GENERAL INDEX. 395 



Large-panicled Vilfa, description of, 38 



Late Drop Seed, natural history of, 38 



Lawn Grasses, mixture of, 282, 283, 284 



Lime in the Grasses 232 



" application of, 234, 365, 367 



Liquid Manures, value of, 380 



Long-awned Poverty Grass, natural history of, 60 



Long-panicled Manna Grass, description of, 73 



Lucerne, culture of, 189, 190, 192 



" description of, ; 



Lyme Grass, natural history of, 118 



Machine and hand labor, 310,312,313,315 



Many-flowered Darnel, description of, 115 



Manny's Mower, illustrated, 317 



Manures for Grass Lands, 359, 362, 365, 367, 374 



Marsh Oat Grass, description of, ...' 125 



Meadow Brome Grass, description of, 108 



Fescue " " " 99 



Foxtail " " " 30 



" " value of, for pastures, 31 



Oat Grass, description of, 125 



Soft " " " 129, 130 



Spear Grass, " " 72, 73 



or Swale Hay, 199, 200 



Melic Grass, description of, 71 



Millet, description and culture of, 142, 143 



Millet Grass, natural history of, 137 



Mixtures ot Grass Seed, 263, 266, 273, 277, 278, 291, 293 



" " soils, importance of, 263, 364 



Moisture and Heat, effect of, 239, 241, 264 



Mountain Cat's- tail, description of, 36 



Mowing, height of, 326, 327, 328 



Mowing-machines, use of, 308, 310, 312, 313, 315, 318 



" " management of, 320, 321 



Muck-beds in low grounds, 204, 205 



Muskit or Gramma Grasses, 62, 251, 258 



Naked Beard Grass, description of, 62 



Nimble Will, description of, 47 



Nitrogen, importance of in food, 219, 235 



Nitrogenous compounds, 136, 219, 220, 235 



Nodding Fescue Grass, description of, 101 



Nutritive equivalents, tables of, 235, 236 



Oats, natural history and culture of, 171 



" quantity necessary to sow, 173 



" varieties of, 171 



Obtuse Spear Grass, description of, 71 



Orchard Grass, natural history of, 12, 66, 68, 69 



Over-curing of grasses injurious, 330 



Over-seeding with few species, 273, 275, 276, 292 



Pale Manna Grass, description of, 74 



Pasture Grasses, 277, 278, 280 



Pastures, turf of old, 274, 278 



" renovation of, 355, 357, 359, 362, 381, 383 



" top-dressings for, 328, 362, 367, 375 



Perennial Rye Grass, description of, 110 



Pennsylvanian Eatonia, description of, 70 



