. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 64 pasture orasses. It requires a good soil containing some lime in order to yield profitable crops. It is largely employed in the Eastern and Middle States as a lawn frass. lor which use it is well adapted. It makes a good, firm sod, and is particularly well suited for turfing the slopes of terraces and embankments, where the soil is good. There are several varieties, which difi'er chiefly in the breadth and length of the leaves, particularly those at the base of the stem. It is not so well adapted for the production of h
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 64 pasture orasses. It requires a good soil containing some lime in order to yield profitable crops. It is largely employed in the Eastern and Middle States as a lawn frass. lor which use it is well adapted. It makes a good, firm sod, and is particularly well suited for turfing the slopes of terraces and embankments, where the soil is good. There are several varieties, which difi'er chiefly in the breadth and length of the leaves, particularly those at the base of the stem. It is not so well adapted for the production of hay as it is for pasturage. It should enter into all mixtiires designed for permanent pasture. The slender stems of this grass attord an excellent material for tlie manufacture of the iiner kinds of Leghorn hats. Good and well-cleaned seed should have 95 per cent purity and 50 per cent germinating power. The pow er of germination, how- ever, is usually much below this figure. When used for lawns, sow at the rate of 3 bushels per acre. According to Steb- ler and Schroeter, the seeds should never be covered, but only rolled after sowing, because they germinate better in the light than in darkness. This is the June-grass of the Northern States, Green-grass of rennsylvaiiia, and Smooth-stalked Mead- ow-grass of England. No. 208. Poa subaristata Vasey. Vasey's Sj)ear-gra8S. A iKiciinial, from central Montana, where it is common on dry hills and mountain sh)pes, forming a large percentage of the grass and supplying good pasturage. It is an excellent species for cultivation in Northern pastures. No. 209. Poa trivialis Linn. Ivough-stalked Meadow-grass. An erect perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, with an open, spreading panicle, closely related to Kentucky Blue-grass, from Avhich it diflers in having no conspicuous root- stock and the stem distinctly rough below the panicle. It has been cultivated for many years in England, and is now liighly esteemed as an ingredient in mixtures for permanen
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