. Botany for high schools. Botany. ECONOMIC OR USEFUL PLANTS 393 as lawn grasses, for pasture and for hay. The red top is often grown for pasture, while timothy is widely grown for hay, and the Kentucky blue grass or June grass is valuable for lawns as well as for pasture and hay. 555. The cereals, or grains.—Thj cereals, or grains, are grasses which are cultivated chiefly for the food present in the seed fruit or grain, though the straw often makes excellent fodder for stock and is used for a variety of other purposes. The chief cereals are wheat, rye, oats, barley, rice, corn or maize. 556.
. Botany for high schools. Botany. ECONOMIC OR USEFUL PLANTS 393 as lawn grasses, for pasture and for hay. The red top is often grown for pasture, while timothy is widely grown for hay, and the Kentucky blue grass or June grass is valuable for lawns as well as for pasture and hay. 555. The cereals, or grains.—Thj cereals, or grains, are grasses which are cultivated chiefly for the food present in the seed fruit or grain, though the straw often makes excellent fodder for stock and is used for a variety of other purposes. The chief cereals are wheat, rye, oats, barley, rice, corn or maize. 556. Wheat.—Wheat is believed to have originated from a species {Triticum ovatum) native to the Mediterranean Fig. 384. Bearded and bald wheat heads (common varieties of wheats grown at Pullman, Washington). From Bureau of Plant Industry. It is one of the staple crops of the north temperate regions, since wheat requires cool weather for the early stages of growth to cause it to stool and become stocky and vigorous. A great many different varieties of wheat are propagated for the different grades of flour, because of their relation to different kinds of soil or climate. The grains vary as to color and hardness. The heads vary as to bearded or bald varieties, the awns on the palets being VQry long and barbed in the bearded wheat. All of these kinds. 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 Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and Company
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