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to certain publications. References are of two kinds: (1) books containing 

 a general discussion, and (2) Experiment Station Record containing references 

 to experimental results. References to the Experiment Station Record are 

 given under each head by volume and page. If a more extended account is 

 desired, consult the reference therein mentioned. 



Books 



Beal: Grasses of North America. 

 Coburn: Alfalfa. 

 Coburn: The Book of Alfalfa. 

 Flint: Grasses and Forage Plants. 

 Hackel: The True Grasses. 



Howard: Grasses and Forage Plants at the South. 

 Shaw: Forage Crops Other than Grasses. 

 Shaw: Soiling Crops. 

 Shaw: Grasses and Clovers. 

 Shaw: Clovers and How to Grow Them. 

 Spillman: Farm Grasses of the United States. 

 Stebler and Schroter: The Best Forage Plants. 

 Vasey: Agricultural Grasses of North America. 

 Wallace: Clover Culture. 



Ward: Grasses; A Handbook for Use in the Field and Laboratory. 

 United States Department of Agriculture: Bulletins of the Division of 

 Agrostology. 



Description 



Describe the roots, culms, leaves, inflorescence, and seed of timothy, red- 

 top, orchard grass, meadow fescue, Kentucky blue grass, and smooth brome 

 grass. Place special emphasis upon those characteristics which give them 

 agricultural value. II, 329 ; IV, 249; VI, 403, 691; XI, 120, 420, 423, 927; 

 XII, 517; XIII, 224, 443; XVII, 23. 



Adaptation 



Discuss the actual distribution of various species of grasses and the in- 

 fluence of climate, soil and demands upon such distribution. II, 69, 329; 

 VI, 403; IX, 242; XI, 43, 339, 1033; XII, 332; XIII, 443, 526. See also 

 Twelfth Census, 1900, Vol. VI. 



Seed- 

 State quantity of seed, number of live seeds required per acre, standard 

 of germination, common impurities, and manner and time of sowing of six 

 species above named. I, 23, 25, 286; II, 69, 329, 511, 601, 632; III, 217, 

 785; IV, 720; V, 333, 334, 628; VI, 641; IX, 829, 956; X, 836; XI, 120, 155, 

 156, 339, 462; XII, 535, 565; XIII, 564; XIV, 139, 241; XVI, 785; XVII, 

 241, 546, 547, 653, 763, 964. 



1 Roman figure refers to volume of Experiment Station Record, Arabic 

 figure to the page of the volume. 



