GRASSES 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA 



BY 



W. J. BEAL, M.A., M.S., Ph.D. 



Professor of Botany and Forestry in 

 Michigan Agricultural College 



IN TWO VOLUMES 

 Vol. 1 



CHAPTERS ON THE I'HYSIOLOGY, COMPOSITION. 

 SELECTION, IMPROVING, AND CULTIVATION 

 OF GRASSES : MANAGEMENT OF GRASS 

 LANDS; ALSO CHAPTERS ON CLO- 

 VERS, INJURIOUS INSECTS, 

 AND FUNGI 



NEW YORK 



HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 

 1896 



