Inventory 63, Seeds and Plants Imported, 



Plate IV. 



Natal Grass as it Grows on the Shores of Lake Tanganyika, Africa. 

 (Tricholaena rosea Nees; S. p. I. No. 50038.) 



Dr. Shantz has brought in several distinct strains of Natal grass, a species which has attracted 

 much attention for several years because of its value for hay and as a mulch crop on the sandy- 

 soils of Florida and other Gulf Coast States. Not a weed itself, because it can be killed by a 

 single plowing, it is found useful in favorable soil to choke out weeds and grasses by its vig- 

 orous growth; at the same time it yields an average of 2^ to 3 tons of excellent hay to the acre. 

 Double that quantity has been secured under very favorable conditions. (Photographed by 

 Dr. H. L. Shantz, Nyanza, Urundi, February 29, 1920; P37628FS.^ 



