timothy grass (timothigras)

[So called from Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New York to the Carol in as about 1720.] One of the most valuable of all fodder-gra es, Phleum pra tense, otherwise known as cattail or herd's -gra . It is native in parts of the Old World, also in the northeastern United States, though as a cultivated plant supposed to be introduced. It varies in height from one foot to three or more, according to the soil. Though somewhat hard and coarse when fully ripe, it is highly nutritious, and well relished by stock, if cut in flower or immediately after. It is often planted with clover; but the two do not ripen at the same time. It is the favorite and prevailing meadow-gra through a large part of the United States. Timothy-gra 2 1, Flowering Plant of ( Phleum pratense); 2, the spicate inflorescence; a, the empty timous (tī'mus), a. [Also le prop., but in Sc. legal use commonly, timeous; By a wise and timous inquisition, the peccant humours and humourists may be discovered, purged, or cut off. Bacon . timously (ti'mus-li), adv. [Also le prop. timeously; If due care be had, to follow timeously the advise of an honest and experienced physician, a period certainly may be brought about to most chronical distempers. Cheyne, On Health, p. 174. ( Latham .) Your warning is timeously made. J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, II. 432.