A TEXT-BOOK OF 

 GRASSES 



WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO 



THE ECONOMIC SPECIES OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



BY 



A:^ ^HITCHCOCK 



8T8TEMATIC AGROSTOLOGIST, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



WASHINGTON, D. C. ; FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE 



KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 

 1914 



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