Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc . d its presencemay be taken as good evidence of the origin of the (Bromus secalijius), ox-eye daisy {Chrysanthe-mum leucanthemum), slender-rush (Juncus tenuis),peppergrass (Lepedium virginicum), narrow-leavedplantain, five-finger, and sorrel are also frequentlyfound. Kentucky blue-grass usually contains seed of someof the sedges (Carex spp.), slender-rush,
Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc . d its presencemay be taken as good evidence of the origin of the (Bromus secalijius), ox-eye daisy {Chrysanthe-mum leucanthemum), slender-rush (Juncus tenuis),peppergrass (Lepedium virginicum), narrow-leavedplantain, five-finger, and sorrel are also frequentlyfound. Kentucky blue-grass usually contains seed of someof the sedges (Carex spp.), slender-rush, and oftenshepherds purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), chickweed(Cerastium spp.), peppergrass, and sorrel. Dealers frequently attempt to distinguish Canadafrom Kentucky blue-grass by running the hand into theseed to see if Canada thistle spines are present. As Ken-tucky blue-grass frequently contains spines of horse-nettle (Sola?ium carolinense), which closely resemblethose of Canada thistle, this test cannot be relied uponand is apt to be misleading. Contrary to the commonbelief, Canada blue-grass seldom contains seed ofCanada thistle, although the spines are usually the seed is much easier cleaned than that of. FIG. 14—WEED-SEEDSa, Peppergrass (Lepidinm virginicum); b, Slender Rush (Juncus tennis) ;C Velvet-grass {Holcns lanatus); c/, Fivefinger (Potentilla monspe/iensis);<?, Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum lencanthemnm) ; /, Sorrel (Rumexacctosella); g False Flax (Camelina sativa) \ h. Canada Thistle(Ca ttrfm a rvensis). 67 68 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES Kentucky blue-grass, it often contains dog-fennel (A?i- themis cotida), peppergrass, and five-finger. Redtop seed usually contains but few weed seeds,among the most common being slender-rush and sor-rel. (The seeds of some of the most common weedsare shown in Fig. 14.) ADULTERATION A few of our common grass-seeds are frequentlyand wilfully adulterated. The most important of theseare orchard-grass and Kentuc
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