GRASSES OF TENNESSEE. 



PART I. 



HV V. LAMSON-SCklHNKR. 



This first part on The Grasses of Tennessee is desij^ned for 

 farmers and agricultural students of this State; affording the 

 former a handy reference book for information as to the general 

 character and qualities of our grasses, and giving the latter a 

 concise account of the characters of the grass family, together 

 with a key for determining the tribes and genera into which the 

 species are classified. It is believed that this bulletin will enable 

 the intelligent farmer to become familiar with the terms applied 

 to the various parts of grasses, thus making it possible for him to 

 speak or write understandingly about any one of the many kinds 

 which he may find upon his farm or in his immediate neighborhood. 



There is included in this part m 



(I) An index or alphabetical list of the native and introduced 

 or cultivated grasses of the State. After each common or English 

 name the Latin name is given; and after the Latin name, are given 

 all the English names of each known to the writer, together with 

 brief observations on the habits or agricultural value of the species. 



(II) Illustrations and descriptive terms. This includes a special 

 series of figures obtained from various sources, and used here to 

 illustrate the leading botanical characters of grasses, and the terms 

 employed to designate them. They also serve to illustrate to some 

 degree the species they represent. 



(III) Characters of the grass family (Gramineae), with a key for 

 the identification of the genera which may be found either growing 

 wild or under cultivation within the State. The genus thus 

 determined, the reader is expected to refer to Gray's "Manual," or 

 Chapman's "Southern Flora," for the determination of the species. 

 In some cases the species may be made out by reference to 

 section I. 



(IV) An enumeration of the books and pamphlets wholly or in 

 part devoted to grasses, in the possession of the Station, or in the 

 private library of the writer. One may here learn the titles and 

 something of the size and scope of the more important works on 

 grasses, both popular and scientific. 



In Part II it is proposed to fully describe, and so far as possible, 

 illustrate all of the grasses of the State. Part I is introductory 

 to this. 



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