394 GENERAL INDEX. 



Grasses, the rush-like 197,198 



time of sowing the, 294,296,298 



" cutting the, 299, 301, 306, 333 



Grass Lands, drainage of, 385, 386 



treatment of, . 351, 363, 375, 377, 383 



top-dressing of, 328, 364, 365, 375, 381 



Seed, depth of covering, 271,273 



germination of, 265, 266, 270, 271 



loss of from too deep covering, 271, 273 



mode of buying, 270 



selection of, 264,265,267 



time of sowing, 294, 2t)6, 298 



weight of, 270,271,273 



Green Manuring, importance of, 56, 209, 211, 214 



modes of, 210, 211, 214 



Green Meadow Grass, 87, 88 



Growth, peculiarities of, 206, 239, 240, 329 



Guano as a top-dressing, 356, 378 



Guinea Grass, description of, 150, 254, 258 



Hair-panicled Meadow Grass, 94 



Hair Grass, 39, 47 



Hairy Muskit, description of, 62 



" Slender Paspalum, 139 



Hay, nutritive value of, 329 



" curing of, 315, 329, 332, 334 



" Caps, use of, 346, 347, 349 



" " permanent, 349, 350 



Hard Fescue Grass, description of, 97 



Heat-forming elements, 223,319,321 



Holy Grass, description of, 131 



Horned Sand Grass, description of, 65 



Horse-rake, u*e of the, 341,342 344,346 



Humidity, etfect of, ' . . 242, 255, 257 



Hungarian Grass, description of, 145 



Imitation of nature, 269, 293 



Indian Corn, climatic range of, 259, 261 



" " composition of, 177 



" " culture of, 178, 180, 181, 259, 338, 339 



" " importance of, 176 



" natural history of, 154, 174, 175, 176 



" " stooking and curing of, 339, 340 



" varieties of, 178 



" Grass, description of, 149 



" Millet, natural history of, 150 



" Rice, description of, 27, 28 



Irrigation, effect of, 383, 385 



" process of, 384 



Italian Rye Grass; description of, 112 



" " " comparative value of, 113 



Joint Grass, description of, 139 



June Grass, natural history of, 87, 88 



" " qualities of, 89, 90, 91 



Jungle Grasses, list of, 206 



Kentucky Blue Grass, description of, 87, 88 



" " " qualities of, 89, 91 



