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wMch may also be found quite generally, wondering 

 not a little as they do so that in Kentucky, Blue 

 grass is so highly esteemed. Let it be remembered then 

 whatever may be the botanical name of Blue grass 

 in other states, Kentucky Blue grass is Poa Pratensis 

 and nothing else. It will do no harm, moreover, to 

 recollect that the green grass that grows on the 

 banks oi the Brandywine, is also Poa Pratensis, and 

 that the Blue grass of the latter and other eastern 

 localities is not Kentucky Blue grass, but is Poa 

 Compressa." 



The seeds of Poa Pratensis are very small and 

 securely covered with husks, but when rubbed hard 

 between the palms of the hands, appear of a long 

 oval shape, wax color and hard. From 3 to 4 

 pounds enter into a mixture with other seeds for 

 permanent meadow or pasture, 20 pounds to two 

 bushels, if sown alone. The seeds of this grass 

 weigh 13 pounds per bushel. 



CHAPTER IX. 



FLAT STALKED OE CREEPING POA. 



Poa Compressa— Specific CJiaracter. 



Panicle flowering on one side, rather dense, spike- 

 lets oval oblong, 6 to 7 flowering ; flowers connected 

 at the base by a complicated web of hairs ^ culm 

 compressed; root creeping. Observation: culms from 

 a foot to a foot and a half high, compressed decum- 

 bent at the base, oblique afterwards, and erect to- 

 wards the top, striated smooth, sometimes sending 

 forth culms at the joints; leaves short linear, acute 



