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pastures. : vigorous-growing variety of Festuca rubra (var. glaucescens) (fig. 
43) grows in Tennessee, where it remains green throughout the year, bm 
little affected by drought or severe winter weather. This form grows to 
height of 1 to 2 feet, and has a great mass of fine and long root leaves, "e 
may be recommended for pa sbures, oA ally upon worn- out soils and hilly 
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they often cover areas of considerable extent with a beautiful and continuous | 
turf, yielding pasturage of most excellent and nutritive quality. Sow 24 to 3 
bushels of seed per acre. A bushel weighs about 14 pounds. Price, about $2.75 A 
per bushel. * l 
Festuca scabrella Torr. Buffalo Bunch-grass; Great Bunch-grass. (Fig. 44.) 
A strong perennial, growing in large tufts or bunches 1 to 3 or 4 feet high. A native | 
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ward to California and Oregon. often occupies extensive mountain parks l 
to the exclusion of other grasses, where it affords excellent grazing. It may | 
becut for hay, of which it furnishes a large amount, 
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Northwest, particularly in the Rocky Mountain 
region, there are many native species of the genus 
Festuca which are well deserving the attention of 
stockmen and farmers. 
| f (4 Pestuca tenella Willd. Slender Fescue. : 
A s alow, annual species, 6 to 18 inches high, grow- 
2 | të in poor, sandy soils in nearly all parts of the iu 
country. It possesses no agricultural value. 
Festuca tenuifolia Sibth. Slender Fescue. 
A low and fine-leafed grass, in habit of growth resem- 
bling Festuca ovina, of which it is regarded as only a 
variety by most authors. It has no special agri- 
cultural value, but will grow in dry and compara- 
tively sterile soil. Its fine, hair-like leaves and 
densely cespitose habit of growth render it a 
lawn grass when a treated, especially pe 
eed places, and it also a good plant 
edgings. 
Festuca unioloides. (See Bromus unioloides.) 
Gastridium australe Beauv. Nit-grass. 
A showy, annual grass introduced into this country E 
from Europe. It is cultivated for ornament only. i 
On the Pacific Slope it has escaped from cultiva- 
Fic. 44.— Buffalo Bunch-grass. f > 
(Festuca scabrella.) tion and has apparently become naturalized in many 
aces. 
Glyceria aquatica Smith. Reed Meadow-grass; White Spear-grass; Water Meadow- 
A stout, erect, leafy perennial, 3 to 4 feet high, with long, rather broad leaves, and a 
large, nodding panicle. It is common in the northern Middle States and south- 
ard i 
tothe Rocky Mountain region. It grows along streams and in moist meadows, de 
and in such places often forms a considerable portion of the native hay. Itis c 
liked by cattle and is a good pasture grass for wet lands. 
