CONTENTS. ix 

 CHAPTER VI. 



GRASSES FOR CULTIVATION. 



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Phleuui, Timothj^ 101 



Dactylis, orchard grass. 109 



Arrhenatherum, tall oat-grass 121 



Festuca, tall fescue - 126 



Meadow fescue 1 27 



Sheep's fescue 132 



Hard fescue 132 



Poa pratensis, June grass , 132 



Poa compressa, flat-stemmed poa, wire grass - 137 



Poa serotina, fowl meadow grass 140 



Rough-stalked meadow grass 142 



Poa arachnif era, Texas blue grass 143 



Agrostis vulgaris, var. alba, red top 145 



Agrostis alba, creeping bent grass 148 



Agrostis canina. brown bent grass 151 



Alopecurus pratensis, meadow foxtail 152 



Anthoxauthum, sweet vernal grass 153 



Lolium perenne, perennial rye grass 159 



Italian rye grass 161 



Cynodon, Bermuda grass 161 



Agropyrum repens, quack grass 167 



Sorghum halapense, Johnson grass 171 



Setaria ItaUca, Hungarian gi-ass _ 175 



Deyeuxia, blue joint 179 



Muhlenberg's grass 181 



Pennisetum spicatum, pearl millet 187 



Panicum Texanum, Texas millet-. 189 



Avena flavescens, yellow oat-grass 191 



Holcus lanatus, velvet gi'ass 193 



Holcus mollis, creeping soft grass 194 



Cynosurus cristatus, crested dog's tail. 195 



CHAPTER VII. 



EARLY ATTEMPTS TO CULTIVATE GRASSES. 



Meadows of the Romans 197 



The first meadows of Great Britian. 193 



Progress has been very slow. . . I99 



Wliy gi-asses are not better known 200 



What have been sown in Great Britain 201 



What have been sown in the United States 204 



