190 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



abundance of feed on medium to moist soils. The 

 stems grow two and one-half to three feet high, but 

 are not leafy enough to produce much hay. It is de- 

 cidedly bunchy in habit, each clump producing a great 

 mass of succulent root leaves which are greedily eaten 

 by all classes of stock. Prof. S. M. Tracy, for many 



FIG. 41 PLAT OF BLUESTEM IN THE GRASS-GARDEN AT 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



years director of the Mississippi Experiment Station, 

 regards this as one of the valuable pasture-grasses of 

 the South. Its seed has recently been made available 

 in the markets. 



GUINEA-GRASS (Panicum maximum) and Para 

 grass {Panicum molle} are two grasses that have at- 

 tracted considerable attention in southern Florida in 

 recent years. They are the standard grasses of the 

 West Indies, where the green forage, particularly from 

 guinea-grass, furnishes most of the roughage fed in 



