QUAKING GRASS. * 61 



will be seen by a comparison of the analysis of 

 Avena Flavescens with that of this grass that one is 

 equally as good as the other. I am not aware of this 

 grass being cultivated to any extent in this country. 



CHAPTER XX. 



QUAKIIS^G GEASS. 



Briza Media — Sjjecifle Cliaracter. 



Panicle erect, tiie branches spreading ; spikelets 

 J5 to 9 flowered (3-12 inch long) ; glumes shorter than 

 the lower flowers ; root perrennial. Flowers in 

 June. 



WAY'S ANALYSIS. 

 100 parts as taken green I'rom the field June 29th. 



Water 51.85 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 2.93 



Fatty matters 1.45 



Heat iDroducing princijjles, starch, sugar, gum, etc 22.60 



Woody Fibre 17-00 



.Mineral matter, or Ash 4.17 



lUO.OO 

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



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 6.08 



Fatty matters 3.01 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc 46.95 



Woody Fibre '. 35 30 



.Mineral matter, or Ash 8.66 



100.00 



Briza Media (Quaking grasss. ) Grows naturally in 

 light inferior or rather dry soils, and from a given 

 weight yielding more nutritious matter than any 

 other grass indigenous to such soils. Owiug, how- 

 ever, to the seeds not retaining their vegetating 



