[Specimen of Grass.— T. R, Samaria.1 - The grass sent is the British Brome (Bromus mollis). It is not a grass of prominent value, particularly in our climate, as it fails when most needed, during the hottest time of the season, being an annual without much rigor2 or succulence to withstand dryness. "It has, however," Baron von Mueller remarks, "the merit of easy natural dissemination, and of the capability of living on poor soil, so that in sterile regions, not too hot, it would help to furnish pasturage."]
Bromus mollis
Please cite as “FVM-95-12-00c,” 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