Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-28


GRASS.
account ofa Natipe Grass, aVkjch affords ecrel-
Tent paSiurdge during the acuiler aud sgriag
months :; by HiiiIm Terrell
Sparta, February g. 1896
received your letter IA d-.., time, aud Aase
delayed thus ,ons, that night accompany an
| answer with A parcel of The seed and u specl
| men Of the grass, (sbout which you desire in
formdtion) iu It's nov growing state, From the
short time that have paid Intention 10 ms
grass for The purpose oil propagatins It, fear
That can hardiy give you such information As
may determine It's value and as | know no'l-
ing OF botany, cannot give you its distinctive
character. The g ass is doubtless, nativr,
as have seen il growing IN the neighbo' HOOD
OF this place upon imclosed creek bouom land
The oclI from which my seed originally came
grew Oh the banks OF the Savannah rlver, AMI
were procured by a Mr. Burton VINO then lived
there, some twenty years ago since lCh time
he reformed me he had kept in stock by pul-
tug down an acre or more wherever he had
lived The cultivation OF foreign or native
grasses for hay, 50 far a. am informed has
Teen but imperiecily attempted, aud always
unsuc cpssfuliy M this state even i1r pasture.
No pains are ever taken 10 prepare he ground
and, cons quentlY, nothing That deserves TO be
called an abundant pasture field, IS ID be seen
m our plantations. The labor hnd attention
necessary t. produce CROPS OF grass for hay,
and, possibly, the proper prepai alton oi pas
lure lands may br compatible with the success
fu cultivation Of aur great s'ape, (cOltou.) Its
therefore, that have looked via particular
satisfaction on th, naive, as being likely to
afford either hay or pasture without much at
fentior. and / nlher labor ihan is necessary To
a,4.At IN no ba
aualnjes which think may be said to recon-
mend II, are these 1t 10 perennial, and grows
well during autumn, winter and sprmg-r
grows we'll on any iolerablr soil. though il
prefers moist lands II keeps possession TO The
exclusion of all other grasseS;u grows tall 2.
nuugh for hav, aud produces abundance OF
seed. the sepa s,alk growing five feet nigh, aud
resembles rye ii may be sown broad cast or
in drills and Though small aud uupfomIslng
when ii first puis up, II soon grows vigorous
w. | think from the seeds aud blades sent,
You will be- able TO deter mlne II II Ia the same
Kind OF grass you have referred 10 III your
letter.
The little plant which have was sown in
nv garden IN drlIh, and ma attention pad TO II
mat might determine its hardness aud lis
an,iuae to extend iIse: either by branching
from the root or by seed. The second year II
pretty well covered The ground, extending Itself
in both ways. will only add that hOIses and
cattle eat II freely,
l., reference 10 your enquiry about the kinds
and use that may have made OF manures,
eau only say that have nade no experiments
worthy yonr attention, saving aud applying on
|, such as we've formed about my stables aud
cowpens, and these, dare say, ilJudlciousy.
remain, yours &C.
WILLIAM TERRELL.
Noie.-On examining he plants aud seeds Of
the grass sent u ny MIR. TefrIIl, We find ii to be
the same as hat which we have onder culuva-
IIon. and 10 which We alluded III our review
Of" Twamley on the Dairy see page 263, OF
HE current volume. We think II highly de-
serving OF more extended cultivation. IL will,
an GOOD sol, afford as excellent pasIurHgr
Auriag the winter, as any grass we have, either
foreign or native, VIII during the summer. We
lo not venture this opinion rashly, but aliei
having il under cultivation Tor SIX or seven