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IDAHO. 
The only place visited in this State, was Beaver Canyon, which is in 
the mountains near the continental divide. The character of the flora 
is chiefly subalpine. There were a few good meadows along the 
mountain streams; one especially, produced a large crop of excellent 
ay. e chief grass was Alopecurus occidentalis Seribn. There was 
also a considerable quantity of Trifolium longipes Nutt., which added 
much to the quantity as well as the quality of the hay. 
The following grasses were frequent or common in meadows and 
along streams: Poa pratensis L., Poa wheeleri Vasey, Poa nemoralis L., 
Poa buckleyana Nash, Calamagrostis suks- 
dorfii Scribn., Agropyron caninum R. & S., 
Agropyron spicatum molle Seribn. & Smith, 
Danthonia intermedia Vasey, Bromus brev- 
iaristatus Buckl., Koeleria cristata Pers., 
Agrostis asperifolia Trin., Hordeum nodo- 
sum L., and Festuca ovina L. Here as 
elsewhere Poa buckleyana and  Festuca 
ovina were the chief grazing grasses and 
eonstituted the principal part of the 
pasturage of the sheep ranges in the 
vicinity. 
UTAH. 
Only three days were spent in Utah, 
two at Logan and one at Echo. In the 
vieinity of the agricultural experiment 
station at Logan native grasses were not 
abundant. 
Experiments were being carried on with 
the cultivated varieties of grasses, and we 
were told that they had once attempted * 
to cultivate one of the“ bunch grasses,” a Fis. „„ (Stipa 
species of Agropyron, but it was a fail- ; 
ure. Instead of producing the tall leafy form of its wild state it was 
low and stunted. Perhaps this was because it is not the habit of the 
plant to form a continuous sod, and when compelled to spread out and 0 
abandon its bunching habit it lost its thrifty character. This gives a 
hint, however, as to the necessity of careful experiments in the cultiva- 
tion of the native species before definite statements can be made as to 
their value under changed conditions. The following wild species were 
common: Trisetum subspicatum P. B., Agrostis asperifolia Trin., Stipa 
viridula Trin, (fig. 7), Bromus kalmii A. Gray, and Avena fatua L. The : 
last species is looked upon here as a bad weed. : 
