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CHAPTER X. OTHER GRASSES OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE . 204 



Meadow Fescue (Festuca elatior) : Botany and History; 

 Characteristics ; Adaptations ; Importance ; Seeding ; Hay ; 

 Seed Production Seed ; Pasture Value ; Pests ; Hybrids. 

 Tall Fescue. Reed Fescue (Festuca arundinacea} . Peren- 

 nial or English Rye-grass (Lolium perenne) : Name; Ag- 

 ricultural History ; Botany ; Characteristics ; Adaptation ; 

 Importance ; Agricultural Varieties ; Culture ; Hay Yields ; 

 Seed Production; Seed. Italian Rye-grass: Character- 

 istics ; Botany ; Agricultural History ; Adaptations ; Cul- 

 ture ; Irrigation ; Hay Yields ; Seed Production ; Seed. 

 Slender Wheat-grass (Ayropyron tenerum). Western 

 Wheat-grass (Agropyron occidentals'). 



CHAPTER XI. PERENNIAL GRASSES OF MINOR IMPORTANCE . 223 



Sheep's Fescue and Closely Related Species : Importance 

 and Culture; Seed. Red Fescue (Festuca rubra). 

 Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) : Characteristics ; 

 Adaptations; Culture; Seed. Sweet Vernal Grass (An- 

 thoxantlium odoratum} : Botany; Culture. Reed Canary- 

 grass (Phalaris arundinacea} : Botany and Agricultural 

 History; Characteristics; Culture. Velvet-grass (Holcus 

 lanatus). Erect Brome (Bromus erectus). Yellow Oat- 

 grass (Trisetumflavescens). Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus 

 cristatus) . 



CHAPTER XII. SOUTHERN GRASSES 287 



Bermuda-grass (Cynodon dactylon} : Botany; Character- 

 istics ; Agricultural History ; Adaptations ; Variability ; Im- 

 portance ; Culture ; Yields of Hay ; Rootstocks ; Pasture 

 Value; Feeding Value; Seed Production. Johnson-grass 

 (Andropogon halepensis} : Botany; Agricultural History; 

 Adaptation and Utilization ; Poisonous Qualities ; Seed. 

 Japanese Sugar-cane (Saccharum officinarum} : History and 

 Characteristics ; Adaptations ; Planting ; Culture ; Utiliza- 

 tion ; Yields ; Seed Cane. Carpet-grass (Axonopus com- 

 pressus) . Paspalum ( Paspalum dilatatum) . Para-grass 

 (Panicum barbinode). Guinea-grass (Panicum maxi- 

 mum'). Rescue-grass {Bromus unioloides). Crab-grass 

 (Diyitaria sanguinalis}. Natal-grass (Tricholcena rosea}. 



