30 THE AGRICULTURAL GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



era! tenor of the reports and correspondence, and information obtained 

 elsewhere, would seem to warrant They recommend as follows : 



For Washington Territory and Ore^/on.— Italian rye grass, tall meadow 

 oat grass, Kentucky blue grass, Texas mesquite, and Bermuda. 



For California.— Timot\vj, large red clover, the millets, orchard grass, 

 Italian rye grass, white clover, Guinea grass {Panicum jumentcrtwi) 

 Bermuda, alfalfa, and Johnson grass. 



For Idaho and Monfaua.— All the grasses for bottom lands, and al- 

 falfa for " beuch lands." 



For Texas. ~A\Mf'a, Bermuda, timothy, the clovers, orchard grass, 

 Johnson grass, and the millets in the order named. . 



For Georgia.— KeutuclLj blue grass, orchard grass, herds grass 

 (called red top in l^ew England), timothy, the clovers, and alfalfa, in 

 the order named. 



For Florida.— BermmVa, alfalfa, Guinea grass {Fanicum jumentorum), 

 orchard grass, Johnson grass, and clover. 



^For Alal)ama.—OTQ\iiiV({ grass, Kentucky blue grass, timothy, herds 

 grass (red top), Johnson grass, alfalfa, and California clover. 



For Mississipin.—Ovali^vil grass, herds grass (red top), the clovers, 

 Kentucky blue grass, and the millets. 



For ioi«'sM«ff.— Kentucky blue grass, orchard grass, Bermuda, tim- 

 othy, herds grass (red top), the clovers, and alfalfa. 



The above are the principal forage plants enumerated for trial. It 

 will be observed that in some instances instead of suggesting new 

 grasses for trial those are named which have already been so fully tried 

 that there is no question about their success. 



It appears from the reports and correspondence that the principal 

 need of Washington Territory and Oregon is a pasture grass for the 

 dry hills in place, of the nearly extinct bunch grass ; some are desirous 

 that Bermuda and Texas mesquite be tried. The latter has already 

 been reported as successful in several counties. There is some nncer- 

 tainty concerning what grass is referred to, as several go under the name 

 of mesquite. It is probable that some mean the Buchloe dactyloides, the 

 buffalo grass of the plains, a valuable pasture grass and similar in habit 

 to Bermuda. In Texas it is called mesquite. The suggestion of these 

 correspondents appear worthy of attention. 



In Southern California some wish Bermuda to be tried for their pas- 

 ture land which cannot be plowed, and where the bur- clover, &c. is 

 being tramped out. They also think that the Guinea grass [Panicum 

 jiimentorum) might possibly succeed. 



The suggessions from Florida were from only a few counties ; the 

 general impression seems to be that crab grass and other native grasses 

 are superior to the so-called cultivated ones. Some think that a grass 

 will have to be obtained from Cuba or the tropics to be suited to the 

 climatic conditions existino- there. 



