17 

 Patpalum Uieve (smooth ored grass — Water grass.) 

 A tall erecl grass, 1 to 3 Peel high, with nearly smooth leaves 

 the lower ones being more numerous and crowded around the 

 culm. The joints of the culm are smooth and purple. Tl;< fl< 

 ret- are crowded along the axis in four rows, two on each side. 

 There are :i few Blender hairs at the base of each spike. 



Prof. Phares of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of 

 Mississippi, who has made many valuable experiments on 

 Southern grasses t<> determine their agricultural value, states, con- 

 cerning this grass, that it produces good hay on land wel! pre- 

 pared, and sends out a mass of thrifty roots that support a large 

 growth o\' succulent stems and leaves. This grass is quite nu- 

 tritious as the chemical analysis below will indicate. 

 Water 14.30 per cent. 



Ash 6.60 



Fat 2.36 



" (Clifford Richardson") 



Nitrogen Free Extract 46.13 



>> 



55 



Crude fiber 



23.66 



n 



55 



Albuminoids 



6.95 



>> 



11 



Ash 









Phosphoric acid 



6.18 



per 



cent 



Silica 



44.65 



>» 



» 



Sulphuric acid 



5.64 



JJ 



?> 



Chlorine 



1.73 



J> 



•)■> 



Calcium oxide 



9.36 



>) 



>> 



Magnesium oxide 



5.26 



V 



55 



Potassium oxide 



25.44 



V 



55 



Soda 



0.60 



?> 



>5 



(Wollf) 



Plate 7. 



Paspalum dilatatvm. (Hairy flowered paspalum) 

 This grass is larger and taller than the preceding and resembles it 

 very closely. The plate gives a very accurate illustration 



FlaU *. 



Panicum sanguincde (crab gnu**. I 

 A common grass found in all cultivated fields, and grows from 



one to two feet high. It flowers from May to ( October. At one time 

 this grass was considered to he a very troublesome plant to the 

 farmer, because it was so quicfc in its growth in cornfields, choking 



