CHAPTER I. 



MEADOW CAT'S-TAIL OR TIMOTHY. 

 Phleum Pratense Specific Character. 



Tall ; spike cylindrical elongated ; glumes ciliate 

 on the back, tipped with a short bristle, leaves long, 

 flat, rough, with long sheaths ; roots perrennial, 

 fibrous on moist soils, on dry ones often bulbous. 

 Grows best on damp, peaty soils. Flowers end of 



June and ripens seeds in July. 

 



WAY'S ANALYSIS. 

 100 parts as taken green from the field, June 13th. 



Water. 57.21 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 486 



Fatty matters 1.50 



Heat prpducing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc.. . . 22.85 



Woody Fibre 11.32 



Mineral matter or ash 2.26 



100.00 

 100 parts of the grass dried at 212 Fahr. 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 11.36 



Fatty matter 3.55 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugp-r, gum, etc. . . 53. 35 



Woody Fibre 26.46 



Mineral matter or ash . . 5.28 



100.00 



Herds Grass, as it was then called in the Eastern 

 States, was first introduced and brought into cultiva- 



