HAIR GRASS-A NUISANCE.

I send sample of grass for name. Is it an
annual? It is spreading rapidly. Seems to
grow better in the shade than any other grass
I know of; is very hard to cut with scythe.
Some are getting alarmed, fearing it will run
out other grasses on lawn and door-yard;
not bad in cultivated grounds. M. B.
MANTENO ILL., Oct. 30.

Answer :- The specimen was sent to
Prof. W. J. Beal, of the Michigan Agricultural College, who replies as follows:

"The grass in question is Mulenbergia
capillaris, (hair grass) and a nuisance.
I have received six or more species of
this genus for a name within a few years.
In several cases the person sending has
feared it because it was spreading and
appeared troublesome. I have not heard,
however, that it has amounted to much
except in the shade of trees. None of
them are annuals, but have underground
stems which live over winter to shoot
up the next spring. This is the first
specimen received of this species."