102 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
is more nearly blue than any other grass. It does not 
grow so tall as Kentucky blue-grass, and may be dis- 
tinguished from it by its flat stems and bluer color. 
In eastern Ontario and in western New York it is 
sometimes cut for hay. The hay is highly prized, 
being preferred by horsemen to timothy, but the small 
yield renders this grass of little importance for hay 
production. 
TEXAS BLUE-GRASS (Poa arachnifera) 
This is a grass that is more or less favorably known 
over most of the cotton-growing States. It produces a 
very beautiful sward which retains its deep green color 
at allseasons of the year. Itis worthy of general atten- 
tion in the South as a lawn grass. As is the case with 
Bermuda grass, it is difficult to start from seed, and it 
is usually started by planting small pieces of sod. The 
stems being upright, a sod can be separated into very 
small pieces, which should be set not over a foot apart 
each way, as it does not form a sod as quickly as Ber- 
muda grass. ‘This grass remains green winter and 
summer in the grass-garden of the Department of Ag- 
riculture at Washington. The difficulty of securing 
sod for starting Texas blue-grass is probably the chief 
reason why it is not more generally grown for lawn 
purposes in the South. It is gradually gaining ground, 
and may in time become important. It is rather too 
difficult to start to justify its general use as a pasture- 
grass. 
