CHAPTER XVIII 
BERMUDA-GRASS AND RUSSIAN BROME GRASS 
Timotuy, 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 searcely 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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