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will be seen by a comparison of tlie analysis of 

 Avena Plavescens with that of this grass that one is 

 equally as good as the other. I am not aware of this 

 grass being cultivated to any extent in this country. 



CHAPTER XX. 



QUAKING GRASS. 



Briza Media Specific C7iaracter. 



Panicle erect, the branches spreading ; spikelets 

 5 to 9 flowered (3-12 inch long) ; glumes shorter than 

 the lower flowers ; root perrennial. Flowers in 

 June. 



WAY'S ANALYSIS. 

 100 parts as taken green from the field June 29th. 



;\Yater .......... 51.85 



Albuminous, or iiesli forming principles 2.93 



Fatty matt* rs 1.45 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugai?, gum, etc 22.60 



Woody Fibre 17-00 



.Mineral matter, or Ash 4.17 



100.00 

 100 parts of the grass dried at 212 Fahr. 



.Albuminous, or flesh forming principles B,08 



Fatty matters . , . 3.01 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc 46.95 



Woody Fibre ' 35 30 



Mineral matter, or Ash 8.66 



100.00 



Briza Media (Quaking grasss.) Grows naturally in 

 light inferior or rather dry soils, and from d given 

 weight yielding more nutritious matter than any 

 other grass indigenous to such soils. Owiug, how- 

 ever, to the seeds not retaining their vegetating 



