290 



TIME OF BLOSSOMING. 



Mixture for Dry Gravels. 



Pounds. 



Finetop, 3 



Sweet-scented Vernal, 2 



Tall Oat Grass, 8 



Sheep's Fescue 4 



Red Fescue 4 



Meadow Soft Grass, 4 



Pounds. 



Creeping Soft Grass, 4 



Perennial Rye Grass, 5 



June Grass, 4 



White Clover, 4 



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For protecting banks of rivers and streams from 

 washing and wearing away, the reed canary grass and 

 the reed meadow grass will be found very effectual. 

 For preventing the drifting of light sand, beach grass 

 (Ammopliila arundinacea) is one of the best. It is ex- 

 tensively used for this purpose at Provincetown, and 

 various other places along the coast. I have sown the 

 seeds of other species in such situations, but know of 

 none equal to beach grass for the purpose of fixing 

 moving sands. 



The following plants will be found to blossom in May, 

 or early in June : 



Tall Oat Grass. 

 Meadow Foxtail. 

 Sweet-scented Vernal. 



Melic Grass. 

 June Grass. 

 Italian Rye Grass. 



Rough-stalked Meadow. 

 White Clover. 

 Black Medic. 



The following blossom later in June, and, in high lat- 

 itudes, the time may be extended to the first of July : 



Meadow Oat Grass. 

 Yellow Oat. 

 Meadow Fescue. 

 Manna Grass. 



Sheep's Fescue. 

 Red Fescue. 

 Meadow Soft Grass. 

 Perennial Rye Grass. 



Reed Canary Grass. 

 Orchard Grass. 

 Red Clover. 

 White Clover. 



The following blossom in July generally, though the 

 time will, of course, as in the others, be governed some- 

 what by the latitude : 



Timothy. 

 Fiorin. 



Creeping Soft Grass. 

 Tufted Hair Grass. 



Redtop. 



Water Spear Grass. 



