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Lolium perenne (Rye-g grass). 
Introduced. Found occasionally in pastures and meadows. 
Elymus sitanion. 
Common on dry barren soil. 
Bromus racemosus. 
Common 
Poa annua. 
Common along ditches on the bench lands. 
Phleum pratense. 
Several meadows here which are cut for hay contain about equal 
proportions of Timothy and Redtop, with usually a large mix- 
ture of Hordeum. 
Carex Jamesii. 
Very abundant in moist meadows, and in oceasional spots almost 
the only species. It is cut for hay, but is said to be not very 
good 
Medicago lupulina. 
Common in pastures and along roadsides on low grounds, where 
it is eaten closely. 
Juab, Utah, August 13. 
This is situated in a dry valley 100 miles south from Salt Lake. The 
valley is about 6 miles wide with a wet-weather stream. During the 
dry season all the water comes from wells. Considerable Redtop is found 
on the lower lands and Agropyrum divergens and Erodium cicutarium 
are found to some extent. 
On the mountains, 8 miles east, Agropyrum divergens is one of the 
prevailing species. The range about here is said to be much more bar- 
ren than it was five years ago, prior to the introduction of sheep. West 
of the town there are barren, treeless hills, with a scanty growth of the 
above-mentioned grass, together with Oryzopsis cuspidata. White sage 
(Atriplex) is the main reliance for winter range. 
Frisco, Utah, August 14. 
Frisco is in a dry, hilly region, wholly destitute of water, excepting 
an occasional alkaline well. All water for drinking or washing here has 
to be brought from Black Rock, 45 miles distant. The water from the 
wells is used for stock, and seems to be harmless after the animals be 
come accustomed to it, though they are often made sick on first using 
it. The hills have a scanty growth of cedar and during the spring? — 
fair growth of grass, but are now almost bare. There are not more than 
one-fourth the number of cattle in this part of the country now that 
