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Table XVIII. Permanent Lawn Grasses in Mixture. 



Meadow Foxtail, 

 Sweet-scented Vernal Grass, . 



Redtop, 



Hard Fescue, .... 

 Sheep's Fescue, 

 Meadow Fescue, 

 Red Fescue, .... 

 Italian Rye Grass, . 

 Perennial Rye Grass, 

 Timothy, . . . . " . 

 June, or Common Spear Grass, 

 Rough-stalked Meadow Grass, ■ 

 Yellow Oat Grass, . 

 Perennial Clover, . . 

 Red Clover, . . . . 

 White Clover, 



1 pound. 



1 



2 



3 



1 



4 

 2 



6 

 8 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 



6—44 



This mixture will resist the eftects of our severe droughts 

 better than those commonly used for lawns. If any thing is 

 omitted from it, the red and perennial clovers, the yellow oat . 

 grass and a part- of the rye grass could best be spared. 



If the farmer wishes to seed down for only a year or two 

 and then to break up again, the following is a good mixture. • 

 [Table XIX.] 



If the soil be moist or peaty two or three . pounds of fowl 

 meadow, {poa serotina,^ should be added. Some would prefer 

 another mixture for permanent lawn pastures, as found in table 

 XX. • 



If a fine lawn is wanted where extra attention will be paid to 

 rolling and mowing, the mixture given in table XXI. will do well, 



A mixture is often wanted for orchards or shaded fields 

 similar to that recommended in table XXII. 



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