. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. A. Spikelets ahout 1 line long: panicle-branches short. Perennial lawn and pasture grasses. B. Awnless spikelets. &lha, Linn. Creeping Bent Grass. A well known per- ennial, creeping or stoloniferous, 1-3 ft. : sheaths smooth: leaf-blade linear or narrowly lanceolate, 4-8 in. long, scabrous: panicle open, 4-
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. A. Spikelets ahout 1 line long: panicle-branches short. Perennial lawn and pasture grasses. B. Awnless spikelets. &lha, Linn. Creeping Bent Grass. A well known per- ennial, creeping or stoloniferous, 1-3 ft. : sheaths smooth: leaf-blade linear or narrowly lanceolate, 4-8 in. long, scabrous: panicle open, 4-10 in. long, the branches sometimes widely spreading: spikelets about 1 line long: ligula 1-4 lines long.— Suitable for meadows, pas- ture mixtures, or exclusively for lawn-making. Var. vulgaris, Thurb. {, With.). Bed-top. Fine Bent Grass. Distinguished from the type by the smaller ligule, which is truncate, and less than 1 line long.— Commoner in cult, than the type. Var. stoloniSera, Linn. {A. stolonlfera, Linn.). Panicle contracted linear; culms extensively creeping or stolo- niferous ; ligule 1^ lines long. EB. Awned spikelets. canina, Linn. Brown or Dog's Bent Grass. Rhode Island Bent Grass. Slender, creeping, 1-2 ft.: panicle pyramidal, 4-6 in. long : spikelets near the ends of the branches, very small, 1-9 of an in. long: small bent awn on back of flowering glume. Int. from Eu.—Makes a close sod. AA. Spikelets about K line long; panicle-branches long and hair-like. Annual ornamental grasses. B. Culms, Ivs. and panicle-branches smooth. nehulosa, Boiss & Reut. (A. capill^ris, "Rort.). Cloud Grass, Fig, 54. A low grass, with extremely delicate, feathery-like panicle and small spikelets: Ivs. few and very small. Spain.—Very useful for vases and bouquets. minutifldra, Hort. Very similar to .4. nebulosa, but smaller, with fewer Ivs. and shorter panicles. —Useful for vases and bouquets. BB. Culms, Ivs. and panicle-branches scabrous. scahra, Willd. R
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