CHAPTER XI 

 OTHER PERENNIAL GRASSES 



ORCHARD-GRASS 



ORCHARD-GRASS derives its name from the fact that it 

 grows well in the shade, and for this reason is commonly 

 grown in orchards. In England it is known as cocksfoot 



from the resem- 

 blance of the pan- 

 icle to a cock's foot. 

 197. Description. 

 Orchard-grass, 

 Dactylis glomerata, 

 is a perennial with 

 a strong tufted 

 habit of growth. 

 It has no creeping 

 root stalks like red- 

 top or blue-grass, 

 but tillers are pro- 

 duced from nodes 

 of the culm just 

 above the ground. 

 The root system 

 grows to a medium 

 depth, not so deep 

 as timothy, and 

 not so shallow as 



FIG. 74. Orchard-grass in full bloom. 

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