GUINEA GRASS. 



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from the Atlantic coasts of Carolina and Georgia to Texas, and the 

 latter species is a very fine hay grass. It is beyond a doubt an ex- 

 cellent fodder crop in the North, yielding a very heavy cutting of 

 rich and succulent and exceedingly sweet forage, that is eaten with 

 avidity by cows. It thrives well in low, moist grounds, and may be 

 found in such places having a rank and vigorous growth, which at 

 times reaches to a height of five feet, its broad end long leaves adding 



PANICUM JUMENTOBTTM (GUINEA GRASS). 



very much to the weight of product. The seed is large and like 

 Millet and highly nutritious, and might be usefully sown for a late 

 fodder crop wherever common Millet is grown. 



GUINEA GRASS. 



Of late years much attention has been given to a very large variety 

 of this genus, known by the common name of Guinea Grass. As it 

 has been confounded with another popular fodder plant, to be next 



