. 29 

 . 93 

 ,123 

 ,149 

 ,126 



396 GENERAL INDEX. 



Phosphates taken from the soil, Z.'c^a'ma 



Plants, number of in the turf, 274, 276, iia 



Plaster of Paris, use of, 370, 61 i, a i* 



Porcupine Grass, natural history of, _„ 



Potato-tops, composition of, ' 



PoTerty Grass, description of, . 



Prairie Triple Awn, description of, 



Prolific Rice, description of, 



Pungent Meadow Grass, 



Purple Alpine Hair Grass, 



" Wood Grass, 



" Wild Oat Grass, 



Quaking Grass, description of, 



Ba.ins, distribution of, ^*^ 



Kattleanake Grass, natural history of, o'-ioa' <J>k 



Keaper, history and use of the, ' A' ti^ 



Redtop, description of, t'llo 



Red Clover, natural history of, 185, 186, 28^ 



" " curing of, ^^^> ^^ ' 



Reed Canary Grafs, 105, 106, 133, 134, 136 



" " " nutritive value of, 136 



Red Fescue Grass, natural history of, 9^ 



Rhode Island Bent, description of, ^^ 



Kioe, history and culture of, 27, 156, 158 



Richardson's Feather Grass, 57 



Rough-leaved Vilfa, description of, 37 



" Marsh Grass, natural history of, r 61 



" stalked Meadow Grass, description of, 85 



Rush-like Grasses, list of, 239, 241, 260 



'■ Salt Grass, description of, 61 



Salt Marshes, ditching of, 386, 387 



" Marsh Grass, natural history of, 61 



" Reed " description of, 60 



Sainfoin, history and culture of, 19*, 195 



Sand Grass, description of, 65 



Scythe, use of the, 307, 320 



Sea Spear Grass, description of, 77, 79 



Seasons, influence of, 239, 241, 260 



Sedges, description and list of, 199, 200, 203, 204 



Seed, selection of, 179, 263 



" quantity to be sown, 173, 278, 286 



" vitality of, 263, 266 



Seneca Grass, description of, 131 



Shade, effects on the quality of grass, 239, 241, 264 



Sheep's Fescue Grass, natural history of, 97 



Sheep, effect of on the pasture, 382, 383 



Short-leaved Beard Grass, 63 



" " Spear " 81 



" stalked Meadow Grass, 95 



Silicates taken from the soil, 231, 232 



Slender-tail Grass, natural history of, 110 



" Spike Grass, description of, 109 



" Meadow " " " 93 



" Three-awned Grass, description of, 59 



" Foxtail, natural history of, 31 



" Crab Grass, description of, 140 



" Spiked Fescue, " " 101 



