i Contents 

 Nomenclature of Grasses 27-29 



CHAPTER IV 



Pages 



Culture of Grasses 30-43 



General Principles, 30 — Preparation of the 

 soil, 30 — ^Sowing the seed, 31 — Care of pas- 

 tures, 32 — Care of meadows, 34 — Making 

 hay, 34 — Grass in rotation, 36 — Grass seed, 

 37- 



CHAPTER V 



The Structure of Grasses 44-52 



Roots and rootstocks, 45 — :Stem and leaves, 

 46 — Flowers and seed, 48. 



CHAPTER VI 



The Three Leading Forage Grasses 53-76 



Timothy 53-57 



Timothy as a meadow grass, 55 — Descrip- 

 tion, 57. 



Bluegrass 58-70 



Bluegrass for pasture, 59 — ^Bluegrass for 

 lawns, 60 — Making a bluegrass lawn, 61 — 

 Lawn weeds, 65 — Bluegrass seed, 66 — Blue- 

 grass as a weed, 67 — Description, 67. 



Bermuda Grass 70-76 



Bermuda as a pasture grass, 71 — Bermuda 

 for lawns, 72 — Methods of eradication, 73 — 

 Description, 74. 



