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appear they were preceded by Cheat seeds, which may have been introduced with 
the grain sown, or brought by birds or dd au other fields. Cheat and 
wheat are only remotely related; they belor 1 t tribes in the grass 
family and wheat is less likely to change m0 cheat in a single generation than 
the more nearly allied oats, or than wheat is to change into barley, with which 
it is very closely related. 
Bromus unioloides Willd. Rescue-grass; Schrader’s Brome-grass; Australian 
Oats; Australian Prairie-grass; Arctic-grass. (Fig. 23. 
This pS which is a native of Sou e America, and probably also of the extreme 
southwestern portion of the United States, is a  Strong-growing grass, with 
1 It grows to the height 3 feet, and in the 
more vigorous plants the branches of the nodding 
icle are widely spreading. grows rapidly, 
to seed, its duration may be continued over two or 
three years. If the seeds are allowed to fall, as they 
frequently do when mature, young plants soon appear, 
and a fairly continuous growth of this grass may thus 
w 
makes its chief growth during the cooler months of 
ihe year. Sow in 3 or September, at the rate of Fie. 24.—Buffalo-grass. 
30 to 40 pounds to the (Buchloé dactyloides.) 
Bromus willdenovii. (See Bromus unioloides.) 
Buchloé dactyloides Engelmann. ag enne False 
Mesquit; Early Mesquit, Meskit -grass. (Fig. 24.) 
This is the true Buffalo-grass of the Great Plains region, 
which is reported to have been much more abundant and 
more adr distributed i 
A 
however, itis] 4 bn E > hs ER E 
Now, 
sessions southwar d into Texas, where it is considered an 
invaluable grass and one of the best constituents of sheep 
pastures. It has alow habit of growth, rarely more than 
and 
widely spreading branches or stolons, which root at the 
joints, each joint forming a new tuft, and in this way 
the grass often covers large areas with a close mat of 
fine-leafed herbage, which is greatly relished by all 
grazing animals. As a winter forage, it is without an 
. The habit of growth of this plant is very similar 
to that of Bermuda-grass, but the stems and leaves are 
much finer and the turf formed more compact. Live 
oo ee (Cala- 
magrostis canadensis.) 
roots 
Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., have grown with remarkable 
d and it may be possible to utilize this most ‘palatable and nutritious grass 
in portions of the Eastern or Southern States. 
Bulbilis dactyloides. (See Buchloé dactyloides.) 
Calamagrostis arenaria. (See Ammophila arenaria.) 
Calamagrostis brevipilis. (See Calamovilfa brevipilis.) 
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