. 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 FESCUE. In addition to its qualities as a pasture grass, it is said to make a very pood quality of hay, much relished by cattle. The Randall grass is highly spoken of for fall and winter pas^tures in the climate of Virginia, and, as it often remains green under the snow thr
. 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 FESCUE. In addition to its qualities as a pasture grass, it is said to make a very pood quality of hay, much relished by cattle. The Randall grass is highly spoken of for fall and winter pas^tures in the climate of Virginia, and, as it often remains green under the snow through the winter, it is not unfrequently called " Evergreen ; The Tall Fescue Grass {Festuca elatior) is also found pretty commonly in moist meadows and around farm- houses. Its panicle is con- tracted, erect, or somewhat drooping, with short branches, spreading in all directions; spikelets crowded, with five to ten flowers, rather remote, ob- long, lanceolate; leaves flat- tish, linear, acute; stems two to four feet high; root perenni- al,fibrous, somewhat creeping, and forming large tufts. Fig. 74 shows this plant at the time of flower- ing, and Fig. 75 a magnified spikelet of the same. Flowers in June and July. Intro- duced from Europe. It is a nutritive Tall Fescue Grass. Fig. 76. aud productive graSS,. 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 : J. E. Tilton
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