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Middle and Southern States, and in such places furnishes a moderate amount of 
native fodder of good quality. may prove a valuable grass for cultivation 
under the shade of trees where the soil is not too dry. 
Agrostis pulchella. (See Agrostis elegans.) 
Agrostis scabra Willd. Rough Bent; Fly-away-grass; Tickle-grass; Hair-grass; 
Fool-hay; Silk-grass. 
A slender, erect, tufted annual, with numerous very narrow basal leaves, and deli- 
eate, w widely spreading capillary panicles, which at maturity break away from 
the culm own about by the wind, hence one of the common names, 
*fly-away-grass." Before the panicle has expanded, this grass is y gna 
gathered in the vicinity E large towns and sold under the name of *'silk-grass" 
for dry bouquets. It is widely distributed throughout the United States, in the 
Middle and Southern States coming into bloom in April and May. It possesses 
little or no agricultural value. 
Agrostis stolonifera Linn. Creeping Bent; Fiorin. 
A variety of Agrostis alba, with long, prostrate or creeping stems, well adapted for 
sandy pastures near the coast, and useful, perhaps, for binding shiftin 
It makes a good pasture grass for low Muds 
especially for those which are somewhat 
sandy, and produces a fine and enduring 
turf for lawns. It has a record of yielding 
on rich, peaty soil 7,742 pounds of hay and 
2,722 pounds of green aftermath per acre, 
sown alone, sow at the rate of 2 bushels per 
aere, or for lawns 3 bushels. Current retail 
price in New York, $3.30 per bushel. 
1 vulgaris With. Herd's-grass; Bent; 
Fine-top; Fine Bent; Rhode Island Bent; 
Furze-top; Tall Red-top; Burden's-grass; Red - 
top; Summer Dew-grass; Borden's-grass. 
This is little more than a variety of Agrostis alba 
already noted. It is quoted in the seed cata- 
logues as a distinct scam and is recom- 
New York market, $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel. 
Aira ceespitosa. (See Deschampsia cwspitosa.) 
Aira elegans Gaud. 
A ipud erect, and very pretty annual, from 
oot high, with widely eu 
ing, prr. inicia of many small spike- 
lets. 5 for am e erem This and 
the more common Aira caryophyllea, which h lry,sandy 
soils in many places in the Middle States, are generally known to florists under 
the name of Agrostis elegans. 
Aira praecox Linn. Early Wild Oat-grass. 
A low, tufted annual, 3 to4 inches high, which has been introduced into this cou 
Europe, and is 5 found in sandy fields in the Middle States. It 
has no agricultural va 
FiG.3.—Floating Foxtail. (Alopecurus 
geniculatus. 
