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GRASSES OF IOWA. 



Fowl meadow grass {Poa serotina, Ehrhart), has been tried 

 in an experimental way at the Iowa station. It occurs as a 

 natural grass in many sections of the state, but it is not culti- 

 vated. Flint,* in his work on grasses, makes the following 



Fig. 157. Blue grass, Poa pratensis. The be-t of all our pasture grasses. Two 

 types. Blue grass offers an excellent chance for Improvement, aa the cut shows. 



statement: "It early commended itself to the attention of 

 farmers, for Jared Smith, writing in 1749, says of it: 'There are 

 two sorts of grass^which are native of the country, which I 

 would recommend. These are Herd's grass (known in Penn- 

 sylvania by the name of Timothy grass); the other is fowl 



•Grasses and Forage Plants. 83. 



