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California Timothy, owing to the resemblance of its heads to those of timethy. 
In California it is not esteemed as of any agricultural value, but in the Southern 
States it has been cultivated to a limited extent, and is spoken of by some as 
being an excellent grass for winter and spring grazing, as 
it remains green throughout the winter season. 
Phalaris intermedia. (See Phalaris caroliniana.) 
Phleum alpinum Linn. Mountain Timothy; Native Timothy. 
This grass is a native of the mountain regions and high alti- 
ones extending from Maine to California north ward; also 
n northern Europe and Asia. It is closely related to culti 
ien timothy. The stems are usually stouter, more lea PE 
ut not so tall, under most favorable dios attaining 
a height of 2 feet, but rarely exceeding a foot. 
Phleum pratense Linn. Timothy; Herd's-grass (in New Eng- 
land); Cat's-tail-grass; Meadow Cat’s-tail-grass; Tame 
Timothy. (Fig. 72.) 
This is one of the best known and t ext ly cultivated 
hay grasses. It is a native of Europe, north Africa, and 
naturalized in North America. It appears to have been 
first cultivated in this country, and it 
was from this country that the seeds were 
obtained forits cultivation in England, 
Fre. 71.—California 
Timothy. (Phala. On such soils the base of the stem is often 
ris caroliniana.) ` : 
thiekened and bulb-like. "Timothy is 
usually sown in mixtures with other grasses and clovers. It 
may be used with red or alsike elovers, or with red-top. Good 
fresh seed should have an average purity of 97 per cent and a 
germinative power of 85 to 90 per cent,a bushel weighing 48 
pounds. The amount required per acre varies with the qual- 
ity of the seed, but of that containing 87 per cent pure in ger- 
minating, 16 pounds to the acre is sufficient. It is better, how- 
ever, to sow half a bushel to the acre if sown alone. 
red or alsike elovers about 10 per cent timothy is a proper 
mixture. 
Phragmites communis Trin. Common Reed or Reed-grass. 
This is one of the largest of our native grasses, growing to the 
height of 12 feet, the rather stout eulms bearing numerous 
broad, spreading, and sharply paña ted Me 1to 2 feet long. 
It has deeply reeping root-stocks, 
making it one of the most valuable pads for binding the  F19-72.—Timoth 
y. 
banks of rivers tote d to periodical floods. Ri is occasionally i Phleum pra- 
found along the coas “shares 
pon 
sandy soils, and 10 may be employed with advantage for binding drifting 
sands or those liable to be shifted by high tides. The rootstocks are very 
