mowing-lots, from the fact that it 

 requires three or four years to become well set so as to form 

 a close sward. This habit of growth is less objectionable as 



