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strong turf. It is a native of Europe, which has become thoroughly naturalized, 
and is now very widely distributed over our territory. It is s closely related to 
Kentucky Blue-grass, but is more decidedly blue in color, and is readily dis- 
tinguished from that species by its strongly flattened stems, lower habit of 
growth, and smaller panicle. It is the“ Blue-grass" of the farmers of the New 
England and Middle States. It will grow upon a great variety of soils, even 
There is perhaps no better pasture grass for dry and poor soils, particularly in 
the Eastern and Middle States. It is especially valuable for dairy pastures; 
cows feeding on it yield the richest milk and finest butter. On good land it 
is heavy in proportion to its bulk. Seed is advertised by leading firms at $14 per 
100 pounds. 
Poa elegans. (See Eragrostis ciliaris.) 
Poa flabellata Hook. Tussock-grass. 
A native of Falkland and adjacent islands, which has attracted the attention of 
travelers by its stout habit of growth and evident nutritious qualities. The 
The stems and long leaves are used for thatch. ‘It loves a rank, wet, peat bog, 
with the sea spray dashing over it, and wherever the waves beat with greatest 
vehemence and the saline spray is carried farthest, there the tussock grass thrives 
the best, provided, also, it is on the soil it prefers." It thrives in cold countries 
near the sea in pure sand at the edge of peat bogs. The base of the stem is 
edible, having a taste of mountain cabbage, a species of palm. The introduction 
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good fodder the year round upon the Falkland Islands has been repeatedly noted 
by authors 
Poa flexuosa Muhl. Southern Spear-grass. 
A slender, tufted woodland grass, 1 to 3 feet high, ranging from Delaware and Penn- 
sylvania southward, blooming early in the spring. It has no recognized age 
cultural value, but might be worth cultivating in dry soils under the shade 
trees, in which situations it grows naturally. 
Poa foliosa Hook. f. 
A stout perennial, 2 to 3 feet uo ties wy dete ane epu broad leaves, 2 
panicles 6 to 10 inches long. form 
Tussock-grass (Poa 2 of the. Falkland Talanda. ^M is less hardy, dion 
ever, and is piba of as being a very productive grass of the highest value for 
fodder or silage. 
Poa laxa Haenk. Wavy Meadow-grass; Alpine Meadow-grass. 
A slender species, 6 inches to a foot high, found upon the mountain tops in New Eng- 
land and New York, ranging northward. It ocsurs on the mountains of 
Europe. It has no recognized agricultural value. 
Poa nemoralis Linn. Wood Meadow-grass. 
The larger forms of this are hardly to be — from P. deii: mel =e 
asimilarrange. It will, however, grow in a drier soil, excessive m 
to it. In Montana this species ascends to the altitude of 9 ¿000 dus At 
it becomes 
