. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Fig. 3.—Meadow Foxtail Fig. 4.—Perennial Ray Grass. Mountain Burr GrassCenchrus montanus.—Aperennial low growinggrass, native of the hotregions of both hemis-pheres. On our lowlandplat this grass did fairlythe first year and ripened a good crop of springseeds. Failed to appearthe second year. Evi-dently too tender forour climate. Meadow FoxtailGrass—Alopecurus pra-tensis. — A mediumgrowing perennial grassnative of the temperateregions of Europe andAsia. Esteemed one ofthe best pasture grassesin Europe. The seedsold

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. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Fig. 3.—Meadow Foxtail Fig. 4.—Perennial Ray Grass. Mountain Burr GrassCenchrus montanus.—Aperennial low growinggrass, native of the hotregions of both hemis-pheres. On our lowlandplat this grass did fairlythe first year and ripened a good crop of springseeds. Failed to appearthe second year. Evi-dently too tender forour climate. Meadow FoxtailGrass—Alopecurus pra-tensis. — A mediumgrowing perennial grassnative of the temperateregions of Europe andAsia. Esteemed one ofthe best pasture grassesin Europe. The seedsold in the market isusually of very feeblevitality J-5! (On our platsthe seed sprouted verypoorly, and but fewplants grew ; these soonbecame smothered bycrab grass and best on the uplandplat, but became badlyscorched by the heat ofsummer. The seedsprouts better from fallsowing. Recommendedonly for rich and fairlyclean lands in the; pied-mont and mountain dis-tricts of the State. Perennial Ray GrassLolium perenne.—A. lowgrowing perennial grassnative of the cooler partsof Europe and

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