GRASSES 



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cules become di'itended jus 

 glumes and liberate the stani 



homes as their merits -n-ai i 

 be found suited to ever\ \^ 

 though many of them are m 

 the month of roses. Wild i j. . 

 soil in the margins of pond- 

 for deep beds of moist ran. k 

 ders the following and othti- 



984. Stammato spikelet of a Grass (maize). 

 Showing two florils oiio r.t win h(with three stamens 

 IS expanded 1, 1 • i _ j pn,lets Enlarged 



i,'rass, Eulalia, rib- 



I Hajfipensis, As- 



1 luoous blue-green, 



' iiid Poa casta. 



' \ .irieties of 



' 'N lanatus. 



nax, A. conspicii 

 bon grass, Anrh' 

 perella Hiislin. 



For pottiii^ 

 Dactyhs, \' 

 H. molUs, r • 



is better than the elegant, in\ |. : 

 bars of wild Grasses, such .is -p 

 Eatonia, Panieum, Paspalum I i 

 Bromus, Festuca, Agrostis, 1 1 i 

 Ctniia pendula. For laryi li 

 surpasses sheaves of whc i* 

 of the wild Grasses ! For. I 

 cut before ripe, dried in thi 4 nl. iii 

 and maybe used in that conclitioii m 

 For paths, nothing is more pleasim; i 

 mown lawn. 



Drainage keeps out sedges and em ■ 

 Grasses; manure and irrigalic.ii In Ip t 

 choke and diminish most «...N In 

 been done to show that mli i.h.h.N 

 who patiently and intelhui nih ill. 

 Grasses for any purpose wImIimi 

 crossing. Quack-grass is e\t ■ II' nr 1 -i 

 ments ; Ammophila artiiaii.i t..i 

 sands. The Grass family luunsli. s 

 weeds, among them quack .;i.iss, i 

 June-grass, sand-bur, stink-gr.iss. 



Turf forming Grasses are those that spread freely by 

 creeping rootstocks, such as .Tune-grass, quack grass, 

 Berraucl.a-grass, Rhode Island beut and red-top, while 

 most others are more or less bunchy. For northern 

 regions not subject to severe droughts, sow Rhode 

 Island bent and June-grass both, or either one alone; 

 for northern regions, which ore liable to suffer from 

 dry weather, sow June-grass and plant Bermuda-grass. 

 These two on the same ground supplement each other in 

 different kinds of weather, securing a green carpet dur- 

 ing every part of each growing season. \y_ j_ Beat-. 



lid be 



tion and 



drifting 

 quota of 



GRASSES, POPULAR NAMES OF. There are few 

 Grasses which hold commanding positions as specimen 

 plants, although the agucultuial values of Grasses are 

 transcendent. Some of the commoner vernacular Grass 

 names are given below, with references to the proper 

 genera: Animated Oats, Jr. iin. Artificial G., some- 

 times used for certain foi.i;;,. ],l mts, ;is smuliiini, but 

 also leguminous plants is (l,i\,i Im , in. s imfoiu. 

 AwnleBS Brome G., 7,) },ni .n.ji,,. Beach G., Am- 

 mophila (trenaria. Bear G , uniisu il nun. l.n Vumt 

 filnnutitniit Beard e., I,,./,./...,,/ ,1s,, /„/„,,, .,,..ji 

 J/iDis//, /(, HM^ Bengal G , .^.///, / y/,i/<,,/ BentG., 

 At/iu^iis Bermuda G., r,//-/ 1,, /,! Ji,i,i,il„,i Blue-eyed 

 G.,Si^iliiii,lii,n>i BlueG.,'ro,i Blue Joint G., f '„/„», 

 aiii"-fi^ Cinui.l.iisi-. Bog G, Cn, , Bristly Fox- 

 tail G., ,S. /.im.i )»,«/"" Brome G., 7,,„/H»s BuJialo 

 G., Binlilo, ilarliiloKl,^ Canada Blue G., 7',',; ,"»i 

 ;>;.ss« Cun&ry G., ri„i In,, -.<•„, l.n I, N.,- Cat-tail G., 

 P!il,ii„,p,;il,„si. China. G.. J,:,l,„,.,,', „,,,„ Citro- 

 nellaG . .1 h,?/,,/,,,,/..., ^^„,,l,|y Cotton G., j:, ,.,pJ,„, „,„. 

 Couch G., A,,,,,ni,„„i ,,i„„s Crab G., Bl, „■.,„, .in.l 

 P,ii,t,uiii sii,,,/,,,,,,,!, Creeping Bent G., .1</m,s/is '.I,,!,,- 

 ,i,f,i,i. Crested Dog's Tail, <',i,„, ,i,„s ,i,s/„i,i^. 

 Deer G., J,'],.,,,, V,,,,,,,,,,, Dog's Tail G.. (',,1,,^ 

 r(,,is Eel G , I „U,-^„. ,;„ tpi,„l, English Rye G., 

 L,.l,,i„, p., „„, Esparto G, s -, / I, „'i, ,'.u,i„i. 

 Feather G., .•^/i/,,, in,,,,,,!,. Feather Sedge G , A„,Ii,,p 

 („l„i, i,,,ili,t,o,,hs Fescue G., J ,si,iia. Finger-comb 

 G., I>,iitiil,,rl, ,11,1,1, . Finger G. ,('/(/,'( (,s. Fowl Meadow 

 G..P,„i s,i„t,,„i FlyAw&y G.,A,i,-', '■lis ^"il'i, I. Four- 

 leaved G., i'.iM s ,i,i„,l,,i„l,ii Foxtail G., .l/,<;i.' /u»s 

 pi-iitnisi^. Golden Top G., /.'(i;,rn, /,/,/ «»;,,/ Guinea 

 G.P„„,,„,i, in„,,„l,,,,i„, . ,ils., , ,,„ni,,ush used for 



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Hare's Tail G /,/„,„ < ,1,, Hassock G,, /', s.Aomp- 

 ,s;.r <•,( sj,il,,^,, Heid'3 Grass m N. « i;n.;l m.l is timothy 



iv(A;,;ms I. Holy G., /// ,::lil.u. If, I, //is. Hungarian 

 G.,S,t„,i„ Jh,li,,i Italian Eye G., L,.!,,,,,, IUtl„,„„ 

 Japanese Lawn G., Zmi'-,,, p,,,,.,,,,-. Job's Tears G., 

 C'uij-. JohnsonG.. 1 » /i,i/„«/, ,»//(/ y,, ns/s. JuneG., Pon 

 pratemis. Kentucky Blue G , /' i /f,„i.,is,.. Large 

 Quaking G., /.';/ i,,,,,,,,,,,. Little Quaking G., JJci^u 

 minor. Love G., /;/(,// ,,s/i s .1,/,,,,^ Lyme G of up- 

 holsterv is /', ■.,/niy«/-s;,/ .,fsy,;/, ,( Marram G , .1 )H - 

 mophilit I,,, I,,,,,,, Meadow Foxtail G., .U,,/,, , •ii;ii 

 prut,„sis Myrtle G, A,,ii,is C<il,i„,i,s Oat G., 

 A>-rl,n„lll,ii, ii„ „,,„„,, I, „i Ills,, Mill., us species of 

 Aveiia. Orchard G. ,/>,!, ////(s ,//,.„,,,,(/ / Palm-leaved 

 G. ,/',(»/. ((«/ s„l, ,,•„„, Pampas G., (,i,„,ii„„. Pep- 

 per G., /,< /,i<?;»/„ j]^n P,!i,l,,,,i, ,il,,l,,ilti, ,„ Plume 

 G., J.,,„„II,,i- J{;,.„„„ Pony G., ('„h, „,„,i, „-.l,s 

 ^li,,t,i Puti)\eBeBtG.,(';l<i„,",,lf,,li,,,,p,h. Quack, 

 Quick, or Quitch G., .!,/;, ■/, i// »/// /,/„ »s. Quaking G., 

 Bi,.,ii. Rattlesnake G., /.'m ,( «/,/,//»,» Ray G., /-«;- 

 iump,,;,i„, Red Top G., 1,,,,.^/,^ i„l,i„,;s. Reed 

 G., Ai„„,h,. It., „l,.u.. Reed Bent G., i'„h,„,„,,ro^U>.. 

 Reed Canary G., Ph„h,,,s „ , i,„,l,„„. . „ Rescue G., 

 Bi,„i,u^ ,i„,„l„,,l, s RhodelslandBentG., J./zoj/zscaB- 

 II,, I 'Rihhoa G., Pl,,il'ii IS ,,, „„,li„,,, , ,1 , \ .,1 ,,iiiegata. 

 RoughBentG, l,i,.,si,s s, ,ihi„ Roughish Meadow G., 

 P„ati;,,al,'s. Rough-Stalked MeadowG., P,,/ t,,,;aUs. 

 RyeG., Lohidii peniii,, Sand G., (',, h, „,,,i ,lf,i lon,n- 

 folia. Scurvy G., C','l,h „, ,■! nth, ,ii;,i- Scutch G., 

 Caprinla Diictyloti. Seacoast Bent G., l,/,.>s/is . ,"o, 

 lata. Seaeca.G.,mer,»I,lo,i l,„,,„l,. Seiame G., 7'm/, 

 saciiiH. Sheep's Fescue G., /•', s/», , , , ma Silk G., 

 Ariiost,isr„hi;i Silver Beard G., I„il, r n,.,,, ,,,,/,, it, , is. 

 Sour G., Iiical name f.,1 /,•„„,, , I,,/,.,//,; Squirrel-tail 

 G., ir„id,„„,. Star G., (',lhi,,,l, . .ils., l.,.Mily tor 

 JTi/piiiis nii.l Alihis Striped G., Ph,il,i,,s „i„ml,n- 

 a,',,i.\\r ,,,,,1,11,1,,. Sweet-scented Vernal G., .lii(7!o.r- 

 in,lli„i, ,1,1 1, ,1,1,1, Ta.nMea.io-wOa.tG. , .il ih, iiiitlienim 

 ,l,ili„s Tickle G., .l,/;„s(,,, ,„l.,„ Tear G., Coit 

 La,l,)<ii„,i .J„li,. Texas Blue G., /'"I/ 'Ml" /'Ml', I <(. Timo- 

 thy, P///. i(»i. TuftedHair G. ,/>.■.<;-,',/, /,s/'/ ,,<spitosa. 

 Ya.nil\a. G., ITierochlon boretilis. Viper's G..S,orson- 

 ,ra. 'White Bent G., Agi;,sl,s ,ill„i. 'Whitlow G., 

 Dmha, especially D. wrtwand l^iu ifnniit ti i,l,i, li/lites. 

 ■Wood Meadow G., Poa nemorahs. Woolly Beard G., 

 Ennnthus. 'Worm G., Spiqelia ; also S,Jnin ulbiini. 

 Yellow-eyed G., A'l/n'.s-. Zebra G., Miicnnihus Sin- 



