Alopecurus aristulatus. 
Common on wet ground. 
Lolium perenne. 
Juite common on low dry lands and eaten closely. 
Phleum pratense (Timothy). 
One tield seen, Which was sown on irrigated land in January, 1836, 
gave a heavy crop the following season, and now (June, 1887) 
looks well. 
Dactylis glomerata (Orchard-grass). 
Grows occasionally in irrigated fields. 
Buchloe dactyloides (Buftalo-grass). 
fuch less common here than at Raton. 
Bouteloua oligostachya (Grama-grass). 
Very abundant on the hills, and the most highly valued of any 
of the native species. 
Melilotus parviflora (Sweet clover). 
vy common here and seen occasionally in damp places from 
here to Los Angeles. 
Trifolium involucratum. 
Common on the banks of ditches, and eaten closely by stock. 
Trifolium repens (White clover). 
Common in yards and along the streets. 
Trifolium pratense (Red clover). 
One field on irrigated land, the first ever tried here, gives a heavy 
crop this year, 
_ Medicago sativa (Alfalfa). 
This is the leading hay crop. It costs about $10 per acre to sow 
and irrigate it the first year, after which it gives a profit of $20 
per acre annually. The hay sells at from $18 to $20 per ton, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 15. 
The city is located in a broad valley on the Rio Grande.. The soil of 
the valley is very sandy, and when but a few feet above the level of the 
river is almost barren, except where irrigated. On both sides of the 
valley are high mesas, and 8 miles to the west there are extensive 
lava beds. On the mesas Bouteloua oligostachya, Hilaria Jamesii, and 
Aristida purpurea are the prevailing species. On the lowlands, A yrontia 
verticillata and Hatonia obtusata, with a few sedges, form the bulk of the 
pasture and hay. Oryzopsis cuspidata ts quite common and grows very 
large on low, sandy lands and along the slopes of the mesas. This is 
often called “wild millet,” or Bunch-grass, and many consider it superior 
to Bouteloua on account of its larger and abundant seed. Wild rye, a 
: species of Aree, | is valued highly for pasture when young, but is 
> whee nea x am st that 60 miles south of here 
