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A mixture of grasses may be sown for lawns, pastures, 

 or for mowing. Sow twenty-eight to forty-two pounds per 

 acre in September, October, February or March ; cover 

 with brush. If for hay, cut when in the bloom ; if for 

 ornamental purposes keep it mowed as fast as it becomes 

 four or five inches high. Use the finest mixtures if for 

 a lawn. Most seedmen furnish these mixtures. 



There are many other kinds of grass seeds, such as 

 Creeping Bent, Rhode Island Bent, Hassock, Wood Hair, 

 Meadow Foxtail, Slender Foxtail, Reed Grass, Yellow Oat 

 Grass, Soft Brome, Meadow Brome, Rescue, Crested Bog- 

 tail, Lyme, Hard Fescue, Tall Fescue, Various-leaved 

 Fescue, Sheeps' Fescue, Purple Fescue, Slender Fescue, 

 Italian and English Rye Grasses, Water Meadow, Wood 

 Meadow, Rough-stalked Meadow, etc., all which may be 

 planted after the general directions heretofore given, and 

 out of which farm lawn mixtures may be prepared. 



WILD RYE GRASS. This grass is considerably called 

 for, but it is from ignorance of its nature. It grows 

 spontaneously in fence corners and such places. It is 

 coarse and not worth cultivating. 



WILD BICE. (Zizania aquatica.) 



Also called water rice. Sow the seed in a pond or lake. 

 It is useful as a food for some species of fishes. The seeds 

 are also good for fowls and birds. Indians use it as we do 

 common rica. It seldom makes its appearance before the 

 second season after being sown ; sow during spring. 



STO FLOWER. (Helianthus annuus.) 



Very careful preparation of the soil is not necessary for 

 the sun flower. It grows freely on any kind of upland, 

 whether poor or rich ; the richer, however, the better ; 

 plow the land thoroughly, check off three by four feet, 

 drop three or four seeds in each check, cover one to two 



