LIBRARY 

 I^W YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



CHAPTER I. 



MEADOW CAT'S-TAIL OR TIMOTHY. 



I Phleum Fr (dense — Specific Character. 



Tall ; spike cylindrical • elongated ; glumes ciliate 

 on the back, tipped with a sliort bristle, leaves long, 

 flat, rough, with long sheaths ; roots perrennial, 

 fibrous on moist soils, on dry ones often bulbous. 



= Gfrows best on damp, peaty soils. Flowers end of 



: June and ripens seeds in July. 



Way's Analysis. 



100 parts as taken green from the field, June 13tb. 



) Water 57. 21 



J Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 1.86 



Fatty matters 1. oO 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, guij, etc.. . . 22.85 



! Woody Fibre 1J.32 



Mineral matter or ash 2.26 



[]J 100.00 



I ^ 100 parts of the grass dried at 212^ Fahr. 



, Albuminous, or flesh forming principles. 11. 3G 



, fatty matter ' 3.55 



, Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc. . . 53. 35 



• Woody Fibre 26.4G 



'\ Mineral matter or ash 5.28 



100.00 



Herds Grass, as it was then called in the Eastern 

 States, was first introduced and brought into cultiva- 



