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strong, and when the grass is once established scarcely anything ean remove it. 
The young shoots are liked by cattle and the mature stems make the best of 
thatch. It is very widely distributed throughout the temperate regions of both 
hemispheres, growing along river banks, borders of lakes, ete. 
Phragmites roxburghii Kth 
A stout, hee grass,8 to 12 feet high, with broad, flat leaves, and large, nodding 
panicles 18 inches long or more. This grass is closely related to our common 
m Paid communis). It is a native of southern Asia, being common on 
the plains of northern India, growing near water. The stems are used for 
making chairs, baskets, UMS the pipes of Hukahs, and in Bengal mats are made 
of the split mi (Duthie.) 
Piptatherum multiflorum. (See Oryzopsis multiflora.) 
Pleuraphis rigida. (See Hilaria rigida.) 
Poa alpina Linn. Mountain Spear-grass; Mountain Poa. 
This is a species of the mountain regions of the New England and Western States, 
extending northward almost to the limits of polar vegetation. It is a slender 
perennial, from 1 to 2 inches to 1 foot high, usually abont 6 inches, with rather 
broad leaves and spreading 8 of comparatively large spikelets. Of no 
recognized agricultural value 
Poa alsodes Gray. Wood Spear-grass. 
A slender, ereet perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, with flat leaves and a narrow, rather 
w-tlowered panicle. It is a native, growing upon the wooded hillsides of New 
England, extending westward to Wisconsin, and southward through New York, 
Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and the mountain regions of North Carolina and 
no recognized agricultural value, but is apparently a 
good fodder grass, and may possibly prove of value in cultivation in wood- 
land parks. Other closely related species of Poa extend westward across the 
continent. 
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Poa amabilis. (See Eragrostis amabilis.) 
Poa andina. (See Poa arida.) 
Poa annua Linn. Low Spear-grass; Spear-grass; Annual Meadow-grass; Dwarf 
ac a Early Meadow-grass; May-grass; Goose-grass; Suffolk-grass; Six 
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| A low, Men annual, with erect or ascending somewhat flattened stems, 2 to 12 
inches hig This is an introduced grass, common in every dooryard and — 
States in almost every month in the year. It often forms a considerable ingre- 
dient in poorly kept lawns, as a result of its spontaneous growth. 
> Poa aquatica. (See Glyceria aquatica.) 
l Poa arachnifera Torr. Texas Blue-grass. 
A strong-growing perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, with extensively creeping rootstocks, 
9 long leaves, a ow, densely flowered panicles. is arently 
£ æœæcious. The pistillate or seed-bearing plants have the spikelets densely 
| woolly, while the male spikelets are smooth. s a native of as, but is 
| now well known in most of the Southern States, where it has been introduced 
into cultivation, having been highly recommended as a permanent pasture grass. 
It may be propagated by seeds * n "e vision allt — these ean be obtained 
from leading seedsmen. It ths, 
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