. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. GRAMINEAE {GRASS FAMILY) 59 Ground largely overgrown with this grass should be put under cultivation and then be reseeded with other and better forage plants. PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS Lblium perinne, L. Other English names: Ray-grass, Common Darnel. Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: June to July. Seed-time: July to August. Range: Nearly throughout the northern United States Habita
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. GRAMINEAE {GRASS FAMILY) 59 Ground largely overgrown with this grass should be put under cultivation and then be reseeded with other and better forage plants. PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS Lblium perinne, L. Other English names: Ray-grass, Common Darnel. Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: June to July. Seed-time: July to August. Range: Nearly throughout the northern United States Habitat: Fields, meadows, pastures, and roadsides. The seeds of this grass closely resem- ble those of the much more expensive and valuable Meadow Fescue and are sometimes used by unscrupulous dealers in substitution or adulteration. It cannot properly be called a weed, though in this country it often proves unenduring and unprofitable, particu- larly in dry seasons, on light soils. It is a grass that requires moist ground and a cool, moist climate to thrive well, which is the reason it is so highly esteemed in the northern latitudes such as England and Scotland. Experiments at Woburn demonstrated that its nutri- tive value is very low and its aftermath the lowest of all cultivated grasses. When allowed to seed it is very ex- haustive to the soil. (Fig. 29.) Culm ten to thirty inches tall, erect and smooth. Sheaths shorter than the internodes ; leaves flat and smooth, two to five inches long. Spike terminal, three to eight inches long, the spikelets set with the edge to the rachis, the. Fig. 29. ââ Perennial grass (Lolium perenne).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 1859-1921. New York : Macmillan
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