. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. Smooth-stallced meadow Grass. From a creeping root the foliage of this grass begins to shoot and to assume a beautiful ver- dure very early in spring. The seeds are borne on a panicle of a light and graceful structure. This grass delights in a rather dry situation, and hence it keeps green in long-continued droughts better than the other gr
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. Smooth-stallced meadow Grass. From a creeping root the foliage of this grass begins to shoot and to assume a beautiful ver- dure very early in spring. The seeds are borne on a panicle of a light and graceful structure. This grass delights in a rather dry situation, and hence it keeps green in long-continued droughts better than the other grasses, yet it will also thrive in a moist locality. It is seen growing on the top of a dry wall, and also flourishing in a wet meadow. It only flowers once a-year, while some of the other grasses are running to seed very frequently; from this circumstance it is well adapted for lawns, where smoothness and uniformity of appearance are desired. In dry soils this grass is apt to fall off in the quantity of foliage; and on the whole, is not reckoned a very productive one to the agriculturist. Rmigh-stallced meadow Grass (poa trimalis). In appearance this grass is very like the preced- ing, yet there are some marked distinctions. The poa pratensis has a smooth stalk, the trimalis a rough one, which is very perceptible when the latter is drawn across the fingers, and which arises from a number of little sharp setse or points, placed on the leaf. The trivialis has a long-pointed membrane at the base of the leaf; the pratensis a short blunt one. While the smooth-stalked meadow grass is found chiefly in dry pastures, the rough-stalked principally occurs in moist meadows, or on the edge of wet ditches. It loves moisture and a sheltered situation; hence, though there are few grasses more pro- ductive, or better adapted for hay or pastm-age, it is a tender grass, and liable to be injured by severe cold or excessive drought. Crested Dog's-tail Grass (cynosurits cristatusj,. d Crested Dog'a-
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