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Kceleria cristata. 



Common on ditch banks. 

 Panicum capillar e. 



Common on low ground. 

 Sporobolus airoides. 



Found at Winnemucca and Palisade, Xev., and very sparingly on 

 low ground here. 

 Agropyrum glaucam (Blue-joint, Blue-grass). 



Common here and highly valued. 



Wmnemueca, Nevada, July 23. 



The Humboldt River runs through this valley, but so far below the 

 general level of the laud that there are no cultivated fields. The Hum- 

 boldt and Carson sink, where the river finally disappears, is during the 

 rainy season a lake, but now a perfectly barren plain, while for miles on 

 either side the soil is so dry and alkaline that nothing is produced ex- 

 cept occasionally a stunted grease- wood. The rain-fall here in 1886 was 

 4 inches and this year to date has been .15 of an inch. 



Elymus Orcuttiauus. 



Common in the valley and grows to some extent on the hilJs. It 

 is the most valuable species here, being the main reliance 

 through the year. 



Panicum capillar c. 



Somewhat common along the river. 

 Hordeum jubatum. 



Occasionally seen in well-watered yards. 

 Setaria viridis. 



With the above. 

 Agrostis vulgaris (Redtop). 



Does well here. 

 Poa pratcnsis (Kentuckj^ blue-grass). 



Doing well here in irrigated grounds. 

 Poa (too old for identification). Mountain bunch-grass, small bunch- 

 grass. 



Common on the hills and mountains from here to Ogden. It is 

 said to start very earl y and to make excellent spring forage, 

 but it dies as soon as dry weather comes. When abundant and 

 the seeds are ripe stock fatten rapidly upon it. At this date 

 it has nearly all disappeared. 



Battle Mountain, Nevada, July 25. 



In an extensive dry and barren valley, with no cultivated fields for 

 many miles in any direction, and no cattle nor sheep. In the town are 



