A lopccurus aristu latus. 



Common on wet ground. 

 Lolium percnne. 



Quite common on low dry lands and eaten closely. 



Phleum pratense (Timothy). 



One field seen, which was sown on irrigated land in January, 1880, 

 gave a heavy crop the following season, and now (June, 1887) 

 looks well. 

 Dactylis glomerata (Orchard-grass). 



Grows occasionally in irrigated fields. 



Buchloe dactyloides (Buffalo- grass). 



Much less common here than at Raton. 



Boutcloua oligostaehya (Grama-grass). 



Very abundant on the hills, and the most highly valued of any 

 of the native species. 

 Melilotus parviJJora (Sweet clover). 



Very common here and seen occasionally in damp places from 

 here to Los Angeles. 

 Trifolium ihvolucratum. 



Common on the banks of ditches, and eaten closely by stock. 

 Trifolium repens (White clover). 



Common in yards and along the streets. 

 Trifolium pratense (Bed clover). 



One field on irrigated land, the first ever tried here, gives a heavy 

 crop this year. 

 Medicago sativa (Alfalfa), 



This is the leading hay crop. It costs about $10 per acre to sow 

 and irrigate it the first year, after which it gives a profit of $20 

 per acre annually. The hay sells at from $18 to $20 per ton. 



Albuquerque, Hew Mexico, June 15. 



The city is located in a broad valley on the Rio Grande. The soil of 

 the valley is very sandy, and when but a few feet above the level of the 

 river is almost barren, except where irrigated. Oo both sides of the 

 valley are high mesas, and 8 miles to the west there are extensive 

 lava beds. On the mesas Bouteloua oligostachya, Hilaria Jamesii, and 

 Aristida purpurea are the prevailing species. On the lowlands, Agrostis 

 verticillata and Eatonia obtusata, with a few sedges, form the bulk of the 

 pasture and hay. Oryzopsis cuspidata is quite common and grow T s very 

 large on low, sandy lands and along the slopes of the mesas. This is 

 often called " wild millet, " or Bunch-grass, and many consider it superior 

 to Bouteloua on account of its larger and abundant seed. Wild rye, a 

 species of Agropyrum, is valued highly for pasture when young, but is 

 considered worthless when old. I am told that 60 miles south of here 



