394 GENERAL INDEX. 



s, the rush-like, 197,198 



" time of sowing the, 294,296,298 



" " " cutting the, 299, 301, 306, 333 



Grass Lands, drainage of, 385, 386 



" treatmeut of, 351, 363, 375, 377, 383 



" " top-diessing of, 328, 364, 365, 375, 381 



" Seed, depth of covering, 271, 273 



" " germination of, 265, 266, 270, 271 



" " loss of from too deep covering, 271, 273 



" " mode of buying, 270 



< selection of, 264,265,267 



" " time of sowing, 294, 29G, 298 



" " weight of, 270,271,273 



Green Manuring, importance of, 56, 209, 211, 214 



modes of, 210, 211, 214 



Green Meadow Grass, 87, 88 



Growth, peculiarities of, 206, 239, 240, 329 



Guano as a top-dressing, 356, 378 



Guinea Grass, description of, 150, 254, 258 



Hair-panicled Meadow Grass, 94 



Hair Grass, 39, 47 



Hairy Muskit, description of, 62 



" Slender Paspalum, 139 



Hay, nutritive value of, 329 



" curing of, 315, 329, 332, 334 



" Caps, use of, 346,347, 349 



" " permanent, 349, 350 



Hard Fescue Grass, description of, 97 



Heat-forming elements, 223,319,321 



Holy Grass, description of, 131 



Horned Sand Grass, description of, 65 



Horse-rake, use of the, 341,342 344,346 



Humidity, effect of, 242, 255, 257 



Hungarian Grass, description of, 145 



Imitation of nature, 269, 293 



Indian Corn, climatic range of, 259, 261 



composition of, 177 



culture of, 178, 180, 181, 259, 338, 339 



importance of, 176 



natural history of, 154, 174, 175, 176 



stooking and curing of, 339, 349 



varieties of, 178 



Grass, description of, 149 



Millet, natural history of, 150 



Rice, description of, 27, 28 



Irrigation, effect of, 383, 385 



" process of, 384 



Italian Rye Grass, description of, 112 



" " " comparative value of, 113 



Joint Grass, description of, 139 



June Grass, natural history of, 87, 88 



qualities of, 89, 90, 91 



Jungle Grasses, list of, 206 



Kentucky Blue Grass, description of, 87, 88 



" " " qualities of, 89. 91 



