CONTENTS. Uf 

 CHAPTER VI. 



GRASSES FOR CULTIVATION. 



PAOa 



Phleum, Timothy 101 



Daotylis, orchard grass 109 



Arrhonatherum, ttUl oat-grass . 121 



Festucu, tali fuscue ViO 



Meadow fescue 1 27 



Slieej/a fescue 182 



Hard fescue 133 



Poa prateiisis, June gross li)3 



Poa compressa, flat-stemmed poa, wire grass 1 iJ7 



Poa serotina, fowl meadow grass 140 



Rougli-stallced meadow grass 143 



Poa araclinifera, Texas blue crrass 143 



Agrostis alba, red top 145 



Agrostis alba vulgaris, creeping bent grass 148 



Agrostis caulna, brown bent grass 151 



Alopecurus pratensis meadow foxtail 153 



Anthoxantlmm, sweet vernal grass 153 



Lolium perenne, perennial rye grass 159 



Italian rye grass 161 



Cy nodon, Bermuda grass 101 



Agropynn rcpens, quaclc grass 167 



Sorghum halapense, Johnson grass 171 



Solaria Italica, Hungarian grass 175 



Dcyeuxia, blue joint 179 



Muhlenberg's grass 181 



Pe:misetum spicatum, pearl millet 187 



Panicum Texanum, Texas millet 189 



Avona flavescens, yellow oat-grass 191 



II )k'us lanatus, velvet grass 193 



Hi >1cus mollis, creeping soft grass 194 



Cynosurus cristatus, crested dog's tail 195 



CHAPTER VII. 



EAHLY ATT-Mrrs TO CULTIVATE GRASSES. 



Meadows of tho RoniaTTf. 197 



The first meadows of (ireat IJnuan 198 



Progress has boon vcrj- sl^iw 199 



Wliy grasses are n;)t bettor known 200 



What have been sown i:i Great Britain 201 



Wliat have been sown in the United States 204 



