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tion of it in this State. Conceivably a commer- 

 cial variety of importance might be developed 

 that would be better adapted to the American 

 climate than the oriental rice. 



I hope even yet to be able to make the experi- 

 ment. Failing this, I trust that some one else 

 will take the matter in hand. 



SOME NEGLECTED GRASSES 



If my work with rice has been only tentative, 

 there are almost numberless allied grasses with 

 which I have experimented on a comprehensive 

 scale. 



Indeed, I have raised, at one time or another 

 during the past forty years, almost every grass 

 that has economic importance, and many never 

 supposed to have value. Among these several 

 fine varieties have been introduced through Cecil 

 Rhodes of South Africa, which proved enormous 

 croppers in moist, warm regions of this State. 

 Some of these I have grown extensively year 

 after year; others only for a single season, for 

 the purpose of obtaining variation in some useful 

 direction. 



My work with the familiar giant grasses, 

 Indian corn, sorghum, and teosinte, and with the 

 equally familiar small grains, has already been 

 detailed. I refer here to other grasses that are 



