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versally been found to be very low, while the germinating power 

 of the common sorts, such as are raised in this and neighboring 

 States, has been satisfactory. 



CHICAGO PARKS MIXTUEE. 



Sold by Chicago, Illinois. 



The table shows the relative proportion of the different kinds 

 of seeds found : 

 June Grass, or Kentucky Blue Grass, Poa pratensis, L. , in the chalf 1740 



White Clover, Trifolium repens, L. , clean 90 



Sweet Vernal, AntJwxanthum odoratum, L. , in chaff 31 



Perennial Rye Grass, Lolium perenne, L. , in chaff - 85 



Orchard Grass, Cock's Foot, Dactylis glomerata, L., in chaff 30 



Red Top, Brown or Creeping Bent, Agrostis, in chaff 16 



Timothy, Plileum pratense, L. , clean 6 



Mixed and containing traces of .the following 15 



Velvet Grass, Holcus lanatus, L. , in chaff (a weed). 



Sedge, Carex (worthless). 



(Narrow?) Dock, Rumex (a weed). 



Panic Grass, Panicum (worthless). 



duckweed, Stellaria (a weed). 



This mixture is advertised as especially adapted to the inland 

 and western States, and costs 25 cents per quart or $4.00 per 

 bushel. 



As will be seen, it consists mainly of June grass, which the 

 same house offers at $1.50 per bushel; and the latter, if pure 

 and sowed alone, is far preferable for a lawn to this mixture. 

 Besides those marked weeds, the others which are most objec- 

 tionable are orchard grass, a coarse, bunchy grass, Timothy, 

 which is too coarse and short lived, perennial rye grass, which 

 just takes the cream of the soil for a few years and then dies out. 



FINE MIXED LAWN GRASS. 



Sold in lidlc by - Detroit, Mich. 



Table showing the proportions : 



June Grass, or Kentucky Blue Grass, Poa pratensis, L., in chaff... 827 

 Perennial Rye Grass, Lolium perenne, L. , in chaff 470 



