. 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. sheep's fescue. 97 Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), Fig. 68, is known by its narrow panicle; short, tufted, bristle-shaped leaves, of a grayish color, some- what tinged with red; its spike- lets two to six flowered; awn often nearly wanting. Its flower is shown magnified in Fig. 69. It grows from six to ten inches high, in dense, perennial
. 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. sheep's fescue. 97 Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), Fig. 68, is known by its narrow panicle; short, tufted, bristle-shaped leaves, of a grayish color, some- what tinged with red; its spike- lets two to six flowered; awn often nearly wanting. Its flower is shown magnified in Fig. 69. It grows from six to ten inches high, in dense, perennial- rooted tufts, forming an excel- lent pasturage for sheep. It flowers in June and July, in the dry pastures of New Eng- land, westward to Lake Supe- rior, and northward. Hard Fescue Grass (Festuca duriuscula) is also found to some extent, though not so commonly as the small fescue. It is by some regarded as a variety of the sheep's fescue, taller, and with a panicle more open, leaves flat, and spikelets fou r to eight flowered. It grows from one to two feet high. Flowers in June, in pastures and waste grounds. The Red Fes- cue {Festuca ru- bra), by some re- garded as only a variety of the preceding, is one Elg. 88. Sheep's Pesciie. Jfig- e»- of the largest of. 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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