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Alopecurus agrestis Linn. Slender Foxtail. 
A slender annual, 1 to 2 feet high, closely related to and somewhat resembling iu 
appearance Meadow Foxtail. It is quite common in Europe, where it is native, 
and is generally regarded as a troublesome weed. It has only been sparingly 
introduced into this country. The seed, ide is advertised by New York 
dealers, the price being $25 per 100 pounds 
Alopecurus aristulatus. (See Alopecurus geniculatus.) 
Alopecurus geniculatus Linn. Water Foxtail; Floating Foxtail. (Fig. 3.) 
A low, usually procumbent grass, with slender stems 8 to 18 inches long, often root- 
ing at the lower joints. It usually grows in wet places, and is very widely dis- 
tributed throughout the north temperate zone. It has cylindrical heads or 
panicles, resembling those of Meadow Foxtail, but much 
smaller. This grass enters into the natural herbage of low, 
wet meadows and pastures, and in such places affords excel- 
lent grazing, being tender and nutritious. Alopecurus aristu- 
latus is simply a variety of this, with short-awned flowering 
lumes. Under favorable circumstances this grass makes a 
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Alopecurus occidentalis Scribn. Mountain Foxtail; Moun- 
tain Timothy. 
A grass of the mountain meadows of the Rocky Mountains, grow- 
ing in rich soil along streams and in the open parks. It has 
slender, erect stems 2 to 3 feet high, with short, oblong heads, 
thicker and shorter than those of common Mandon Foxtail. 
This grass is occasionally found covering extensi to 
the exclusion of other species. It yields a large bulk of 
fine, long, bright-colored hay, which is highly valued where 
: can be obtained. For the more elevated meadows of the 
Rocky Mountain region, and doubtless also for the New 
England and north Middle States, this grass would form an 
excellent addition to the cultivated species, and its intro- 
duction is recommended. 
Alopecurus pratensis Linn. Meadow Foxtail. (Fig. 4.) 
This well-known European grass has been introduced into this 
country and cultivated to some extent in the New England 
and Middle States. It is a valuable grass for moist meadows 
and pastures, particularly the latter, on account of its early 
Fra. 4.—Meadow Fox- 
tail. (Alopecurus 
pratensis.) 
forage. In Europe it is regarded as one of the best perennial pasture grasses, 
It should enter into all mixtures for permanent pastures, because it is very last- 
ing, highly nutritious, and earlier than most other species. This grass has a 
record of producing 20,418 pounds per acre of green grass, 6,125 pounds of hay, 
and 8,167 pounds of aftermath. Itis never sown by itself, but is always mixed 
with other grasses and forage plants, because it gives a full yield only in the 
second or third year. Price of seed quoted in New York catalogues, $2.25 per 
bushel, or $25 per 100 pounds. 
Ammophila naria Link. Beach-grass; Mat-grass; Common Sea-Reed; Sand- 
Reed; Reed; Sea-sand Reed; Marram, (Fig. 5.) 
This grass grows more or less abundantly along the sandy coasts of the Atlantic, 
and the Best of the Great Lakes. It has strong, e — upright E 
