ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



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Plate I. Fig. 1. Bunch -whesit grass {Agrojjyron divergens) jV.S. grass station at 

 Walla Walla, Wash. ; Fig. 2. Bunch wheat grass, natural 



growth, Oregon 15 



II. Johnson grass, in grass garden on grounds of United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C 19 



III. Smooth brome grass {Bromus inermis), plat of the grass grown in 



United States grass garden, Washington, D. C 20 



IV. Fig. 1. Side-oats grama. United States grass garden, Washington, D. 



C. ; Fig. 2. Blue grama [Bouteloua oligostachya), as grown 



in grass station at Walla Walla, Wash 36 



V. Fig. 1. Giant lyme grass {Elymus condensatus) at experiment station, 

 Berkeley, Cal.; Fig. 2. View in grass station, Walla Walla, 

 Wash., showing Canadian lyme grass {Elymvs cnnadevsis) . . 40 

 VI. Fig. 1. Japanese barnyard millet [Panicuni crus-galli) grown at Walla 

 Walla, Wash. ; Fig. 2. View in grass garden, Walla Walla, 

 Wash., showing Red Lump millet and Metcalfe bean .. . 47 

 VII. Fig. 1. Broom-corn millet grown at North Yakima, Wash., 1899; 

 Fig. 2. Millet, from a view in grass station at North Yak- 

 ima, Wash 54 



VIII. Fig. 1. Collecting seed of seaside blue grass, near Morrison, Oreg. ; 



Fig. 2. Seaside or Astoria blue grass {Poa macrantha) 55 



IX. Fig. 1. A single plant of dwarf Essex rape grown at Kalispell, Mont.; 



Fig. 2. Rape grown at Mellette, S. Dak 56 



X. Fig. 1. Turkestan alfalfa grown at North Yakima, Wash., 1899; 



Fig. 2. Alfalfa, Bellefourche, S. Dak. ,1897 58 



XI. Fig. 1 . Velvet bean, in an orange grove near Earleton, Fla. ; Fig. 2. 



Sainfoin, Esparcette ( Oiiobrychis sativa) 65 



XII. Fig. 1. Hairy vetch, grass garden, Washington, D. C. ; Fig. 2. Austra- 

 lian saltbush, in grass garden, Washington, D. C 75 



XIII. Fig. 1. Winter fat; Sweet sage {Euroiia lanata) , native growth ; Fig. 

 2. Sand dune formed by seaside blue grass, near Seaside, 

 Oreg 84 



FIGURE. 



Fig. 1 . Tsama watermelon ( CitruUus vulgaris) 86 



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