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Bulletin V. 



Fig. 22. 



Guinea- grass. 



Panicum jumento 



rnim. 



ing to the height of twelve feet, forming dense tufts, and being 

 propagated by the rhizome" (Eggers). It has been introduced 

 into some of the Gulf States, particularly Florida, 

 where it is highly valued. Few plants yield a 

 larger amount of fodder, and it may be cut as often 

 as once a month during the season of growth. 

 If allowed to grow to full size it becomes coarse 

 and unfit for forage. Its stems are killed by the 

 first frosts of autumn, and it seeds only in the 

 warmest parts of the States bordering on the 

 Gulf. Its habit of growing in bunches at once 

 distinguishes this grass from Johnson grass, with 

 which it has been confounded by some. 

 1 mil Panicum miliaceum, Z/;^;^.— Millet. 



A coarse grass with a rather large, droop- 

 ing and loosely-flowered panicle, occasionally 

 found in the older settlements in cultivated fields 

 and waste grounds about dwellings. It formed 

 one of the food-grains of prehistoric times, and is still cultivated 

 in China and Japan, and in limited areas in Europe. The grasses 

 generally known here as Millet belong to the genus Se/an'a, 

 which see. 

 Panicum molle, Szv. (P. barhinodc.) — Para grass, Spanish grass. 

 A strong growing perennial South American grass, which has 

 long been cultivated in the West Indies, where it is esteemed tor 

 pastures. It has recently been introduced into some of the Gulf 

 States. We do not know of any attempts having been made to 

 grow it in this State. It might succeed and 

 \\\! W k P^o'^'^ ^ valuable forage plant in lower Middle 

 \^^U^ ^^^ West Tennesssee. 

 ^"■^^ Panicum proliferum, Zaw. — Sprouting Crab-grass. 

 / .1 A common grass, with rather coarse spreading 



or ascending much-branched stems two to four 

 feet long. It is often abundant in cultivated 

 fields, springing up with common Crab-grass, and 

 forming sometimes no inconsiderable part of the 

 "poor man's hay." While occasionally useful in 

 the way here indicated, it must be regarded 

 more as a weed than as a hay plant. 



Panicum sanguinale, Z/«;?.— Crab-grass, Finger- 

 grass, Hairy Finger-grass, Manna-grass, 

 Pig 23. Polish-Millet. 



Pan^lTslnTn'naie. A Well kuowu auuual grass, commou every- 



where in cultivated fields. It is a troublesome weed in gardens 



