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&amp;gt;OA PRATENSIS SPEAR-GRASS GREEN MEADOW-GRASS JUNE- 

 GRASS KENTUCKY BLUE-GRASS. (Fig. 11.) 



Stem smooth, erect, 

 terete, surmounted by a 

 rather spreading crowd 

 ed panicle, and whose 

 spikelets are ovate, acute 

 and crowded on the 

 branchlets, from two to 

 five flowered. Glumes 

 unequal, sharply accu- 

 minate, lower palese five 

 nerved. 



This grass is a native 

 of Europe, but has be 

 come extensively natu 

 ralized in the United 

 States, both north- and 

 south. It is particularly 

 at home in some of the 

 south-western States, as 

 Kentucky and Tennes 

 see. It extends through 

 the Atlantic States as 

 far south as Charleston, 

 where, according to El 

 liott, it grows to the 

 height of 18 inches, 

 where it also makes a 

 fine winter grass, re 

 markable for its deep 

 green color, and soft suc 

 culent leaves. It bears 

 the summer heats in 

 (Fio. 11.) close, rich soils-, and 



wants only size to render it one of the most valuable acquisi 

 tions to the farmer. It is perennial, and hence deserves the 

 special attention of the southern planter, as there is a great 

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