. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 16 No. 30. AntLoxanthum odoratum Linn. Sweet Vernal-grass. (Fig. 11.) A perennial, early-flowering, sweet-scented grass, introdnced into this country from Europe, and now widely distributed over the Eastern and Central States. It is an inferior fodder grass, but owing to its earliness it possesses some value in mixtures for pastures, and its sweet scent adds a pleasing fragrance to hay, of which it should form only a small percentage. The leaves have a bitter taste, and the grass is apparently unpalatable to stock, for the
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 16 No. 30. AntLoxanthum odoratum Linn. Sweet Vernal-grass. (Fig. 11.) A perennial, early-flowering, sweet-scented grass, introdnced into this country from Europe, and now widely distributed over the Eastern and Central States. It is an inferior fodder grass, but owing to its earliness it possesses some value in mixtures for pastures, and its sweet scent adds a pleasing fragrance to hay, of which it should form only a small percentage. The leaves have a bitter taste, and the grass is apparently unpalatable to stock, for they will not readily eat it. It is regarded as a serious pest in New Zealand. The stems have been used in the manufacture of imitation Leg- horn hats. Average number of grains in 1 pound of pure seed, 924,000. Price of seed quoted in New York it% catalogues, $6 per bushel. Weight per bushel, about 10 pounds. No. 31. Aristida fasciculata Torr. Needle-grass. (Fig. 12.) ISeedle-grass grows from 6 inches to a foot high, and is a native of the arid re- gions, from Montana southward to Texas, where it is particularly abun- dant in poor soils, and presents a great variety of forms. It is usually found in dry, gravelly soils on the plains, mesas, and foothills. In the Eastern and Middle States the species of Aris- tida are deemed of little or no value, but in the Southwest, where every mouthful of fodder of any sort has value, they are not wholly worthless. Aristida schiedeana and A. hromoides, growing upon rocky and desert soil in Arizona and New Mexico, supply in their thin, scattered tufts ''dainty bits seized upon by stock with avid- ; (Priugle.) No. 32. Aristida stricta Michx. Wire- grass. This is one of the "wire-grasses" of the Southern States, growing to the height of 2 or 3 feet. The simple stems are ter- minated by a narrow panicle, usually a foot in length. It is common along dry, sandy ridges and in the pine Fia. 11.—Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxan
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