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Nevertheless, when the cultivation of a grass popular 

 a century and a half ago does not extend greatly, the 

 conclusion vifould seem to be correct, that the grasses 

 more generally cultivated stand higher in the popular 

 estimate. 



Renewing. — A grass that produces seed during so 

 large a portion of the season has no little power to 

 re-seed the soil on which it grows if not grazed too 

 closely. When thus treated it should endure for a 

 long time. 



EESOUE GEASS. 



Eescue grass (Brovius unoiloides) is also known by 

 the names of Schraeder grass, Australian grass and 

 Arctic grass. It is closely allied to Chess or Cheat 

 {BroTn/us secalinus). A grass which grows vigorously 

 even under hard conditions and which produces good 

 hay and pasture, but which when once introduced is 

 likely to appear in future grain crops grown on the 

 same land. But the hazard is not so great that res- 

 cue grass will remain in the land where it was grown. 

 This grass grows erectly and from 1 to 3 feet high. 

 It produces an abundance of leaves. The panicles are 

 large, much branched, loose and nodding. They pre- 

 sent a beautiful appearance as they sway to and fro in 

 the wind. The plants tiller much under favorable 

 conditions of growth. The roots are fibrous. The 

 whole plant bears considerable resemblance to Bromus 

 secalinus, but it is probably more leafy, and hence so 

 far a better pasture grass. The seeds resemble those 

 of the former so closely that they are frequently sold 

 under the name of rescue grass. 



