270 
Fagopyrum esculentum, 7. 
Farm crops, value of, 4. 
Fescue-grass, 230. 
for lawns, 63. 
meadow, 34, 230, 231. 
red, 231. 
sheep’s, 231. 
various-leaved, 231. 
Festuca, 219, 223, 230. 
elatior, 231. 
idahoensis, 232. 
ingrata, 232. 
octoflora, 232. 
ovina, 231. 
capillata, 231. 
duriuscula, 231. 
pratensis, 230. 
rubra, 231. 
heterophylla, 231. 
subulifiora, 132. 
viridula, 232. 
Festucee, 156, 157, 219. 
Field pea, 52. 
Filaree, 26. 
Fiorin, 204. 
Floral organs, morphology of, 112-132. 
Florets, 118. 
sterile, 125. 
Flowers of grasses, 112. 
Fodder, coarse, 49. 
Forage, classification of, 22. 
coarse, production of, 20. 
by states, 85. 
plants, 14. 
relative importance of different kinds 
of, 84. 
Fowl meadow-grass, 229. 
Foxtail, 245. 
green, 76, 184. 
grass, 77. 
meadow, 202, 203. 
millet, 185. 
yellow, 76, 184. 
Fruit, 129-130. 
Gama-grass, 160. 
Gardener’s garters, 69, 194. 
Gastridium, 198. 
Genera, 152-153, 156. 
monotypic, 153. 
Generic distribution, 149. 
Geographical distribution, 147-150. 
of grasses, 148. 
Germination, 136, 138. 
Giant reed, 68, 224. 
as soil-binder, 69. 
Glumes, 118, 121, 123. 
INDEX 
Glycine hispida, 53. 
Golden top, 220. 
Goose-grass, 76, 148. 
Grain, 6. 
cut green, production of, 20. 
hay, 46-47. 
miscellaneous uses of, 12. 
Grains, germination of, 138. 
relative importance of, 7. 
Grama, black, 217. 
blue, 217. 
grass, 27, 143, 216-217. 
side oat, 217. 
tall, 39, 217. 
Graphephorum, 222. 
Grass, alfa, 200. 
Bahama, 216. 
barnyard, 183. 
beach, 144, 206. 
bent, 203. 
Bermuda, 30-32, 45, 214-215. 
billion-dollar, 184. 
black, 40. 
blue, 227. 
annual, 230. 
Canada, 229. 
English, 230. 
Kentucky, 228. 
Texas, 230. 
brome, 232. 
awnless, 232, 233. 
Schrader’s, 233 
buffalo, 218. 
bur, 187. 
burro, 220. 
canary, 194. 
reed, 194. 
carpet, 180. 
citronella, 170. 
cocksfoot, 216, 227. 
Colorado, 183. 
couch, 78, 238. 
crab, 50, 66, 76-77, 148, 181. 
crested dog’s-tail, 220. 
crop areas, 79, 87. 
crop, 181. 
dog’s-tooth, 216. 
dog-town, 199. 
esparto, 200. 
family, 154. 
usefulness to man, 1-2. 
fescue, 230. 
meadow, 230. 
foxtail, 245. 
golden top, 220. 
grama, 216-217. 
Guinea, 183. 
