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takes hold of a piece of land. Many valuable plantations in Alabama and Mis- 
sissippi have been almost ruined by the hold Johnson sii has ö on the 
land. It is said to be eradicable by close grazing for several suc 
The best Johnson grass observed was near Selma, Ala., not far from where it 
is said to have been originally introduced (near Montgomery). Here it is 
abundant and grows taller and larger than anywhere else. In the low country 
along the Gulf and PER Coast I found but little of it, and that compara- 
tively poor. Again, at Augusta, Ga., and at Aiken, S. C., I found it very good. 
KAFFIR CORN (Sorghum vulgare var.)—Cultivated at Aiken, S. C., with success. 
a large dairy farm near Aiken it is cut for ensilage, being mixed with Indian 
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KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS (Poa pratensis). —Mr. Matthews, who has charge of the 
LITTLE CROWFOOT. (See Dactyloctenium egyptiacum.) 
LOUISIANA Grass, (See Paspalum platycaule. 
MAIDEN CANE,—This name is sometimes applie ed to Panicum digitarioides, a tali, 
chiefly in ditches in the low country along the coast from North Carolina to 
Texas. It is ot some value for forage, but it is not sufficiently abundant to be 
of much importance; and, as it usually grows in ditches, it is not easy for cattle | 
to getat. If cut when young its hay would probably compare favorably with 
most native grasses of the South. Small plants often grow in considerable 
patches on railway embankments near Jacksonville, and by their strong, long, 
creeping rootstocks make excellent soil binders. e name maiden cane seems 
to be applied to other species of dew: probably to P. poner nint sa 
P. viscidum. The former is a smoo 
mostly in the pine barrens, and Pa about the « same range as P. digitarioides, 
which it much resembles. It is readily distinguished, however, by its“ head," 
which is an open panicle, instead of a long, thin, narrow spike as in P. digit- 
arioides. It is of about equal value. Panicum viscidum is a very common grass 
in the Southern States, 8 ditches, swamps, and borders of ponds. It 
is much like P. scabriusculum, but is downy all over. When old it is much 
branched, the long stems reclining on the ground or on other plants. It makes 
a considerable bulk of very sweet hay, aud is said to be much relished by horses 
and cattle. It is probably one of the most valuable native grasses of the South. 
MEXICAN CLOVER. (See Richardsonia scabra.) 
MILLO MAIZE (Sorghum vulgare var.).—Both white and yellow millo maize yield 2 
ery profitable crops at Aiken, S. C. On a farm near that place a single acre of 
e white variety is reported to have yielded in one season 35 tons of ensilage, 
two cuttings having been made. os 
MISSION GRASS. (See Stenotaphrum americanum.) i 
MUHLENBERGIA DIFFUSA (Nimble Will).—Dr. C. Mohr tells me that in northern 
Alabama, in the valley a the Tennessee, this is considered an excellent pasture 
or 
NIMBLE WILL. (See AAN diffusa.) f c 
Nur Grass (Cyperus rotundus).—This plant, perhaps the most pernicious weed of 
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