. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. Grasses; Juncaceae; Cyperaceae. Illustrated Descriptions of the Grasses the first of the larger grasses to bloom. The stout stems grow rapidly, and when clover fields are sweet with blossoms the coarse panicles of Orchard Grass are painted with large an- thers of purple and yellow, terra-cotta and pink, the colour varying with the soil and the abundance of light. The few branches of the flowering-head spread stiffly, and near their extremities the spikelets are crowded in dense, one
. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. Grasses; Juncaceae; Cyperaceae. Illustrated Descriptions of the Grasses the first of the larger grasses to bloom. The stout stems grow rapidly, and when clover fields are sweet with blossoms the coarse panicles of Orchard Grass are painted with large an- thers of purple and yellow, terra-cotta and pink, the colour varying with the soil and the abundance of light. The few branches of the flowering-head spread stiffly, and near their extremities the spikelets are crowded in dense, one-sided clusters. Orchard Grass is one of the most widely known of cultivated grasses, and is one that is highly valued by the farmer, since the rank growth, both in the pasture and as aftermath in the field, makes it for him the earliest grass in spring and the latest in autumn. It grows especially well in shaded places, where few grasses attain luxuriant growth, and in old orchards the coarse tussocks are very common. The sheaths differ from those of the majority of grasses in that they are perfectly closed until the inflorescence, forcing its way up, causes them to split. Like many grasses that were brought from Europe at an early date. Orchard Grass attracted little at- tention in England until re- introduced to that country Dadylh shmerata 193. 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 Francis, Mary Evans. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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