. Steckler's seeds : 1905 . iesin the time ofstarting growth. We have seen it readyfor mowing the first of October, andfurnish frequent cuttings till April. Againit may not start before January, nor be readyto cut until February. This depends uponthe moisture and depression of once started its growth, after succes-sive cuttings or grazing, is very rapid. It istender, very sweet, and stock eat it makes also a good hay. It produces animmense qukntity of leaves. On loose soilsome of it may be pulled out by animalsgrazing it. We have seen it bloom as earlyas November,
. Steckler's seeds : 1905 . iesin the time ofstarting growth. We have seen it readyfor mowing the first of October, andfurnish frequent cuttings till April. Againit may not start before January, nor be readyto cut until February. This depends uponthe moisture and depression of once started its growth, after succes-sive cuttings or grazing, is very rapid. It istender, very sweet, and stock eat it makes also a good hay. It produces animmense qukntity of leaves. On loose soilsome of it may be pulled out by animalsgrazing it. We have seen it bloom as earlyas November, when the season has favored it,and no grazing or cutting were it makes little start before v/hether late or early starting, it may begraced or mowed frequently, until April, itstill will mature seed. It has become natu-ralized in limited portions of Texas, Louis-iana, Mississippi, Alabama, and perhaps otherStates. It is a very pretty grass in all itsstages; and especially so when the culms, two. Rescue Grass. or three feet high, are gracefully bending theweight of the diffuse panicle with its manypedicelled flattened spikelets, each an inchor more long and with twelve to sixteenflowers. We would not, however, advisesowing this grass on poor land with the expec-tation of getting a remunerative return. Ittillers abundantly under favorable conditions. JAPAN CLOVER. Lespedeza Striata, There is now so much inquiry about thisplant, so much confusion, lack of knowledgeand confounding with or mistaking for it an-other worthless species, and also the sameerrors in regard to a small genuine clover,that it is deemed proper to give some correctinformation on the subject. History—To botanists this plant has beenknown for many generations in its nativehabit in China and other eastern parts ofAsia. Finding its v/ay to Japan it encoun-tered congenial climate and soil, and rapidlyspread over the entire country occupying allwaste places, which it has continued to
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