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 Platk IX. Fig. 1. —The real Red Desert, Wyoming. Fig. 2.— The Greater Red 

 Desert, Wyoming 



X. Fig. 1.— Point of Rocks, Bitter Creek Valley, Wyoming. Fig. 2.— 



The ideal summer range, Wyoming ' 26 



XI. Fig. 1.— Mountain rye grass {Ehjvim cjlancux). An excellent grass 

 adapted to high altitudes. From photograph by C. L. Shear, 

 taken at Buffalo Pa.ss, Colorado, altitude 10,000 feet. Fig. 2.— 

 Side oats grama {BotUeloua (■iirtipcndnla). An imiwrtant hay and 

 pasture grass of the Great Phiins. From photograph by C. L. 



Shear, near Rocky Ford, Colo -^ 



XII. Western wheat grass {Acjropyron occidentale). A very important 

 native hay and pasture grass in the Great Plains and Rocky 



Mountain regi( )ns - - - 



XIIl. Fig. 1.— Seed of native grasses, the. result of two days' collecting 

 near Chico, Colo. Photographed by C. L. Shear. Fig. 2.— Stack 

 of wild hay, showing method of stacking. From photograph by 



C. L. Shear, near Chico, Colo '^2 



XIV. Fig. 1. — Bunch wheat grass {Agropyron spicatum (Pursh) Rydb.). 

 United States grass station at Walla Walla, Wash. Fig. 2.— 

 Bunch wheat grass (natural growth), Oregon. From a photo- 

 graph by A. B. Leckenby 34 



XV. Nevada blue grass (Poanm«?e».s?s). An important native grass in 

 the Northwest. Photographed from plant grown at Washing- 

 ton, D. C 36 



XVI. Fig. 1.— Winter fat {Eurotia lanata). Native growth, Parker, 

 Wash. From a photograph by A. B. Leckenby. Fig. 2.— A 

 field of quack-grass hay {Agropyron repem), near ^Valla Walla, 

 Wash., showing the large crop produced. From a photograph 



by A. B. Leckenby 38 



XVII. Fig. 1.— Sand drifts along the Columljia River, Oregon, in peach 

 orchard. Fig. 2. — View in Grass Station at Walla Walla, Wash., 

 showing Canadian rye grass {El.ymus canadensis). From a pho- 

 tograph by F. Lamson-Scribner 40 



XVTIl. Fig. 1. — Sheep grazing in the mountains a1)ove Wallowa Lake, Ore- 

 gon. From a photograph Ijy C. L. Shear. Fig. 2. — In the field, 



Messrs. Griffiths and Williams in northern Wyoming 42 



XIX. Fig. 1. — Range near Abilene, Tex., where improvement experiments 

 were conducted, showing characteristic growth of mes(juite l>ean 

 {Promph julijiora). From photograph by C. L. Shear. Fig. 2. — 

 View in the Santa Cruz Valley near Tucson, Ariz., showing the 

 manner in which the mesquite bean {Pnmip'iH s\\) is being cut. 



From a i)hotograph by I). Griffiths 44 



XX. Fig. 1. — Bulbous panic-grass (Ponictt?;* ?'»i/w.W7H)- Grown on Poto- 

 mac Flats, Washington, D. C, from New Mexican seed. Fig. 2. — 

 Curly mes(iuite {Hilaria cenchroides) . Grown on Potomac Flats, 



Washington, D. C 46 



XXI. Fig. 1. — The Range, 25 miles southeast of Tucson, Ariz., showing its 

 condition early in April, 1901. Only a few small, scattered, annual 

 weeds present. Photographeil by D. Griffiths. Fig. 2. — Along 

 the right (jf way of the raili-oad near Benson, Ariz., showing the 

 condition of the grass under protection. Photographed by D. 

 Griffiths 48 



