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Cynosurts crtstatus, or crested dog's-tail ; and 

 Lolium Paceyz, or Pacey dwarf rye-grass. The 

 two last named are especially adapted to light, 

 dry soils, as they are deep-rooted and very 

 fibrous, and will continue green in the driest 

 of weather, even when the Kentucky blue is ap- 

 parently dead. I may here state that there are 

 hundreds of bushels of English rye grass-seed 

 imported and sold for Pacey's dwarf rye, but it 

 is a cheat, as the former is not hardy in our cli- 

 mate. Pacey's is quite a hardy variety, and is, 

 I think, of Scottish origin ; at any rate, it is one 

 of the best grasses for either lawn or sheep- 

 pasture. 



" Some persons recommend, in mixtures, such 

 grasses as the Festuca ovina, or sheep's fescue, 

 and the Festuca tenuzfolza, or slender fescue. 

 I think that both of these are objectionable on 

 fine lawns, as they grow erect and tufty, while 

 the leaves are round, wiry, and sedge-like ; the 

 color, too, of both is blue, especially that of the 

 slender fescue ; and, altogether, these grasses 

 look intrusive and patchy when contrasted with 

 the flat, ribbon-shaped foliage of those I have 

 ventured to name with approval." 



The addition of white clover to whatever 

 grasses one may sow is a matter of individual 

 preference. On some light soils it is a most 

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