226 GRASS SEEDS. 



in its duration and the admiration of every tourist 

 who travels through that well cultivated and beau- 

 tiful countr}^. 



As C. L. Flint in his valuable treatise remarks : 



''The range of climate of the United States is so 

 extensive, embracing, we may almost say the tropi- 

 cal heat on the one hand and the short summer and 

 severe winters of the Canada s on the other, that the 

 grasses adapted to one region would not even suc- 

 ceed in another. Some grasses which are eminentl}" 

 adapted to sandy soils of a moist climate will not 

 grow on similar arid soils in a drier climate and un- 

 der a hotter sun." 



Every allowance therefore must be made 

 in favor of this country as regards the general ap- 

 pearance of both in the show of artificial meadow 

 and pasture lands. But I fail to perceive the advan- 

 tages Enoiish farmers have over those of K'ew York 

 state in either soil or climate in the cultivation of- 

 grasses, notwithstanding the extremes of heat and 

 cold experienced here compared with England. In 

 general the weather experienced here during the 

 spring and fall seasons is superior to what prevails 

 during the same seasons in that country. Vegeta- 

 tion here is more rapid. The land here is more 

 easily cultivated and brought quicker into a proper 

 condition for the reception of seeds than the heavy 

 clay lands of England. 



Several of the finest grasses now being cultivated 

 extensively in both countries are natives of this. 



Timothy and Orchard grass both flourish here, un- 

 der circumstances that would be attended with only 

 partial success there. In general the crops of 

 Timothj^, Orchard grass and Eed clover raised in 



