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. 



