176 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
Proximate analysis of Poa pratensis, from Wisconsin (June grass, Blue grass). 
Per cent. 
OR. ees. he ea ee eee eee oeseee itp eS.) ee eee eee 1. 82 
WAX. 2s c'cnss-[cSatecluoce oe Secke Sos te eee gee es oe ee 1. 04 
DUPATS os ore mers cnc cece s aac mac es Se eR Ee een nee <- =e 9.61 
Gaim tnd dex trims f=.s5 seus ae oe Sane eee a eee Eee so eas so ho eee 3. 14 
Callulose 253 222 S228 ce orc ds sa Doce bo dene tree tee ece cee ee 97.94 
Amylaceous cellulose = -2 2). -2 oso. dpe d 2 deeb deere +26. 5 e ee 22.53 
Alkali extract: 2s bc. s. sone s2 sks sekecee © coma ece Seen ok oe ecle. Cee 17.20 
Albuminoids; s2s25 252 ee wei S22 seas wos chavs oe tee cee eee ows ola or ee 
IANS csc cea castes 06 soos bo saaa «sa seeic ue cececeeeeeeneen eens <--> 5.18 
100. 00 
Analysis of ash of Poa pratensis (June grass, Blue grass). 
Per cent. 
POTASSIUM ss2-% 52's spose s SE oe Sain tans ml = sees enes eee epee eke eee 6. 95 
POtASSIUM OX1GC .<sscct ice clesteciecss se cece chisel e eee eee ack.) eee 33. 81 
BOCHUM 2s. ores cae isceice tos osc Sain secce tenes Sateen eee eee clon ook. oe 
Sodium oxide .-..-.. SaleSse’ocd Socis Sone dco selasioecieie Ser eee eens 466 oe ee 
Calcium oxidé...--. F esiswd co ds Sees ae sowie tesisio cle ce See ene Beare aaa ee 4.81 
Wine NESIUIMN OF1GG ~ a6 cee en a oo a ate a Se ahs ale ee eee 3.23 
Sulphuric acid ....<....--=..-- BESO Gon S505 S606 TONS Hao Sets sees saeassocesce 4,76 
BZN OS PHOTIC (aC1G See seer a eee selalaeel Soee tee ees ee 9. 89 
PSUUICICIACIG 2 ce's1 os Nes atostccs ses Foes. 5 eastern sees se oS ee eee * 30535 
CHTOTING ona ois sa tioee esses ws 3. esos odes Saeed he waco soe eee 6. 30 
100. 00 
TRICUSPIS SESLERIOIDES—Tall Red-top. 
Description—This grass grows from 3 to 5 feet high. It is very 
smooth; the leaves are long and flat, the lower sheaths hairy or smooth- 
ish. The panicle is large and loose, at first erect, but finally spreading 
widely ; the branches in pairs or single, naked below, flowering toward 
the extremities and becoming drooping. The spikelets are 5 to 6 
flowered, 3 to 4 lines long, purple, on short pedicels. The glumes are 
shorter than the flowers, unequal, and pointed; the lower palet is hairy 
toward the base, having 3 strong nerves which are extended into short 
cusps or teeth at the summit. It is a large and showy grass when fully 
matured, tle panicles being large, spreading, and of a handsome purplish 
color. Instead of being called Tall Red-top it would be much more 
properly called Purple-top. 
Habit and uses.—It grows in sandy fields and on dry, sterile banks, 
from New York to South Carolina, westward to the prairies, and south- 
westward to Texas, where several other species also occur. 
J.S. Gould, in the Report of the New York State Agricultural Society, 
says it is not considered very valuable, but it is nevertheless eut for 
hay and eaten by cattle where it abounds naturally, as in the mountain 
meadows of Pennsylvania. It is, however, harsh and wiry, and probably 
would not be eaten by cattle that could have access to better. (See 
Plate 18.) 
Proximate analysis of Tricuspis seslerioides, from Texas ( Tall Red-top). 
Per cent 
Oe Se aie Sas acc canlsee tye somo h ios eek hee eeee ee eee Le 
Nik rere ieei yoo ecslcis sco cece be eh eas > Beanie Riese ae ae 2). . 24 
SUP ATS Sarees secs wt ois cba Sue esa eens & ce See ee eee Dee ee ae as 6.98 
Gumbantademtiin= 2. 05. CE Mies 52 e228 See ee eee So 3.16 
Ceallitl ose dae see i) Soe SR eae OR eee | a SS 37. 86 
AmyJlaceousicellulose. - <2. jsecis ae cea ie ee Oe eee ee eae eee 26. 45 
ACA OMOEA I ancc 25 cm ook oo cinis sto Se See Ree Soe ess Sees 12. 63 
AUB UIMNITOTUS eee sok ts RE Sete eee SESE A ee eee 2 2 ee 6. 32 
PAS 2s ES SoS eRRES ab la vere Se eo SE MORE eet cco ae ee 4.55 
