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Mrs. J. A. Blanchard, Umatilla, Orange County, Central Florida : 



Bermuda Grass makes a permanent pasture after it is once rooted. A close sod 

 can be made in two or three months for yard or lawn by. setting plants 10 or 12 inches 

 apart each way in the spring. It bears the lawn-mower well, growing under repeated 

 cuttings like a piece of green plush. It requires constant care, however, to keep its 

 roots from growing outside of its appointed bounds, and it is injurious if grown 

 where trees or shrubs are cultivated. 



James C. Neal, M.D., A rcher, Alachua Couuty, Northern Florida: 



It is about the only lawn grass we have, but is easily killed by heat in pine or sandy 

 lands, and the leaves are killed by cold anywhere- It is best grown on clay lands, 

 but unless fertilized it grows slowly and is of little value. 



J. M. McBryde, professor of Botany, Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College, Columbia, S. C: 



Bermuda Grass has been known here from the beginning of the century. It is 

 widely distributed, and is being more and more cultivated. It covers barren fields 

 and hillsides, does well in all soils, and grows luxuriantly in dry weather. On allu- 

 vial soils it affords heavy yields of excellent hay, producing 4 tons during the season 

 at two or three cuttings. On high lands it grows short, but furnishes good pasturage. 

 It is reported to ripen seed in Southern Georgia. I have tested this seed in wet sand, 

 blotting paper, sprouting apparatus, &c, and found its vitality very low, not 10 per 

 cent, germinating. Hence I believe the seeds to mature imperfectly in our section. 



Daniel Griswold, Westminster, Los Angeles County, California : 



Bermuda Grass ripens seed here, but I would not undertake to gather it for $5 a 

 pound. It does not grow more than 5 or 6 inches high. It has three prongs on the 

 top, with six or eight very small seeds on a prong, and the seeds fall before you hardly 

 know they are ripe. We propagate it by dividing the roots. It is not much raised 

 here ; would do better where it rains in summer. 



W. A. Sanders, Sanders, Fresno County, Central California: 



Bermuda Grass is excellent, but usually not very productive. It is good for ponds 

 that dry up in autumn, where it leaves a massive growth for feed. 



Prof. Marcus E. Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah : 



It is cultivated here to a small extent, and withstands cold, but not our droughts 

 very well. It prefers loam, but will grow in sandy soil. 



Prof. S. M. Tracy, Agricultural College, Columbia, Mo. : 



It has been in cultivation near Saint Louis, in one locality only, for many years. 

 It barely survives the winter and would doubtless be destroyed by pasturing. I have 

 noticed it very carefully about New Orleans, where it is by far the most valuable per- 

 manent pasture grass, and is thoroughly naturalized if not a native. It is almost the 

 only grass grown there for winter pasture or for lawns. It stands drought well and 

 grows anywhere except on very wet ground. It can be subdued by one year of thor- 

 ough cultivation. 



Prof. W. J. Beal, Agricultural College, Michigan : 



It more than holds its own here, but starts very late. It is possibly worth an ex- 

 tended trial. 



Prof. J. B. Killebrew, in " The Grasses of Tennessee," says : 



Occasionally the traveler meets with patches of Bermuda Grass in the cotton fields 

 of the South, where it is carefully avoided by the planter, any disturbance giving 

 new start to its vigorous roots. Some ditch around it, others inclose it and let shrub- 

 bery do the work of destruction. It forms a sward so tough that it is almost im- 



