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apor INDICUS (Smut grass).—This grass, everywhere naturalized in fields 
and waste ground in the South, is much esteemed for pasturage, especially for 
pores. As it grows in tufts, sending out no shoots, it does not make a close 
turf. Capt. W. W. Woolsey, of Aiken, objects to it on this account. It is said 
to be highly nutritive. It will grow in very poor soil, but requires fertile land 
for its best development, under such conditions producing a eonsiderable quan- 
tity of forage. Judge R. C. Long, of Tallahassee, thinks so highly of smut grass 
that he intends to plant a large area of land with it exclusively. 
L Reyer KEE OPE Y 
FIG. 6.—St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum americanum). 
SPOROBOLUS ‘VIRGINICU: —This is a small grass growing on beaches along t 
coast. Its slender, 3 rootstocks, sending up tufts of stems at intervals, 
make it an excellent sand binder. The foliage is tender and may possess some 
value for seaside pasturage. 
SPUR GRASS. (See Cenchrus echinatus.) 
STENOTAPHRUM AMERICANUM (St. Augustine grass, Mission grass).—The lawn 0 
Judge R. C. Long, at Tallahassee, i is composed almost entirely of this grass, and 
brighter, prettier lawn than that grass does. Judge e a that with its 
