CHAPTER XVIII 

 BERMUDA- GRASS AND RUSSIAN BROME GRASS 



Timothy, red- top and June -grass are the staple 

 • meadow and pasture grasses of the older parts of 

 the United States. The remarks in the preceding 

 chapter apply specially to them and to combi- 

 nations with clovers. There remain very many 

 grasses of recent introduction, or which have 

 lately come into notice, but a discussion of them 

 is scarcely called for in a brief popular work of 

 this kind. Two other grasses, however, need to 

 be specially considered, and a discussion of them 

 now follows. 



BERMUDA -GRASS 



Bermuda-grass is now regarded as one of the 

 most valuable grasses for the southern states, par- 

 ticularly for pasture. It is perennial, the creeping 

 stems of which produce nodes at short intervals; 

 each joint is capable of producing a new plant, 

 even though it is cut off and completely separated 

 from the main stem. It is because of this charac- 

 teristic, although valuable from the standpoint of 

 securing a thick stand, that many farmers object 

 to its introduction, as, after it is once seeded, the 



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