Bui. 1450, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 4 
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B 
A.— A typical area in a timothy meadow in December, 1918, more than three years 
after it was sown. Between some of the plants there are small areas of bare 
soil instead of a continuous turf like that which would be produced by Ken- 
tucky blue grass and some of the other turf-forming grasses 
B— Timothy shoots of various types. At the right are two typical timothy shoots 
with heads and at the left three sterile shoots as they appear in midsummer. 
Between these groups are two shoots having smaller heads and a larger 
number of leaves than appear on normal shoots with heads; they represent 
gradations between sterile shoots and typical shoots with heads 
