424 
Percentage of water in green grass. 80.20 
Percentage of asb in green grass... 1.55 
Percentage of nutritive matter in dry bay. 2.18 
Percentage of asb in dry bay_;... 7.82 
GENUS 5. PHLEUM. Linnceus. 
(Greek — phlcos, tbe ancient name of some plant, supposed to be tbe Cat-tail.) 
Glumes 2, equal, carinate much longer than the paleae, rostiate or mucro- 
nate; paleae 2, thin, included in the glumes, truncate, awnless; styles distinct; 
stigma plumose, with simple hairs; scales two, unequally two lobed, glabrous; 
caryopsis ovoid, closely covered with the paleae. 
10. Phleum Pratense. Linnceus. 
Timothy. Herd’s grass* (in New York and New England). Meadow 
cats-tail of Europe. 
Culm erect; spike cylindrical elongated; glumes cyliate on the back,'trun¬ 
cate, tipped with a bristle less than half their length; anthers purplish. Pe¬ 
rennial; flowers in June, and ripens the seed in July; culms 2 to 4 feet high. 
Associated with clover this is, and perhaps deservedly, about the only grass 
cultivated for hay or pasture in Wisconsin. Sinclair found the culms to 
contain more nutritive matter than any other grass examined by him; and this 
matter continues to increase until the seed is fully ripened. It is not so valua¬ 
ble when cultivated alone. 
It was introduced into England from Virginia, by Mr. Peter Wyche, about 
the year 1760. Its name of Timothy is derived ftom Timothy Hanson, who* 
first brought its seeds from New York to Carolina. 
It is extensively cultivated in all the North-western States. A native of 
Europe and Asia, from whence it was introduced into the United States. 
An acre of ground will yield from one and a half to two tons of hay; or, if 
cultivated for the seed, about tbrity bushels are obtained. It requires a rich 
soil to produce the best crop; and the strength of the soil must be kept up by 
artificial means, for Timothy very soon exhausts its virtues. 
A legal bushel of Timothy-seed in Wisconsin is forty-six pounds. 
* In Pennsylvania and tbe States south of it, this name is applied exclusively to 
Hed-top, Agrostis vvlgaru. 
