GRASSES FOR THE LAWN. 313 



Ribbed Grass Plant ago lanceolota L. (a weed). 



Chick weed (a weed). 



Nonesuch, Medicago lupulina I. 



A sedge, Carex. 



Two or three others not recognized. 



This mixture is sold at per quart or per bushel. 



In addition to the objections made to the two former mixtures 

 are the following : 



Sheep's fescue and hard fescue grow in tufts or bunches and 

 will not produce a lawn of even appearance. The red or .mam- 

 moth clover will also produce a coarse patchy lawn, and the 

 former will die out in two or three years. Italian rye grass will 

 kill out the first winter. Hair grass is a weed substituted for 

 crested dog's tail, which is a feeble grass of no value in this 

 country. 



FIKE MIXED LAWK GRASS. 



Sold by Rochester, New York. 



Table showing the proportions : 



June Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, Poa pretensis, L., in chaff 995 



Perennial Rye Grass, Lolium pwenne, L. , in chaff 373 



Orchard Grass, Cock's Foot, Dactylis glomerata, L., in chaff 327 



Red Top, Brown or Creeping Bent. Agrostis, in chaff 212 



Velvet Grass, Holcus lanatus, L., in chaff (a weed) 22 



Jtfixed and containing traces of the following : 



Chess, Bromus, Sp. (?) (a weed). 



Lance-leaved Plantain, Ribbed Grass, Plantago lanceolate, L. (a weed). 



Dock or Sorrel, Rumex (a weed). 



White Clover, Trifolium repens, L. 



Timothy, Phleum pratense, L. 



Crowfoot, Ranunculus Imlbosua, L. (?) (a weed). 



Shepherd's Purse, Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Moench (a weed). 



The above is sold at $4 per bushel. 



For objections to aome of these ingredients consult the com- 

 ments inserted in connection with the former mixtures. 

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