50 CRESTED dogs' TAIL. 



hay and better adapted for pressing and shipping o£f 

 for the use of horses on board, than Herd' s grass 

 (Timothy), It yields well to the acre, and will not 

 spoil, although it stands beyond the conimon time of 

 mowing. It must be sowed in low moist land. The 

 cultivation of this grass seems to be principally con- 

 fined to the New England states, where it is consid- 

 ered a valuable grass. Its merits consist in its thick 

 and abundant growth on land more moist than is 

 well adapted to common upland grasses. It never 

 grows so coarse or hard but that the ^talk is" sweet 

 and tender, and eaten without waste. 



It should enter largely into a mixture, with other 

 grasses sown on good, moist soils. I have sown it 

 this spring.' 



CHAPTER XII. 



CRESTED dogs' TAIL. 



Cynosuriis CriHatus — Specific Character. 



Its spikes are simple, linear ; spikelets awnless ; 

 stems one foot high, stiff, smooth ; root perrennial, 

 fibrous and tufted. Flowers beginning of July and 

 ripens seeds end of July. 



Way's Analysis.- 



100 parts as taken green from the field June 21st. 



"Water G2.73 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 4.13 



Patty matters 1 32 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, etc. . . 19.64 

 Woody Fibre jjO 



