The grass of which you sent a specimen I find to be Bromus scoparius, from the countries at the Mediterranean Sea. It has two other, but more recent, names— B. humilis and B. confertus. It is not a desirable grass, as the spikelets are two bristly, and as the root is annual, or perhaps biennial only, it would thus be failing in the height of summer when particularly grasses are wanted on our pastures. It is also smaller altogether than most species of Bromus.
Bromus confertus
Bromus humilis
Bromus scoparius
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 24 December 1892, p. 10 (B92.12.06). It is introduced by
Name of Grass. — Inquirer, Donald.— There were two species of grass in the last parcel you sent. The greenest of the two is Bromus unioloides, a highly valuable grass; the other, the same as the first you sent, we submitted to the Government botanist (Baron von Mueller), who says:—
Please cite as “FVM-92-12-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on