. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. 396 CEREALS. CHAPTER XXIV. OATS, EICE, EYE. OATS—Avena saliva. The oat grows in panicles, the calyx being two-seeded; seeds one bearded; flowers and seeds alternate in each calyx, conical in shape, the smaller awnless, the larger haying a strong bent awn of two colors; the branches of the panicle are erect when green, but bend and droop with weight of seeds as they ripen. The glumes or chaff of seed are nerved, pointed at end, longer than flower, and unequal. The- stem is hol- low, two to four feet
. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. 396 CEREALS. CHAPTER XXIV. OATS, EICE, EYE. OATS—Avena saliva. The oat grows in panicles, the calyx being two-seeded; seeds one bearded; flowers and seeds alternate in each calyx, conical in shape, the smaller awnless, the larger haying a strong bent awn of two colors; the branches of the panicle are erect when green, but bend and droop with weight of seeds as they ripen. The glumes or chaff of seed are nerved, pointed at end, longer than flower, and unequal. The- stem is hol- low, two to four feet high, and is an annual. The word oat is derived from the Saxon, and signifies eat. Avena is a Latin word, meaning desire, and re- fers to the fondness of stock for it. Sativa means sown, and is also a Latin word. The oat, like wheat and the other small grains, has an origin in antiqui- ty far beyond the ken of man. Pliny speaks of it as a diet for the sick, and in many of the profuse histories it is spoken of as a food for horses. So soon as the continent of America was settled the oat was cultivated, and sam- ples sent back to the old country as an evidence of the prosperity of the colon- ists. The Virginians did not cultivate it to the same ex- tent as the Pilgrims, nor has it ever reached that degree of. 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 Killebrew, J. B. (Joseph Buckner), 1831-1906. Nashville, The American co.
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