. Grasses and forage plants. 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. 126 YELLOW OAT GRASS. The Yellow Oat Geass, (Avena flavescens), Fig. 105, can scarcely, perhaps, be regarded as naturalized here. It is a perennial plant of slow growth and • medium quality, cultivated to some extent in France, and suitable for dry meadows and pastures. It is sometimes regarded as a weed. It fails, if cultivated alone, bu
. Grasses and forage plants. 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. 126 YELLOW OAT GRASS. The Yellow Oat Geass, (Avena flavescens), Fig. 105, can scarcely, perhaps, be regarded as naturalized here. It is a perennial plant of slow growth and • medium quality, cultivated to some extent in France, and suitable for dry meadows and pastures. It is sometimes regarded as a weed. It fails, if cultivated alone, but succeeds with other grasses, and is said to be the- most useful for fodder of any of the oat grasses. It seems to grow best with the crested dog's tail and sweet-scented vernal. It contains a larger proportion of bitter extractive than most other grasses, and for that rea- son is recommended by some English writers as a valuable pasture grass. It flowers in July. Fig. 106 represents the flower of this grass magnified. PuEPLE Wild Oat {Avena striata) is found on rocky, shaded hillsides, from New Eng- land and New York, northward. Stems tufted, from one to two feet high, and slender; leaves narrow ; panicle loose and Fig. 105. TeUow Oat Grass. Pig. 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 Louis, 1824-1889; Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889. Practical treatise on grasses and forage plants. Boston, W. F. Gill
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