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Canadian Ar/i {culture. 
in a few cases with native British grasses ; but this is the 
exception rather than the rule. Species of grasses common to 
both the prairie herbage and the British flora are Agrostis 
vulgaris, Kceleria cristata, Poa pratensis, P. annua, Triticum 
repens, T. caninum, and Hierocliloe horealis. I was surprised at 
the quantity of couch grass, Triticum repens, known in 
Canada as quick or quack grass, which came under mv notice ; 
but Professor Macoun told me that the A ariety which grows on 
the prairie is non-stoloniferous, and therefore does not form the 
bed or couch of interlacing underground stems, which are 
found so objectionable by the English farmer ; it is readily 
eaten by stock, and constitutes a most valuable grass on all 
clay and alkaline soils of the prairie. 
The following is a list of the chief prairie grasses, arranged 
alphabetically instead of in botanical sequence : — 
Systematic Name. 
Aijrotiis scahra. 
A. rulgarii'. 
Andropogon scopariu:^. 
Brizojpijrum spicattini. 
*Bouteloua oligostachijn. 
* Calamagrostis Ca itailtngis. 
Danthoiiia Cdlijoruica. 
D. intermedia. 
D. terieea. 
D. gpicata. 
Elymtis condematns. 
*GIijceTia aiioidet. 
G. distant. 
*G. teiiuijlom. 
Hierocldot hon alii'. 
Hordetim Jribatttnt. 
Kceleria crietata. 
■ Poa nitnua. 
P. cx$ia. 
P. prattims. 
P. serotina. 
*P. tenui/oJia. 
Setaria setofa. 
*>'partina ryuofnroidei'. 
*S. gracili)'. 
Sporoholux hffi roli jrif. 
iftipa conwUt. 
*S. fpartea. 
S. ririduhi. 
Triticum caniniiiu. 
*T. repet^. 
*VHfa euBpidalii. 
Zizania nqtiatira. 
Common Xame. 
TTsnal Habitat. 
Tickle grass. 
Bed top or lowland pasture 
grass. 
Purple wood grass. 
Spike grass. 
Buffalo grass. 
Blue joint gia,<-s. 
Califoniian oat grass. 
Prairie oat grass. 
Silky oat grass. 
Wild oat grass. 
'• Buucli " gruss. 
Narrow-leaved sjKar grass. 
Meadow spear grass. 
Seneca grass. Holy grass. 
Squirrel-tail grass. 
•• Bunch " grass. 
Annnal spear grass. 
Red top or June grass. 
Fowl meadow grass. 
Slender-leaved Poa. 
•• Foxtail." 
Freshwater cord gr.iss. 
Gi-actful salt-niarsli grass. 
Dropseed grass. 
" Bunch " grass. 
•• Wild oat " burtalo gi~ass. 
Feather grass. 
Dog's-tooth grass. 
Couch grass. 
llmh grass. 
Wild rice. 
River banks. 
Common. 
Sandy slopes. 
Salt marshes. 
Dry or saudy plains. 
Swamps and woods. 
Cypress hills. 
Rich prairies. 
Bow River. 
Forest openings. 
I Southern plains. 
Salt marshes. 
; Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Prairies, very 
common. 
Salt marshes. 
Dry hills and river 
banks. 
Around Winnipeg. 
Prairies. 
Everywhere. 
Wet places. 
Prairies. 
Prairies. 
Prairie marshes. 
Salt marshes. 
Dry soils. 
Rather scarce. 
Everywhere. 
Ditto. 
Thickets and river 
banks. 
Salt marshes. 
Damp prairies, 
j Swamps. 
