The agricultural grasses and forage plants of the United States, and such foreign kinds as have been introduced; With an appendix on the chemical composition of grasses George Vasey

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...on many uncultivated fields and commons, and furnishes grazing from April till frost. It thrives under much grazing and many mowings, ami grows promptly after each if the soil be moist enough. Cattle and horses are loud of it if frequently out or grazed down, but if allowed to remain untouched long they will not eat it unless very hungry, as it becomes tough and unpalatable and probably difficult to digest. Professor Killebrew also speaks favorably of it and recommends it for trial under cultivation. (Plate 50.) Sporobolus Cryptandrus., This species grows chiefly in sandy soil. It is stouter than the preceding, growing in loose tufts; the culms frequently bent at the lower joints, then rising erect to the height of 2or3 feet. The leaves are mostly near the base, where the joints of the culms are short; here the sheaths are short and the blades of the leaves 5 to 6 inches long; the upper sheaths become longer and the blades shorter; the leaves are flat, but become involute in dry weather. The top of the sheath is fringed with fine soft hairs. The long and narrow panicle is for a long time completely inclosed in the very long sheath of the upper leaf, but finally emerges except the base and becomes more or less spreading. The full panicle is from 6 to 12 inches long, the branches mostly alternate or scattered, the lower ones about 1 inch apart and 2 inches long, the upper ones much closer and shorter, all flowering nearly to their bas«s with the spikelets short stalked and appressed. This species is very common in sandy fields in the Northern and Southern States, as well as over all the dry plains west of the Mississippi Piver, extending from British America to Mexico, where it furnishes a portion of the wild pasturage. It deserves observation and experi... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The agricultural grasses and forage plants of the United States, and such foreign kinds as have been introduced; With an appendix on the chemical composition of grasses (George Vasey)