S90
Tfin au .mot:.
regarded r Irving pronounced a hasty deer ion.
curs truly, JOIINBACIIMAN.
TTflMiwa, Yf.hHficId Co., Ga.,Sej4. 14, 1C53.
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Charleston, S. C.f Oct. 3, 1355. ,
Editors Southern Cultivator: fiaving arrived
at home and received the proof sheets of the above,
I have had leisure as well as an opportunity of con
sulting authorities, and comparing specimens, 1 be
lieve my designation of the species as given above,
which was nearly all I intended in the article, Trill
be found correct.
If I have not already trespassed too much I will
yet crave your indulgence whilst I make ft few sug-gestions-that
may be of some benefit to fanners,
more especially those who are desirous of cultivat
ing the grasses lor pasturage and hay, and of reno
vating their soils by a rotation of crops.. ,
1. Preserve tpethxens of the various grasses, in order
that yon may, at all times, know whut you are cul
tivating and that you may be saved from imposition
or other disappointments. For this purpose prepare
a. volume of folio M7.e. wit a altrrnate leaves of soft,
spongy and common writing p;ipcr. On the soft
paper, on the right, attach your specimens of grass
es. On the top border, the breadth of tLc paper,
paste ft strip of writing paper an inch broad, on
which the name of the genus should be written. Th?
specimen having been pressed for a week between
I several folds of spongy paper and chanced once or
fact of its wida diffusion. To this may be remarked i jwice int0 drv papcr? ,nust now, in its dried state, l?e
that wc have no evidence that the same npecW bus j carcfnuy fAgtcd on the right page of your book a
in any instance been .crwtcd in two widely K-paral- j strip of paper with the name of the species attached
ed localities. The fact that this species is oulv nut- j ,ASl'cns tbc tflm of thc plant to the paper near the
uralizcd in a few ioaalltiej in thc Atlantic States and j boltoni 0n the opposite, or -left side, containing
the rapid manner m whicii seeds arc sprc an, wi.i ea- ; thc wril?nfir pnpc. vou mnUc your notes on the spe-
ctlv-WitAimt for 'its frencral extension, ami leads to ! i,s '-.-- m:
hv..-. o rivs your cspt'niuuus in I'uiuvuuug u, c. x no
the conclusion that it was brought to this country j hook bc pftgD(i; An alphabetical index of each'
they belong to different genera. No. 1C is an admin
able pasture grass, relished by cattle above all other
grasses. It succeeds admirably at air. O'Hcar's cat
tle farm, and on our whole seaboard. It is, howev
er, a short grass, only fit for grazing, and i9 said not
to flourish beyond the atmospcerc of the ocean.
No. U. This species has for many years existed on
tho plantation of Mr. Mathews, on JamcsMsland.
He represented it as green In winter and an excel
lent winter and spring grass. Elliott says: (vol. 1,
p. 102) "This plant appears to be worth cultivating
as a spring grass. I havp seen it en James Island
in a dry soil." No. 18. ArrhenatherumAvenaccum
Beam's Common Oat-like Grass (Lindlcy's System,
p. Ilokus Avenaccus, Scop (English Botany,
t. 813; A vena e!aUor, Linn. Avcna chitior (Muh
lenbug's Catalogue, Dr. .Eaton's Botany, p. 43.)
Arrhcnalhcrm nvenaceus (Hooker's British Flora,
p. 3D, Dr. Gray's Botany of the ICorthern States.)
This is one of the species cultivated by Mr. Stan
ford, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Peters and others, and highly
Recommended. By some Botanists it has been sup
posed to be a 'species 'differing from the European. I
have compared specimens, with those from Pennsyl
vania those found in an uncultivated state on thc
borders of the Santce, and also those sent to me by
Mr. Stanford, nud can find no characters by which
they differ. One Botanist, I am informed, has ex
pressed an opinion, that, although of the same spe
cies, it may have originated in America, from thc
among oiucr sccus. n v.., merciorr, a run: spcriw : Greets (0 tlie pngc whf,ro thc spcciraCn cam in;
in Pennsylvania m uc time oi .Muwcui.iirp. and is ,A TriMn(rnt) 10 referred to. I have seen in England;;
expressly given as cultivated (p. U3.) J regard it, j f;cnnanv ftnd Fr.mcc snmll volUmes in which the"
therefore, tis thc European species transplanted at an j Vrtrions were pasted on one side of. the page,
' wiy period into America, having become natural- j un(1 on lhe other, printed descriptions and direction's
Ucd, and flourishing most in soils beat adapted to ; in thc ).w,rmtf the several countries,' giving tho
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us growin, more vspcviaiiy in inc i.ir j names, qualities and mode of cultivation. A work
I regard Xos. 0, 11, 17, and 13 a wl-itcr grasses j of tlua kind, like that of KaveueH on thc Musci,
that are deserving of the careful cultivation nud the j would be invaluable In our country.
patient experiments of 'the Agriculturist. In con-1 2. Ld the South ri&. her oun Graf8ccds.--7hh
elusion, I cannot but express the l.jie that it may j will tave them not only expenses, bnt seenre thera
not be regarded as too presumptuuu if tt gentle "against many i:r.pa-ition and di?appomtmentf,
hint should W giva to planters not to condemn 'j tho seeds when old, have lost their vegetable power,
hastily, any grass if it has not kucckom! mi thctir?t j There is in raisrtg our own grass seeds another ad
trial. SViU and culture differ. Te m in who, with j vantage which appears to have been, in a great mens
n.pooi, badly cultivated soil, shn.-iM pronounce the J nr?-, overlooked. Vou will, in this case, by uccs
cnitivation of Corn a humbug, beMnv . iiB n? ! Kov.-ing of Southern ?r:. ff cd. pfC'dtice varic
nccM.Sn mwViaj 3 bnhrl te u f.i, Fitjh b -f irm - ? n!in otn c-f Tvrti ci' or Ncrl'.