218 GPvASS SEEDS. 



reproductive powers, permanency in the soil, and the 

 facilities tliey offer for tlieir propagation by seed* 

 The proportions in wliicli the seeds of the different 

 species sliould be mixed for permanent pasture : 



Orchard Grass (Dactylis G-lomerata) 24 



Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurns Pratensis) 10 



Meadow. Fescue (Festuca Pratensis) 28 



Sweet Scented Vernal (Anthoxanthum Odoratum) 5 



Rough Stalked Meadow (Poa Trivialis) 30 



Timothy (Plileum Pratense) 15 



Tall Pat G-rass (Arrhenatherum Avenaceum) .... 5 



Hard Fescue (Festuca Duriuscula) 20 



Crested Dogs Tail (Cynosurus Crista tus) 26 



iN^erved Meadow Grass (Glyceria K'ervata) 10 



AYood Meadow Grass (Poa Nem oralis) 15 



Fiorin (Agrostis Stolonifera) 5 



Kye Grass (Lolium Perenne) 25 



Italian Pye Grass (Lolium Italicum) 20 



White Clover (Trifolium Repens) 15 



Alsyke Clover (Trifolium Hybridum) 5 



Red Clover (Trifolium Perenne) 12 



Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) 4 



The proper quantity of grass seeds to sow per acre 

 is a point of the greatest importance as regards to 

 the expense of the seed and the speedy formation of 

 the most valuable sward. The circumstances of soiJ, 

 tilth and weather, at the time of sowing, all influence 

 in a great degree the successful vegetation of the seed. 

 Should less seed be sown than is sufficient to furnish 

 every part of the soil with plants of grass, a propor- 

 tionate loss of time, labor and land will be suffered. 

 Minute vacancies of plants in a recently made past- 



