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rye grass, a variety known as Pacey's rye grass and 

 perennial rye grass being the most valuable ; Poa nemo- 

 rails, or woods meadow grass ; Poa aqiiatina, or water 

 sweet meadow grass; Poa, or Glyceria fluitans, or 

 floating meadow grass; Poa trivialis, or rough, stalked 

 meadow grass ; Milium effusum, Festuca rudra, Festuca 

 dunuscula. All have valuable qualities for permanent 

 meadows, either dry, moist, or irrigated. 



The following table will be found useful in selecting 

 grasses for experiment, and for reference in regard to 

 the kind of grasses most suitable for diiferent soils, the 

 time of flowering, the yield of fodder and hay per acre, 

 and the quantity of seed sown per acre alone and in 

 mixtute. 



TABLE OF GRASSES FOR PERMANENT SOWING. 



FOB WET OR IREIGATED LAKD. 



Time Hay, Seed, Seed, per 



of Yield Yield Acre. 



Variety. Bloom. Alone. Alone. Mixture 



fl). K). fc. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum .June 1,000 . . 1 



Agrostis stolonif era -July .4,000 24 5 



Poa aquatica.. -July 6,000 .. 10 



Poa trivialis- June 1,000 .. 4 



Poa fluitans- --May 4,000 .. 5 



Agrostis vulgaris June 4,000 24 5 



Lolium Italicum -July- 1,500 30 10 



MOIST AND RICH SOILS. 



Alopeeui'us pratensis May 3,000 . . 5 



"Avena flavescens June 2,000 .. 10 



^Dactylis glomerata May - - 6,000 24 10 



■ *Festuea pratensis -. June .4,000 24 6 



*Lolium perenne. July 1,500 .. 5 



*Poa pratensis .June. 24 10 



Agrostis stolonifera July 5,000 24 5 



Festuca elatior June 6,000 24 6 



Phleum pratense -July 6,000 10 3 



DRY RICH SOILS. 



Arrhenatherum avenaceum June -4,000 20 5 



Cynosuras cristatus June 500 .. 5 



Festuca diiriuscula June. 8,000 .. 6 



and those above marked with a * 



