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Lamarclda aurea. 



Common alons; road sides. 



Scirpus maritimus. 



Common in wet places. 

 Trifolium involucratum, var. heterodon. 



Occasionally found in wet soil, but not eaten very freely. 

 Sporobolits airoides. 



Common on dry soils, but not valued. Commonly called u Guay- 

 atta." 

 Cyrodon dactylon (Bermuda grass). 



Common iu door-yards here and still nioie common at Pasedena, 

 10 miles east of here. It does well, but needs constant irriga- 

 tion. 

 Poa pratensis (Kentucky blue-grass). 



Does not succeed as well as Bermuda, the soil being too sandy. 

 Er odium. 



The early settlers claim that this has always been abundant here, 

 and throughout the whole region from here to Colorado it is 

 spoken of as "coming in from California.*' 



Eeno, Nevada, July 16. 



Eeno is on the Truckee Hirer, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada 

 Mono tains, in a basin some 10 miles across. The soil is fertile, and pro- 

 duces good crops of alfalfaTand redtop where irrigated, but there are 

 occasional spots, sometimes of several acres in extent, which are too 

 stony for cultivation, and which are almost barren, except a scattering 

 growth of Artemesia, Atriplex, and Sarcobatus. 



Alfalfa and redtop are the only plants grown for hay. Timothy is 

 abundant along ditch-banks and other places where it can have con- 

 stant moisture, but as it gives but one crop yearly, while alfalfa gives 

 three, it is not grown much for hay. It is generally claimed that a ton 

 of alfalfa is equal to a ton of any other hay for fattening purposes, but 

 for work-horses it is not worth more than half as much as timothy. 



The most abundant native forage plants are Agrostis vulgaris and sea- 

 bra, Avena fatua, Elymus triticoides (f), Poa tenui folia, Oryzopsis cuspi- 

 data,Vicia Americana, Elymus condensatus, Trifoliuminvolucratum, Spor- 

 obolus asperifolius and Erodium cicutarium. The last named is known 

 through the entire Southwest as u Filaree," and has become very com- 

 mon here within the last five years. It was noticed also at Trinidad, 

 Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, ET. Mex. ; Wadsworth, Nev.; and at Ogden 

 and Salt Lake City, Utah. It is valued very highly on account of its 

 early spring growth, and it continues to grow throughout the season, 

 providing it has moisture. It is eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock, 

 even after it is completely dried and the plants are blown about b} the 



