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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Beal, W. J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Professor of Botany and Forestry in Michigan Agricultural College |
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| Monograph Title: | Grasses of North America for Farmers and Students: Comprising Chapters on their Physiology, Composition, Selection, Improving, Cultivation, Management of Grass Lands; Also Chapters on Clovers, Injurious Insects, and Fungi, 1887. |
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| Publishing Information: | Lansing, Michigan: Thorp & Godfrey |
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| Edition: | 1st |
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| # of Pages: | 470 |
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| Collation: | xiii, 457 pp. |
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| Series: | Grasses of North America 1st edition |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Grasses; Lawn turf; Seed mixtures; Seed testing; Establishment; Ornamental grasses
Dutch Turfgrass Research Foundation Keywords: 208-C; Grasses; Grasslands; Sward renovation; Farmers; Sports grounds; USA; Monograph
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: The Structure, Form and Development of the Grasses (Protoplasm; Cells; Chlorophyll; Roots; Trichomes, Root-Hairs; The Stem; The Leaf; The Sheath; The Blade; Minute Structure of the Leaf; The Epidermal System; The Epidermis Proper; The Bulliform Cells; The Stomata; Trichomes; Bulliform Cells; Movements of Leaves; Fibro-Vascular Bundles; Hypodermal Fibrous Tissue; Parenchyma of the Leaf; The Tortion of Leaves; Generic and Specific Characters in the Leaf; The Bracts and Flowers; Morphology of the Bracts and Flowers; Fertilization of the Flowers; The Caryopsis or Grain; and The Seed); The Power of Motion in Plants; Plant Growth (Germination of Seeds; The Function of Green Leaves; The Plant is a Factory; The Composition of Plants; and The Chemical Composition of American Grasses); Classifying, Naming, Describing, Collecting, Studying (Plant Affinity; Families of Greatest Worth; Gramineæ, the Grass Family; The Name of a Plant; Collecting and Preserving Grasses; Grasses in Certain Places; and How to Begin the Study); Native Grazing Lands (Effect of Over-Feeding Dry Districts; The Native Pastures; The Native Grasses of the Pacific Slope; The Agricultural Grasses of Montana; The Native Grasses of the Great Basin; The Native Grasses of Northern Mexico; and How Seeds Are Distributed); Grasses for Cultivation (Phleum, Timothy; Dactylis, Orchard Grass; Arrhenatherum, Tall Oat-Grass; Festuca, Tall Fescue; Meadow Fescue; Sheep's Fescue; Hard Fescue; Poa pratensis, June Grass; Poa Compressa, Flat-Stemmed Poa, Wire Grass; Poa serotina, Fowl Meadow Grass; Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass; Poa arachnifera, Texas Blue Grass; Agrostis Vulgaris, var. alba, Red Top; Agrostis alba, Creeping Bent Grass; Agrostis canina, Brown Bent Grass; Alopecurus pratensis, Meadow Foxtail; Anthoxanthum, Sweet Vernal Grass; Lolium perenne, Perennial Rye Grass; Italian Rye Grass; Cynodon, Bermuda Grass; Agropyrum repens, Quack Grass; Sorghum halapense, Johnson Grass; Setaria Italica, Hungarian Grass; Deyeuxia, Blue Joint; Muhlenberg's Grass; Pennisetum spicatum, Pearl Millet; Panicum Texanum, Texas Millet; Avena flavescens, Yellow Oat-Grass; Holcus lanatus, Velvet Grass; Holcus mollis, Creeping Soft Grass; and Cynosurus cristatus, Crested Dog's Tail); Early Attempts to Cultivate Grasses (Meadows of the Romans; The First Meadows of Great Britain; Progress Has Been Very Slow; Why Grasses Are Not Better Known; What Have Been Sown in Great Britain; and What Have Been Sown in the United States); Testing Seeds, Some Common Weeds (Seed Stations and Their Work; What Sorts Usually Germinate and What Will Not; Will Seeds Sprout More than Once; How to Procure Good Seeds; Weeds in the Meadow; and How to Get Rid of Weeds); Grasses for Pastures and Meadows (What is Now Sown in Great Britain; List of Grasses for the North; Grasses for the South; and Grasses for Winter Pasture At the South); Preparation of the Soil and Seeding (Drainage; How Much Seed to Sow; Sowing the Seed; Seeding by Inoculation; Seeding Grasses with Grain; Sowing Grass Without Grain; and Sowing Seed Where Grasses Already Occupy the Land); Care of Grass Lands (Permanent Pastures vs. Alternate Husbandry; The Advantages of a Rotation of Crops; Pasture Yields More Nourishment Than Meadow; Care of Pastures; Care of Meadows; What Manures to Apply; The Battle in the Meadow; The Effect of Manures; Green Manuring; Manuring and Drainage Improve the Quality of Grasses; and Effects of Irrigation); Making Hay (Cutting and Curing Hay; Making Clover Hay in One Day; Drying By Furnace Heat or By a Fan; Stacking Hay; Fermentation of New Made Hay; and Saving Seeds); Look the World Over For Better Grasses and Improve Those We Now Have (Some Requisites For Success in a Grass; The Best Soil and Climate for Pasture Grasses; New Grasses for New or Old Stations; Improving By Selection; and Improving by Cross-Fertilization of the Flowers); Grasses for the Lawn, The Garden, and For Decoration (The Lawn; Various Mixtures of Seeds For the Lawn; and Ornamental Grasses); The Leguminosæ, Pulse Family (Pulse Family Proper; Clover, Trifolium; Trifolium pratense; Early History; Extent of Roots; The Flower; Bumble Bees a Great Help in Fertilizing; The Sleep of Leaves; A Little Agricultural Chemistry; The Uses and Value; Red Clover in Many Lands; Clover as a Weed Exterminator; Putting in the Seed; Care of the Young Clover; Winter Killing and Remedies; The Best Time for Cutting For Hay; Saving Clover Seed; Relative Value of Dark and Light Colored Seed; Variation of Red Clover; The Model Plant; Clover Sickness; Hoven; Alsike Clover; White Clover; Crimson or Italian Clover; Lucerne or Alfalfa; Black and Spotted Medick; Burr Clover; Melilotus, Sweet Clover; Lupine; Furze or Gorse; Vicia, Vetch, Tare; Pisum, Pea; Dolichos, Cow Pea; Lespedeza striata, Japan Clover; and Prickly Comfrey, Borage); The Enemies of Grasses and Clovers (Mice and Shrews; Moles; Pocket Gophers; Woodchucks; Insects; Insects Injurious to Clover; Hylastes Trifolii, Clover-Root Borer; Languria Mozardi, Clover-Stem Borer; Phytonomus punctatus, Clover-Leaf Beetle; Cecidomyia Trifolii, Clover-Leaf Midge; Oscinis Trifolii, Clover-Leaf Oscinis; Tortrix, Sericoris, Leaf Rollers; Drasteria erechtea, Clover Drasteria; Colias philodice, Common Yellow Butterfly; Insects Attacking Clover Seed; Cecidomyia leguminicola, Clover Seed Midge; Grapholitha, Clover-Seed Caterpillar; Asophia costalis, Clover-Hay Worm; Insects Injurious to Grass Crops; Lachnosterna fusca, May Beetle, White Grub; Agrotians, Cut Worms; Leucania unipunctata, Army Worm; Elaters, Wire Worms; Blissus lencopterus, Chinch Bug; Caloptenus, Locusts or Grasshoppers; and Crambus vulgivagellus, Vagabond Crambus); and The Fungi of Forage Plants (Corn-Smut; The Leaf-Smut of Timothy; Grass-Rust; Clover-Rust; Ergot; The Cat-Tail Grass Fungus; The Black-Spot Disease of Grass; The Black-Spot Disease of Clover; The Violet Root-Fungus; The Grass-Mildew; The Sclerotium Disease of Clover; The Grass-Peronospora; The Clover-Peronospora; The Seedling Rot; and Fairy-Ring Fungi). |
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Subject Headings: | Grasses -- Diseases and pests -- North America; Grasses -- North America; Forage plants -- North America; Grasses; Forage plants; Gramíneas forrageiras |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 86 |
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| See Also: | See also 2nd edition, Volume I, 1896, R=96494 R=96494
See also 2nd edition, Volume II, 1896, R=185289 R=185289 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Turf books online |
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| Note: | Figures
Tables
Includes "Debris"; pp. 432-433
Includes index; pp. 437-457 |
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "An early, widely used, practical book concerning grasses and their use, primarily for agriculture purposes. It includes the anatomy, morphology, physiology, growth, taxonomy, description, culture, and pests. There is a chapter on Grasses for the lawn, the garden, and for decoration, plus a bibliography in the back." p. 158-159 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Quotable quotes | "Owing to the difficulty of learning to recognize the seeds, the purchaser is usually at the mercy of the dealer, whose interest it is to enshroud in mystery the whole subject of grasses for the lawn." p. 310
"In conclusion, if not so already, make the soil strong, drain thoroughly, deeply pulverize, harrow and hand-rake the surface carefully. In early Spring, or in early Autumn if not dry, sow, without any wheat or oats, three or four bushels to the acre of June grass or red top, either one or a mixture of both in any proportion." p. 317 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Beal, W. J. 1887. Grasses of North America for Farmers and Students: Comprising Chapters on their Physiology, Composition, Selection, Improving, Cultivation, Management of Grass Lands; Also Chapters on Clovers, Injurious Insects, and Fungi. 1st. ed. xiii, 457 pp. Lansing, Michigan: Thorp & Godfrey. |
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