GRASSES FOR GENERAL CULTURE. 



The grasses form one of the largest and most widely diffused families 

 of plants, being spread over all habitable parts of the globe. Some 

 kinds are restricted to particular localities, others are diffused over large 



ERTCATA. 



Page 35, after "Andropogonfurcatus" insert "(A. provindalis)". 



Page 111, after "Ammophila arundinacea" for " 43" read "48"; after "Clover, 

 pin " for " 103 " read 102." 



Page 112, after " Euchlcen^ luxurians" for "30" read "31." 



Page 113, after " Sporobolus heterolepis" for "107" read "10G"; after "Sweet 

 vernal grass " lor "39" read "40"; after " Trifolinm stoloiiiferum " for " 8'2" r.-.-nl 

 "83"; after "Trisetum subspicatum " for "51" read "52"; after "Wire grass" for 

 "107 "read "106." 



Page 147, for " Millium " read "Milium" ; in the same line, for "41 " read "40." 



Page 148, after "Trifolium iucariiatum >' for "94" read "93." 



Plate 10, for "blue grass " read " millet." 



Plate 62, for " Gramma" and " gramma" read " Grama " and " grama." 



Plate 63, for "gramma" read "grama." 



Plate 83, for " Rough-leaved fescue" read " Bunch grass." 



forms on account of the size, quantity, and nutritive value of then- 

 grains. The fact of their great value being discovered, the observat i< 

 would soon follow that by planting the seeds in suitable ground, a 

 caring for the growing plants by the exclusion of all other veget 

 a certain and reliable resource for sustenance would be obtained. 



This was the beginning of agriculture, and agriculture made P 0! 

 the numerical increase and diffusion of human population. 



History of Grass Culture.-The selection and cultivation of parti 

 kinds of grasses with reference to their superior grazing qual 

 tVr the greater production of hay is, however, a comparatively n, 



Philippine Islands, as we are informed by the Unite, 

 consul at Manilla (Mr. Julius G. Voight), a species of rice gra- 

 sia hexandra) is cultivated for the purpose of supplying feed 

 domestic animals which are kept for the cultivation of land anc 

 carrying of burdens. 9 



