. Ok seeds. Nursery stock Indiana Indianapolis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Bhojvie G^ass BRomul INERiniS. THE GREAT DROUGHT RESISTING GRASS. Irt'order to learn the opinion of the Department of Agriculture on this grass after the year's experience, we wrote them Dec. 2,1900, and give their reply below: Washington, D. C, Dec. 5,1900. Mr. J. A. Everitt, Seedsman, Indianapolis, Ind. Dear Sir—Replying to your card of recent date, I would say tkat Bromus Inerinis grass continues to grow in favor, especiallv in the northern and north-
. Ok seeds. Nursery stock Indiana Indianapolis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Bhojvie G^ass BRomul INERiniS. THE GREAT DROUGHT RESISTING GRASS. Irt'order to learn the opinion of the Department of Agriculture on this grass after the year's experience, we wrote them Dec. 2,1900, and give their reply below: Washington, D. C, Dec. 5,1900. Mr. J. A. Everitt, Seedsman, Indianapolis, Ind. Dear Sir—Replying to your card of recent date, I would say tkat Bromus Inerinis grass continues to grow in favor, especiallv in the northern and north- western States. We shall continue to recommend this grass in accordance with our expressions in the circu- lar, a copy of which I enclose. Yours truly, E. Lawson-Scribnsr, Agrostologist. The following description and instructions are taken from Circular No. 18, issued by the Department of Ag- riculture, Washington, D. C: " Smooth brome has been known in Europe for over one hundred and thirty years. The early agricultural- ists did not consider it of any value, because of its creeping root-stocks, thus resembling the dreaded couch grass. In 1884, however, Stebler and Schroeter demon- strated by experiments conducted for thirty years at Ma- gocs, Hungary, that it had the power to withstand long periods of drought when all other grasses succumbed. Its introduction to the United States must have taken place about this time, for we find the seed is offered for distribution in bulletin 22 of the California Experi- ment Station, issued Nov. 5, 1884, and the statement made that ' our experience indicates that it will do well here either with or without irrigation.' Since then the experiment stations of Colorado, Minnesota, Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota and the different grass stations of the Agricul- tural Department, Washington, D. C, have conducted extensive exper- iments, and all speak of it in the highest terms. It is a vfgorous, hardy perennial with strong, creeping
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