Slough Grass {Beckmannia enicaeformis) is a very- 

 rare and unimportant species which is to be expected only in 

 the higher mountains of the northern part of the State in 

 soils saturated with water : it often grows in running or 

 stagnant water. 



Wild Crab Grass {Schedonnardus paniculatus) is also 

 of little importance though fairly common where the Blue 

 or White Grama grows. Three of the species of Chloris (C 

 verticillata, C. hrevispica and C. ciicullata) are economically 

 of little importance in the State because they barely enter 

 it along the eastern border, this line being about the western 

 limit of their distribution. The fourth species of this genus 

 {Chloris elegant) is a bad weed in the cultivated fields of the 

 southern part of the State, where it is a common constituent 

 of the later crops of hay. It appears in the alfalfa fields and 

 orchards by the middle of July in the Mesilla Valley and if 

 the irrigation water is scanty it is very apt to crowd out a 

 good deal of the alfalfa since it can live on less water than 

 is necessary to make the alfalfa grow well. Of course it is 

 not altogether bad, for the grass is cut and made into hay 

 with the alfalfa and stock will eat it though they are not 

 very fond of it. Its presence materially lowers the grade 

 and consequently the selling price of the hay in which it 

 occurs in any abundance. Trichloris fascicidata is quite rare 

 in the State. It is said to be prized as an ornamental grass 

 by some florists. It is very drought resistant. 



Little need be said of the value of Bermuda Grass 

 (Capriola doctylon) for it is well known in the arid region. 

 It is very drought resistant and a very vigorous and persistent 

 spreading perennial which soon makes a compact sod. It is 

 best to plant pieces of the sod with the rooted underground 

 stems and in one season's time such pieces, if planted six or 

 eight inches apart and properly watered, will completely cover 

 the ground with a thick set sod. Once established, a Bermuda 

 grass lawn may be more abused without killing it out than 

 any other kind of grass. To keep it in good shape it must 



