314 GRASSES FOR THE LAWN, 



Sold in hull- by New York. 



Table showing the proportions: 

 June Grass, or Kentucky Blue Grass, Poa pratensis, L., in chaff — W8 



Red Top, Brown or Creepmg Bent, Agrostis 528 



"White Clover, TrifoUum repens L. , clean 158 



Timothy, Phleion jn'atense, L., clean. . 38 



Ergot of Agi-ostis, or Red Top, (infested with fungus) 10- 



Mixed and containing traces of the following : 



Eggs of insects. 



Dung of insects. 



Dead insects. 



Panic Grass, Patilcnni (a weed). 



Chick^veed. 



Shepherd's Purse, Capsella Btirsa'pastoriH, Moenrh (a weed). 



Dock, JSitHiftt; (a weed). 



Orchard Grass or Cock's Foot, Dactylis glonierato. I.. 



Eleoeharis, a rush or grass-like plant (a weed). 



Round Leaved Mallow, Malva rotuiidi folia. L. (a weed). 



This is sold for §5 per bushel, and is a good mixture, omitting 

 the seed of Timothy and the weeds. The house claims to have 

 have sold 70,000 packages in 1885. The same iiouse offers June 

 grass for $2.25, and Bent grass for ^-4 per bushel. 



THE "HEXDERSOX" LAAVX GRASS SEED. 



Sold hi) Xt'ir Y(irl\ 



Table showing the proportions: 



Brown or Creeping Bent or Red Top, Agrostin, in chaif 880 



June Grass or Kentucky Blue Grass, Poa j9/a/e«sis, L., in cliaff 715 



White Clover, TrifoUum repens, L., clean. 120 



Sheeji's or Hard Fescue, Festuca ovina or A-ar. dirriiisenla, L. , in chaif 110 



Perennial Rye Grass, Lolium perenne, L., in (;haff ((5 



Sweet Vernal, Anthoxanthum odoratum, L., var. Puelli, in cliaff __. 17 

 Timcjthy , PMeuvi pratense, L. , clean 10 



A few seeds of Chickweed, some Panicum, Mallow, Malva rotundi folia, 

 Ij. , (a weed), Ergot, some other weeds not recognized. 



This is much like the Central Park lawn grass previously no- 

 ticed. This one contains some seeds of small fescues apparently 



