TABLE OF CONTENTS IX 



CHAPTER VII 



PAGES 



LAWNS ...... 61-67 



Essentials for a lawn, 61 Blue-grass, 61 Rhode Island 

 bent, 62 Bermuda-grass, 62 Less important lawn- 

 grasses, 63 Lawn mixtures, 64 Preparation of the 

 soil, 65 Seeding, 65 Subsequent care, 66 Watering, 

 66 Turfing, 67. 



CHAPTER VIII 



GRASSES USED FOR MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES .... 68-74 

 Ornamental grasses, 68 The bamboos, 69 Soil- 

 binding, 69 Sand-dunes, 69 Reclaiming sand-dunes, 

 70 Sand-binders, 71 Fixing sand with beach-grass, 

 71 Sugar-producing grasses, 72 Sugar-cane, 72 

 Sorgho or sorghum, 73 Textile grasses, 73 Other uses, 

 74 Green-manuring, 74. 



CHAPTER IX 



WEEDS 75-78 



Classes of weeds, 75 Perennial weeds, 76 Weedy 

 grasses, 76 Annual weeds, 76 On the Pacific coast, 

 77 Perennial weedy grasses, 77 The seriously trouble- 

 some weeds, 78. 



CHAPTER X 



GRASS CROP AREAS 79-91 



Moisture, 79 Temperature, 79 The timothy area, 80 

 The Bermuda-grass area, 81 The Great Plains, 81 

 Forage crops for the Great Plains, 82 The arid section, 

 83 The Pacific slope, 84 The relative importance of 

 the different kinds of forage in the different regions of 

 the United States, 84 Remarks on Table XVII, 85. 



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