New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 333 
At the second cutting of the A plats, several plants were left 
standing to ripen seed. Although the plants blossomed freely and 
continuously, comparatively few seeds were saved. The ovary 
early separates into four distinct lobes, one to three of which often 
prove abortive. The fruit is a nutlet which easily separates from 
the receptacle, hence the tendency to shatter will render any 
attempt at propagation from seed unprofitable. 
Trials this season in both directions indicate that the plant‘is 
of no value for hay or ensilage. Its value as an agricultural plant 
is therefore confined to the soiling system. It appears to be a 
valuable addition to our list of soiling crops. The Station cows 
have eaten heartily of it whenever offered to them, and they have 
consumed the entire crop, except the portions which were used 
in trials for hay and ensilage. 
GRASSES ON SMALL Puats, 1888. - : 
Brief notes on the appearance and condition of those grasses 
and clovers which, previously grown, survived the winter : 
Agropyrum glaucum. Ag-ro-py’-rum glau’-cum. (Blue Stem.) 
Only a few stems left on plat. 
Agropyrum repens. Ag-ro-py’-rum re’-pens. (Couch, Quake, Quick, 
Quack, Witch, Wheat, Twitch, Quitch, Tommy, Dog, Chandler, 
and Squitch Grass.) 
Flourishes as a weed. No plat devoted to it. 
Agrostis canina. A-gros’-tis ca-ni’-na. (Brown Bent, Dog’s Bent, 
Mountain Red Top.) | 
Some bare spots; also bare at one end; turf fair. 
Agrostis stolonifera. A-gros’-tis sto’-lon-if’-er-a. 
Fairly turfed. 
Agrostis vulgaris. A-gros’-tis vul-ga’-ris. (Red Top, Herd’s G. in 
Penn., Fine-top, Burden’s, Bent, Rhode Island Bent.) 
Grass enough on three plats to turf one well. 
Alopecurus agrestis. Al-o-pe-cu’-rus a-gres’-tis. 
Plat half covered with small stool. 
Alopecurus pratenis. Al-o-pe-cu’-rus pra-ten’-sis. (Meadow Foxtail.) 
Strong, vigorous turf in rows. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. An-thox-an’-thum o-do-ra’-tum. (Sweet 
Vernal, Sweet Scented Vernal.) 
Small size and in stools. Plat mostly covered with oat grass, 
which has spread by seed. , 
