. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. 100 TALL 1'ESC UK. i . I I U 111 iulditinii t(. its ipialitios iis a pasttirc gTass, it is said to luakc a wvy ou,„l (quality of !i„y, nmcli vdisliod I'.v cattle, 'li,,. iJandiill is liiglily spoken (.f I'or lal] and winter j)asturi's in the fliniale of Vii-uinia. and, as it oi
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. 100 TALL 1'ESC UK. i . I I U 111 iulditinii t(. its ipialitios iis a pasttirc gTass, it is said to luakc a wvy ou,„l (quality of !i„y, nmcli vdisliod I'.v cattle, 'li,,. iJandiill is liiglily spoken (.f I'or lal] and winter j)asturi's in the fliniale of Vii-uinia. and, as it oilen remains green nudcr the snow tlii'onnJi the winter, it is not unl're(inently called " Evergreen ; Tlie ^J\mj. Fkscik Grass { (/(i/t'ur) is also iound pretty coininonly in moist meadows and around larni- liouses. Its panicle is con- tracted, ei-ect, or .somewliat drooping, with shortbranclies, spieading in all directions; spikcdetfi crowded, witiitiveto ten llowers, rather remote, ob- long, lanceolate : leaves tlat- tisli, linear, acute: stems two to four feet liigh; root perenni- al, iii irons, sonunvhatci'ceninu, and Ibrming large tuits. Fig. 74 sliows this plant at the time of flower- ing, and Fig. 75 a magnified spikelet of the same. Flowers in June and .Inly. Intro duced from Europe. Tt is a nutritive Fig. 74. Tall '(iiass. I'ifi. 75. .aiid pi'oductivc ,. 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 Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. Boston : Lee and Shepard
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