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HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. 



4. Proposed selection for light soils on sands. 



Botanical Name. 



Loliurn perenne 



Poa pratensis 



Festuca duriuscula 



Avena flavescens 



Anthoxanthuui odoratum 

 Trifolium medium 



„ pratense 



„ repens 



Lotus corniculatus 



Achillaea millefolia 



Ti'ivial Name. 



Perennial Rye 



Smooth Meadow 



Hard Fescue 



Soft Oat-Grass 



Sweet Vernal 



Zigzag Clover 



Meadow or Corn Clovt 



Dutch Clover 



Birdsfoot Trefoil ...... 



Yarrow 



Quantity 

 Per Acre. 



lb. oz. 



14 

 3 

 3 

 



8 

 8 



The above positions may so far be considered to 

 present generic types of land which would be laid 

 down in permanent pasture in the ordinary course 

 of farming. Selections for park glades, covert, and 

 the like, are exceptional, which must be provided 

 for according to circumstances. 



We should advise care in the selection of these 

 seeds; the newer and fresher they are the better, 

 as, perhaps, no seeds suffer more from keeping than 

 do those of the grasses. And we would further add 

 that, as a rule, we should prefer to procure our 

 seeds separately and mix them ourselves : for this we 

 should expect to have more to pay at most houses, 

 but they will be much better. Of course, in all 

 such strictures about seeds, we mean them to apply 

 only to those who are not sufficiently particular to 

 keep from trade tricks, or who do not observe that 

 care in selection and mixing that would be necessary 

 to ensure the fullest amount of success ; for, as we 

 are well aware that seeds, however old or worthless, 

 are seldom destroyed, we should expect to have some 

 of them sold to us if we did not look to the character, 



