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and Cenchrus montanus thrive on Haleakala at 2,000 feet or more. 

 The species of Agrostis, Festuca, and Lolium prefer rather moist 

 conditions at higher elevations. Plialaris commutata is said to be a 

 poor variety of Plialaris bulbosa but has given some promise for 

 medium elevations. Texas blue grass is an important winter grass 

 of the extreme South and should thrive in Hawaii during the winter 

 months. Neither Texas blue nor Plialaris commutata seeded in 

 station trials but are easily propagated by division of the roots. 



RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLANTING. 



For marshy places: Such grasses as Para grass, Colorado grass,. or 

 honohono are probably the best. If not too marshy Paspalum dila~ 

 latum might succeed. Guinea grass also requires plenty of moisture. 



For high wet districts: Paspalum dilatatum, sweet vernal grass, 

 Kentucky blue grass, orchard grass, perennial rye grass, white clover, 

 hop clover, and possibly alsike clover. 



For high dry regions: Kentucky blue grass, orchard grass, peren- 

 nial rye grass, rescue grass, Yorkshire fog or velvet grass, Paspalum 

 dilatatum, alfilaria, field burnet, Indian clover, and bur clover. 



For medium elevations, moist: Paspalum dilatatum, Bermuda 

 grass, buffalo grass, Texas blue grass, Paspalum compressum, Paspa- 

 lum virgatum, crab grass, rescue grass, Spanish clover, and bur clover. 



For medium elevations, dry: Paspalum dilatatum, Rhodes grass, 

 Natal redtop, fuzzy top, Bermuda, side oats or tall grama, crab 

 grass, Spanish clover, bur clover. 



For lower elevations, moist: Paspalum dilatatum, Natal redtop, 

 Rhodes grass, Bermuda, yard grass, Desmodium trijlorum, Spanish 

 clover, bur clover. 



For lower elevations, dry: Paspalum dilatatum, Rhodes grass, Natal 

 redtop, fuzzy top, yard grass, smut grass, buffalo grass, bur grass, crab 

 grass, kakonakona, etc.; Desmodium trijlorum, Spanish clover, bur 

 clover; and salt bushes, ilima, pualele, prickly pear (also the spineless 

 forms), and algaroba. 



' Upon the low dry lands the problem of forage crops is more difficult 

 to solve. The annual grasses and weeds coming with the rains are 

 soon devoured. The tenacious, drough tresis ting grasses which sur- 

 vive long dry spells are unable to produce much feed during such 

 times. The result is that feed soon becomes scarce, the annuals are 

 so closely cropped that no seed is formed, and the pastures therefore 

 deteriorate from year to year. 



The most valuable grasses for low dry regions are those which will 

 withstand long drought and close cropping by live stock. For these 

 reasons buffalo grass, Bermuda grass, Paspalum dilatatum, sand bur 

 or bur grass, yard grass, and possibly smut grass are especially 



