GRASS 



<;ules become disteniieil just in time to spread the 

 glumes and liberate the stamens. 



Grasses are not so much employed for ornamenting 

 homes as their merits warrant. By selecting, some oan 

 be found suited to every week of the growing season, 

 though many of them are in their prime during June, 

 the month of roses. Wild rice (Zizania) is fine for rich 

 soil in the margins of ponds, and masses of reed grass 

 for deep beds of moist nuu-k. For massing or for bor- 

 ders the following and others are stately: Arundo Do- 





984. Staminate spikelet of a Grass 



Showing two rtorets. one of which (with th 

 IS exp-inde ill empty glumes ** '' paleti 



Enlarged 



maize pampas grass Eulalia rib 

 ;«? fn, n 1 Bnlcj ent •! 4s 



1 1 etter than the elegai 

 ber of wild Grasses s i 

 I m P ni ira P 1 



1 I I itV<- 



M 1 ma^ be u e I m tl It l U ' ' 



F 1 paths nothing is moie pie 

 mown lawn 



Drainage keeps out sedges and encourages the better 

 Grasses; manure and irrigation help the best Grasses to 

 choke and diminish most weeds. Enough has already 

 been done to show that rich rewards are sure for him 

 who patiently and intelligently attempts to improve 

 Grasses for any purpose whatever by selection and 

 crossing. Quack-grass is excellent for holding embank- 

 ments ; Ammophila arcnuria for holding drifting 

 sands. The Grass family furnishes its full quota of 

 weeds, among them quack-grass, crab-grass, chess, 

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



Turf-forming Grasses are those that spread freely by 

 creeping roots'tocks, such as June-grass, quack-grass, 

 Bermuda-grass, Rhode Island bent and red-top, while 

 most others are more or li-^ Imki'-Iix. Fur northern 

 regions not subject to si-\>r,> ,li .ii-liis. sow Rhode 

 Island bent and June-gra^s ]. .th, i- ' iilirr one alone; 

 for northern regions, wlii<-li wv li.iMi- 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. ^_ j Beal. 



GRASSES b»a 



GRASSES, POPULAR NAMES OF. There are few 

 Grasses which hold commanding positions as specimen 

 plants, although the agricultural values of Grasses are 

 transcendent. Some of the commoner vernacular Grass 

 names are given below, with references to the proper 

 genera: Animated Oats, ^ if »io. ArtlHcial G., some- 

 times used for certain forage plants, as sorghum, but 

 also leguminous plants, as clover, lucerne, sainfoin. 

 Awnless Brome 6., liromus inermis. Beach G., Am- 

 mophila arenaria. Bear G., unusual name for Yucca 

 filamriilosa. Beard 6., A ,l,!n'i„„i„i, ; »]^„ rol„/,„„„n 

 JIinixjN In iisis. Bengal G., >■,/./(■;. f llalU-a. Bent G., 

 A'ln.siU. Bermuda G., r„, ,,■;„/„ l>o,i„l,„i. Blue-eyed 

 G., Si>:'ir:i'.-U-,„m. BlueG.,y'."(. Blue Joint G.. I'.ihiw- 

 ,,,,,,,/.. I-., „,,,>, ,,,u. Bog G., Ctn.r. Bristly Fox- 

 tail <;, > '/'"I. Brome G., /.■/"„.„>. Buifalo 



G., / ■''•■lis. Canada Blue G.. /'■." r.-,m- 



,,,. C HI ■ ; V <7 , rinilaris Caii.iri. ,:..,s. Cat-tail G., 



/'/// ] China G., /.''i/i///. /■,.( nii-.a. Citro- 



nellaG.. .1 ,„/--./'".;..» Sanlns. Cotton G., i:,inpl,orum. 

 Couch G., Aiir>i,iiriiiii r,i>,,is. Crab G., I.I. nx hie and 

 Piiiurtim xainnniiiil.. Creeping Bent G., .l,ii"sfis stolo- 

 iiifera. Crested Dog's Tail, r,i,n.. •:•,,■„.. cristatus. 

 Deer G.. h'h,:rl„ IV,-./'"''". Dog's Tail G., Oynos- 

 »)-»s. Eel G., lalli.-oi.ri.i spiralis. English Rye G., 

 r.fliiiiii p. nil in . Esparto G., Sli/m li iiacissima. 

 Feather G., Sii/iu peiiuala. Feather Sedge G., Androp- 

 oijiiii sarrliai-niihs. Fescue G., Fishira. Finger-comb 

 G., l<artiil„rt,'iiiiitii . Finger G., Vliloris. Fowl Meadow 

 G., r.ia srrntiiia. Fly Away G., Aiii-nstis sraimi. Four- 

 leaved G., Paris qaailrifi.lia. Foxtail G., .1 /../'"■"'•"•^• 

 praliiisis. GoMeu To^G., La iiiarrkia a a r, a . Guinea 

 G.,ra„ira,„ j,n„,i,lnra,ii ; also erro.icnuslv ,is,-a f.ji- 

 Aii.lr.'p.'ij.ai Jfal.priisi.-!. Hair G., .^/.■"-^. .-..„/,,„. 

 Hare's Tail G.. Laijiirns omtas. HassockG., /'■ ..■■lnni,p- 

 .sia ca splli'sa. Herd's Grass in New EiiL;hiiMl i- timothy 



viil'iarlsi. Holy G., ///■.■/■".•/,/'..,/ h.'r.alis. Hungarian 

 G.,'s,taria Jlalira. Italian Rye G., L.'lium Italnaiii. 

 Japanese Lawn G., Zmisia pinia.iix. Job's Tears G., 

 Coir. 3ohiisonG...i,alr„j„„,nH /fal ,,.i,sis. JuneG. ,Poa 

 pralriisis. Kentucky Blue G.. /'".i j,rat, iisis. Large 

 Quaking G., J:ri:a „ia.,iii,a. Little Quaking G., JJc/zti 

 miliar. Love G., IJraiiraslis rlnnuis. Lyme G. of up- 

 holstery is [h'schaiiijisia rasj/tlusu. Marram G., J»i- 

 mophila arenaria. Meadow Foxtail G., AJopecurus 

 pratensis. Myrtle G., Jrnnis Calamus. Oat G., 

 Arrhenatheruiii arma,-, am : also various species of 

 Avena. Orchard G., Jia.-hilis (jlomrrata. Palm-leaved 

 G., Paiiiriiiii salralinii. Pampas G., ai/neriaii,. Pep- 

 per G., l..pi,Hai,i: -aUo Pilalarla alohahfira . Plume 

 G.. Krlaallois Pari'iniiv. Pony G., <;ila,„a,,raslis 

 Simla. F-arpleBent G.,Calamarilfa hnripilis. Quack, 

 Quick, or Quitch G., Aqrapi/ram jv/.. its. Quaking G., 

 Briza. Rattlesnake G.,i>'c(\;.i ,iia.riiiia. Ray G., io?- 

 iitm perenne. Red Top G., Aiirnslis ralr/aris. Reed 

 G., Araiiila, Bamhno. Reed Bent G., Cahiuiaf/rostis. 

 Reed Canary G., Phalnris aniii.linar.a . Rescue G., 

 Broiims aiiiah.lih s. Rhodelslaud BentG., .{.imslis can- 

 ina. Ribbon G., Phalaris a raiali aarra . var. rariiijala. 

 Rough BentG., Aqraslis sr.ihra. Houghish Meadow G., 

 Poa trivialis. Rough- Stalked Meadow G., J'^a tnrialis. 

 13,ye G., Loliam perenne. Sand G., Cala nairilfa lanai- 

 folia. Scurvy G., Cochlearia affl.-inalis. Scutch G.. 

 Capriola Dactylon. Seacoast BentG., .\arostis care- 

 lata. Seneca,6.,ffierochloa lor, alls. Sesame G., 7';-i;)- 

 sacnm. Sheep's Fescue G., Prstara orina. Silk G., 

 Agrostis scahra . Silver Beard G., . I mlropogon argenteus. 

 Sour 6., local name for Ii'ain, .,■ .1 ,■, lasella. Squirrel-tail 

 6., Hordenni. Star G., <'a llllrlrlir : also locally for 

 Bitpn.ris anil .Ihtrls. Striped G.. Plinlarix arnndin- 

 acia. v:ir. rarnaata. Sweet-scented Vernal G., Aiitlin.r- 

 anthaa ...1 .,;,im„. Tall Meadow Oat G. , .1 1 (•;..<"'//'. '("« 

 elalnis. Tickle G., Aamslis sralira. Tea.r G., Coix 

 Larlr,n,n,-.lni.i. TexasBlueG., Paa ararhnif, ra. Timo- 

 thy, Phhaiii. TuSted Hair G., I).:s.-haii,i,sia easpitosa. 

 V&mWa. G., ni.rarldoa barralls. Viper's G..Scorson- 

 era. White Bent G., .l.//".s^.-- alha. Whitlow G., 

 Draha, especially D. verna a\n\ Sajrifraiia tridartylltes. 

 Wood Meadow G., Poa nemoraiis. Woolly Beard G., 

 Eriantlius. Worm G., Spiqelia ; also Sedum album. 

 Yellow-eyed G., A'liris. Zebra G., Miscanthus Sin- 



