202 THE SOILS AND CROPS OF THE FARM. 



loua oligostachya ), Buffalo grass {Buchloe dacty- 

 loides ), and the bunch grasses of which those belong- 

 ing to the genus Stipa and to the genus Oryzopsis 

 are leading types. Koeleria cristata, Deschampsia 

 Coespitosa, and several species 

 of the genus Festuca are wide- 

 ly diffused. 



Blue - joint (Calamagrosti^^ s 

 canadensis) is one of the best 

 and most productive on moist 

 soils and in cool climates. 



There is space for only a 

 brief description of some of the 

 better known cultivated species. 

 Timothy. — Herd's grass, 

 meadow cat's- tail grass, are 

 common names given to the 

 grass plant known botanically 

 as Phleum pratense, L. The 

 most common name is Timothy. 

 Timothy is widely distri- 

 buted. It is universally ad- 

 mitted, however, that timothy 

 was first brought into cultiva- 

 tion in this country. As the 

 story goes, Timothy Hanson, of 

 Maryland, first introduced the 

 plant from England in 1720. 

 About forty years later Peter Wynch took seed of it 

 from Virginia to England. Its cultivation began 

 there. It is claimed also that a man named Herd 

 found it growing wild in a swamp in New Hamp- 

 shire as early as 1700 and began its cultivation. 



Timothy. 



