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grass in Juniper Swamp was a variety new to the state of New 

 York. This variety is smaller in every way than the species Calaiiia- 

 grostis cpigcios (L.) Roth, a grass native in some of the Euro- 

 pean countries along the Mediterranean Sea. This latter grass has 

 been introduced into this country through its use as packing be- 

 tween slabs of marble from the cjuarries of Carrara, Italy, and, 

 may be seen in a marble yard on the west side of Vernon Avenue, 

 a mile and a half north of Queensboro bridge along the East River. 

 The Juniper Swamp Station for the variety is located in an area 

 destined to become a city park and already (1937) filling opera- 

 tions had approached within a hundred yards of this patch of grass, 

 new to the state. In time our newly discovered grass would be 

 covered with tons of plaster, broken bricks and other refuse. To 

 avoid extinction of this grass, quick action had to be taken. Late 

 in the fall (1937) sixty small sods were dug from the area covered 

 by this grass and these were transplanted in small patches along 

 the sloping sides of the railroad cut, one hundred feet away. All 

 these sods lived and thrived amazingly. Three years later, the trans- 

 planted sods occupy several times the area they did when first set 

 out. The sloping sides of a railroad cut are seldom disturbed in 

 such a way as to destroy a grass covering. In such a location, our 

 new grass will probably thrive as long as the railroad exists. 



Among the grasses seen along the railroad cut were Agropyron 

 re pens (L.) Beauv., Arrhenatheriim elatiiis (L.) Mert. and Koch., 

 Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv., Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) 

 Steud., and Leersia orysoides (L.) Swartz, especially interesting 

 because of its cleistogamic flowers. Our way now led along the 

 track, south to the next overhead bridge where we climbed the 

 bank out of the railroad cut and proceeded along the road to the 

 trolley line near the cemetery on Metropolitan Avenue. The trolley 

 took us about a mile to Woodhaven Boulevard where we boarded 

 a Howard Beach bus and at Liberty Avenue changed to the Rock- 

 away Boulevard bus line. This bus took us through Ozone Park 

 to Baisley Park where we changed to the bus from Jamaica and 

 rode a short distance to 157th Street. This street is the road that 

 crosses Idlewild golf course and on to Idlewild Point. A few blocks 

 down this road brought us to an open grassy area on the left partly 

 covered by bushes and close to the golf links. Here we saw Cory- 

 nepJionts canesccns (L.) Beauv., an annual grass new to most 



