68 FAIIMHU'S BOOK OF 



UNIOLA. 



1. U. LATIFOLIA, Wild Fescue Grass, Broad-leaved Spiked 

 Grass. This beautiful grass is found on the banks of streams 

 The culms, two or three feet high, bear loose drooping panicles, 

 with large, broad, flat compressed spikelets often to fifteen 

 flowers. It blooms from May till August. It is perennial and 

 in some localities is sufficiently abundant to be cut for hay. I 

 have seen it cultivated in but one place ; with what result I am 

 not informed. As it was sown on poor hills, it certainly could 

 not yield much hay. And on lands where it might be profita- 

 ble to cultivate it, many other grasses would be more profitable. 

 A local name for it in Mississippi is, I believe, 'wild oats. 7 Mr. 

 Collier's 



ANALYSIS OF UNIOLA LATIFOLIA. 



Oil, f o 90 Amylaceous cellulose, 10.23 



Wax, \ Alkali extract, 14.40 



Sugars, 6.78 Albuminoids, 11.29 



Gurn and dextrin, 4.02 Ash, 11.38 

 Cellulose, 38.67 



100.00 

 ANALYSIS OF ASH. 



Potassium, 5.19 Sulphuric acid, 2.62 



Potassium oxide, 5.52 Chlorine, 4.71 



Magnesium oxide, 3.02 Silica, 66.87 



Calcium oxide, 7.15 



Phosphoric acid, 4.92 100.00 



A clump of this native grass set in the flower garden would 

 be much more attractive than hundreds of other plants imported 

 and sold at high prices. 



2. U. PANICULATA, Spike Grass, growing from two to eight 

 feet high among the sands along the coast, has, like the prece- 

 ding, long-pedicelled, drooping spikelets. It is a pretty but 

 worthless plant for forage, 



3. U. GKACILIS, Slender Spike Grass, found in rich, damp 

 soils, with slender stems two to four feet long, flowering in July 

 and August; and 



4. U. NITIDA, Shining Spike Grass, found in swamps, with 

 slender stems one or two feet high, have stemless or nearly ses- 

 sile spikelets and are of little feeding value apparently. 



PHRAGMITES. 



P. COMMUNIS, Common Keed Grass. 



This is one of the largest grasses in the United States, grow- 

 ing from five to twelve feet high with numerous leaves one or 



