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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [December, 
  

  

  that 
  his 
  state 
  was 
  peculiarly 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  the 
  rapid 
  

   spread 
  of 
  weeds 
  by 
  winds, 
  live 
  stock 
  and 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  diver- 
  

   sified 
  crops. 
  Among 
  the 
  leading 
  weeds 
  are 
  the 
  mustards, 
  

   wild 
  rose, 
  golden 
  rods 
  and 
  Salsola 
  Kali. 
  The 
  present 
  weed 
  

  

  law 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  avail 
  and 
  the 
  hope 
  lies 
  in 
  a 
  better 
  style 
  of 
  

   farming. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  G. 
  McCarthy, 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  considered 
  ''Seed 
  

   testing 
  and 
  its 
  value," 
  and 
  showed 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  

   work 
  and 
  need 
  of 
  co-operation. 
  Uniform 
  apparatus 
  and 
  a 
  

   standard 
  method 
  are 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  George 
  Vasey, 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  a 
  paper 
  upon 
  grasses 
  for 
  arid 
  regions 
  which 
  was 
  an 
  

   outline 
  of 
  experiments 
  now 
  three 
  years 
  in 
  progress 
  at 
  Garden 
  

   City, 
  Kansas. 
  In 
  1888 
  the 
  experiments 
  were 
  started 
  in 
  a 
  

   small 
  way, 
  with 
  sods 
  of 
  native 
  grasses 
  transplanted 
  to 
  plowed 
  

   plots. 
  The 
  following 
  year 
  larger 
  areas 
  and 
  a 
  greater 
  variety 
  

   of 
  grasses 
  and 
  other 
  forage 
  plants 
  were 
  employed. 
  Sor- 
  

   ghums 
  also 
  were 
  sown 
  extensively. 
  During 
  the 
  present 
  season 
  

   the 
  tests 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  still 
  larger 
  scale, 
  and 
  while 
  

   the 
  ramfall 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  below 
  the 
  average 
  the 
  discourage- 
  

   ment 
  attending 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  compensated 
  for 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  the 
  

   results 
  obtained 
  with 
  winter 
  rye. 
  Thus 
  seventeen 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  gram 
  per 
  acre 
  were 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  drought, 
  showing 
  

   that 
  the 
  yield 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  greater 
  in 
  an 
  average 
  

  

  season. 
  

  

  The 
  followmg 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  conclusions 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  

   drawn 
  from 
  the 
  experiments 
  : 
  Broad 
  leaved 
  annuals 
  that 
  

   grow 
  quickly, 
  like 
  the 
  sorghums, 
  may 
  do 
  well 
  in 
  an 
  average 
  

   season, 
  but 
  the 
  broad 
  leaved 
  perennials 
  are 
  not 
  valuable; 
  

   glasses 
  with 
  strong 
  deep 
  roots 
  or 
  with 
  bulbous 
  bases, 
  or 
  both, 
  

   aie 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  an 
  arid 
  region. 
  The 
  best 
  grasses 
  toi 
  

   dry 
  localities 
  must 
  be 
  sought 
  among 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  such 
  and 
  

   places 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  particulari) 
  

   well 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  arid 
  regions 
  : 
  Panicum 
  virgatum, 
  ^ 
  

   bulbosum, 
  Setaria 
  caudata, 
  Andropogon 
  scoparius, 
  Phala"^ 
  

   mtermedia, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  Boutelouas. 
  

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