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C. Calyx many floioered. t floivers in 'oost Panicles. 



6. AVENA. Geii. PI- 122. 

 tLat. av^Oj to desire : "quia eqiii quaiido avenam sentiunt, illam comedera desiderant." Boerh.} 



C AL. 2 valved, mtoibrauaceous. Cor. outer valve with a dorsal, contorted, awn. 



A. sATivA. Willd. Calyx 2 seeded; seeds smooth, one of them awned. 

 Vulgo—Osits. Common 0»ts. 



Fl- Middle of July. Fi-. mat. Beginning of August. 



Uab Fields- Annual. 2 to 4 feet high. _Va{. Island of Juan Fernandez. 



Ofcj This grain is cultivated chiefly as food for horses. It succeeds better than Barley in a poor loil; 

 an' is there i'oie frequently sown when the faimer would have preferred Barley, had his land been good. 

 The »eed is usualiy aown tlie latter end of April. 



tt Flotcert in clustered Panicles; or Spikes. 



7. DACTYLIS. Gen. PI. 117. 

 ' [Gr. Dakty'iOS, a finger; in reference to the form of its spikes.] 



Cal. 2 valved, compressed, carinate, subawned, one smaller. Cor. 2 valved, awnless. 



D. GLOMER.VTA. Muhl. f cabrous; leaves lanceolatc, glaucous , panicle secund, glomerate, 

 F'/cro— Orchard Grass. Cock's-foot Grass. 



Fl Beginning of June. /■..■. w«/. Peginning of July. 



JTa& Field?; Orchards, &c. Perennial. 2 to 8 feet high. A^a^ Europe. 



Ohs. Our farmers are much divided in otiinion on the merits of this grass. Some condemn it as unworthy 

 of cnllurfi, either for pasture or hay; whilst others set a high value on it, for both. I think, myself, it is in- 

 ferior to Timothv, (ox hay; yet it has the advant.ige of the latter, in b.-ing mature at the same time the 

 Clover is. with which th»:-v generally grow. It is also less exhausting to the soil. But its great value is as » 

 pasture, when sown suScientlv thick,— which it rarely is. It is of quick growth, and is speedily reprodu- 

 ced after being cut, or eaten down— so much so, that we may almost literally apply to it the words of 

 Virsil- 



" Et qunntum longis csrpent armenta diebus 



Exigua tantum gelidus ros nocte ref>oBet."— Gforg-. lib- 2. 201. 



This grass also possesses the additional advantage of thriving well in the shade; and answerp a very good 

 purpose in orchards, &c. The seed is usually sown in autumn, immediately after Wheat, or Rye. 



B. Polygamous, a . Calyx 1 flowered. Flowers mostly in Panicles. 



8 SORGHUM. CyclopfPd. 

 [An ancient, barbarous name; borrowed from the East.] 

 Flowers by pairs: Male, or Neut. pedicellate, smaller. Cal 2 valved. Cor. 2 valved, awnleis, 

 Herjiaph. sessile- Cal. 2 valved. Cor. 2 valved, inner valve cleft, and awned. Nect. villous. 

 S. sacciiaratum. Cyclop. Panicle erect, subverticillate, spreading; seeds oval; glumes hairy. 

 Syrwn. Holcus saccharatus. Willd. Vulgo-Biooxn Corn. 



Fl. Middle of August. ^''- '"^'^- IJeginning of October. 



j^a6. Fields; and gardens. Annual. 6 to 8 feet high: fiov/ers greenish, seeds yellowish. Nat. India. 



Obs. This is cultivated chietly for the sake of its panicles; which are made into brooms. Some person* 

 carry on the business extensively. 



S rERm-rtTM. Cyclop. Panicle compact, oval, finally nodding; seeds globose; glumes villous. 

 Synori. HoIcuB cernuus. mild. I'ti/gro-Guinea Corn. Indian Millet. 



Fl. Latter end of August. Fr. mat. Middle of October. 



J?«&. Fields; and gardens. Annu«l. 5 to 7 feet high: seeds white. iVa«. India.' 



Ohs This is but rsrelv cultivated here— and chiefly as feed for poultry. . 



S BicoLOR commonly called C/ioco?aff-forn, is somciimes cultivated, as a matter of curmsitj', and has 

 been used as a sort of substitute for chocolate,-which, like rye-coffee, may answer for those who cannot 

 nht-»in hpl'pr- but it i«! not likely to come into general use. , ., 



£\var\;tvof he HoLCCS^sPiCATUs,of Willd. iP.nnisetumtyphoiJctm, Persoon known by the 

 common name of F'rvplian Millet, ^v^s introduced into tins neighborhood lately, through the i>olitenes6 of 

 jXnS Skinner Eiquire, the intell gent and patriotic Editor of th. American Farmrr :-bui our seasons 

 pSved 'too short' for^the plant to mnture its se.ds-oth.rwi.e it promi.^.d to be an mtcrestmg acqu,s.t:on. 

 l'3 a f/w plantsof it, which produced spikes i cr 5 inches in ci^cainlercnce.and nearly 2 feet m length. 

 For a good account of it, See American Farmer, Vol.6, p. IIQ—Ill 



