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Clarke Lewis, Cliftonville, Noxubee County, Miss.: 



It irows in the Gulf States, on sandy land, and furnishes abundant forage of fair 

 quality on poor soil. There is none in this section. 



W. H. ]S"evill, Biiiijsville, Miss. : 



Does well in the southern half of the Gulf States. 



J. H. Murdock, Bryan, Brazos County, central Texas : 



It is grown here and stands drought very well on our light, sandy soils, and makes 

 good pastures in its season. 



Mr. Matt. Golem an, Leesburgb, Sumter County, Fla., in 1878, wrote 

 to the Department: 



The tradit io i is, that when the Spanish evacuated Fensacola this plant was dis- 

 covered there by the cavalry horses feeding upon it eagerly. Five years ago I pro- 

 curt d sonic of the seed and have since grown it in my orange groves as a forage plant 

 and fertilizer. It grows on thin pine land 4 to G feet in length, branching, and form- 

 ing a thick mat, which affords all the mulch my trees require. It requires two days' 

 sun to dry it, and its sweet hay is relished by horses and cattle. The white bloom 

 opens in the morning and closes at evening, and is visited by bees and butterflies. 



(Plate 102.) 





