. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 40 i the grass is also native. Sow 2A to 3 busLels per acre. The weight of a hushel of seed is about 14 pounds. Price per bushel, $ to $ in New York. No. 114. Festuca rubra Linn. Red Fescue. This grass grows along the Atlantic coast of the New England and Middle States, and in the Northern Slates, extending westward to the Pacific. Like Festuca ovina, it presents many forms, but in some respects is superior to that species, as by its creeping rhizomes it will form a compact and durable turf. On account of this habi
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 40 i the grass is also native. Sow 2A to 3 busLels per acre. The weight of a hushel of seed is about 14 pounds. Price per bushel, $ to $ in New York. No. 114. Festuca rubra Linn. Red Fescue. This grass grows along the Atlantic coast of the New England and Middle States, and in the Northern Slates, extending westward to the Pacific. Like Festuca ovina, it presents many forms, but in some respects is superior to that species, as by its creeping rhizomes it will form a compact and durable turf. On account of this habit of growth, it is a useful grass for binding moving sands along the seacoast, or cov- ering gravelly banks and dry slopes. In Germany, Red Fescue is regarded as one of the most valuable grasses for dry, sandy meadows. Owing to the great production of fine root leaves, this species makes a good bottom grass, and as these leaves are quite soft the grass is well adapted for lawns, and is particularly recommended for those which are too much shaded for the successful growth of other lawn grasses. It is an excellent grass also for woodland parks where the soil is not sandy. European authorities have classed it with the best forage plants. It is little known in this country, hut the seed is offered for sale by our leading seedsmen, the retail price being from $ to $3 per bushel of about 14 pounds. A variety, F. rubra glaucescens Hack, (fig. 46), is the best pasture grass in the mountain meadows of North Carolina and East Tennessee. No. 115. Festuca scabrella Torr. Great Bunch-grass. (Fig. 47.) A strong perennial, growing in large tufts or bunches 1 to 3 or 4 feet high. A native of th<^ Rocky Mountain regions, extending from Colorado northward and westward to California and Oregon. It often occupies extensive mountain parks, to the ex- clusion of other grasses, where it affords excellent grazing. It may be cut for hay, of which it fur- nishes a large amount, excellent in (jual
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