218 GEASS SEEDS. 



reproductive powers, permanency in the soil, andth( 

 facilities they offer for their propagation by seed 

 The proportions in which the seeds of the differen 

 species should be mixed for permanent pasture : 



ll)S. 



~ Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata) 2^ 



Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus Pratensis) 1( 



Meadow Fescue (Festuca Pratensis) 2i 



Sweet Scented Yernal (Anthoxanthum Odoratum) ! 



Rough Stalked Meadow (Poa Trivialis) 3( 



* Timothy (Phleum Pratense) li 



Tall Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum Avenaceuni) .... { 



Hard Fescue (Festuca Duriuscula) 2( 



Crested Dogs Tail (Cynosurus Cristatus) 2( 



Served Meadow Grass (Glyceria Nervata) 1( 



\Vood Meadow Grass (Poa Nemoralis) U 



Fiorin (Agrostis Stolonifera) 



~ Rye Grass (Lolium Perenne) 2, ; 



Italian Rye Grass (Lolium Italicum) 2( 



White Clover (Trifolium Repens) 1 



Alsyke Clover (Trifolium Hybridum) { 



Red Clover (Trifolium Perenne) IS 



Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) 4 



The proper quantity of grass seeds to sow per acre 

 is a point of the greatest importance as regards tc 

 the expense of the seed and the speedy formation oj 

 the most valuable sward. The circumstances of soi^ 

 tilth and weather, at the time of sowing, all influenc^ 

 in a great degree the successful vegetation of the seed] 

 Should less seed be sown than is sufficient to furnislj 

 every part of the soil with plants of grass, a proporj 

 tionate loss of time, labor and land will be suffered^ 

 Minute vacancies of plants in a recently made 



