396 GENERAL INDEX. 



Phosphates taken from the soil, 231 



Plants, number of in the turf, 274, 276, 278 



Plaster of Paris, use of, 370, 372, 374 



Porcupine Grass, natural history of, 58 



Potato-tops, composition of, 377 



Poverty Grass, description of, 59 



Prairie Triple Awn, description of, 60 



Prolific Kice, description of, 29 



Pungent Meadow Grass, 93 



Purple Alpine Hair Grass, 123 



" Wood Grass, 149 



" Wild Oat Grass 126 



Quaking Grass, description of, 96 



Rains, distribution of, 242 



Rattlesnake Grass, natural history of, 71 



Reaper, history and use of the, 322,324,325 



Redtop, description of, 40, 331 



Red Clover, natural history of, 185, 186, 282 



" " curing of, 335, 337 



Reed Canary Grass, 105, 106, 133, 134, 136 



" " " nutritive value of, 136 



Red Fescue Grass, natural history of, 97 



Rhode Island Bent, description of, 40 



Rice, history and culture of, 27, 156, 158 



Richardson's Feather Grass, 57 



Rough-leaved Vilfa, description of, 37 



" Marsh Grass, natural history of, 61 



" stalked Meadow Grass, description of, 85 



Rush-like Grasses, list of, 239, 241, 260 



" Salt Grass, description of, 61 



Salt Marshes, ditching of, 386, 387 



" Marsh Grass, natural history of, 61 



" Reed " description of, 60 



Sainfoin, history and culture of, 194, 195 



Sand Grass, description of, 65 



Scythe, use of the, 307, 320 



Sea Spear Grass, description of, 77,79 



Seasons, influence of, 239, 241, 2CO 



Sedges, description and list of, 199, 200, 203, 204 



Seed, selection of, 17'J, 203 



" quantity to be sown, 173, 278, 286 



" vitality of, 263, 2C6 



Seneca Grass, description of, 131 



Shade, effects on the quality of grass, 239, 241, 204 



Sheep's Fescue Grass, natural history of, 97 



Sheep, effect of on the pasture 382, 383 



Short-leaved Beard Grass, 63 



" " Spear " 81 



" stalked Meadow Grass 95 



Silicates taken from the soil 231, 232 



Slender-tail Grass, natural history of, 110 



Spike Grass, description of, 109 



Meadow " " " 93 



Three-awned Grass, description of, 59 



Foxtail, natural history of, 31 



Crab Grass, description of, 140 



Spiked Fescue, " 101 



