THE GRASSES— BROMUS INERMIS. 



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Bpomus inepmis. 



Dr. Steblee reports this as a perennial stolonif erous 

 grass, useful for binding the soil of embankments of 

 railways or canals because of its property of piishing 

 out a large number of long twisted underground stolons. 

 It is capable of resisting a drought that would kUl any 

 other grass, and is equally insensible to cold. It has 

 only a small nutritive value. 



The Seeds of the Brome grasses are found in very 

 large quantities as natural. impurities in badly cleaned 

 Eyegrass. Brorrms secalinus will be found in large 



Bromus secalinus. 



Soft Brome Grass 

 (Bromus mollis.') 



proportion in some samples of Perennial Eyegrass, and 

 as it is rolled together in such manner as to be of about 



