314 GRASSES b'OR THE LAWN. 



SoM in hulk hij New York. 



'Pablo sliowing tho proportions : 

 Juno Grass, or Keiituoky Bluo Grass, Poa jtratensis, L., in chaff... 04S 



Rod Top, Brown or Creeping Jient, Agrustis 528 



White Clover, Trifoliii in repens h. , oloan 158 



Timothy, Phleam pmtenxv, Ti., clean 38 



Ergot of A(jro>itis, or Red Top, (infested with fungus) 10 



Mixed and containing traces of the following: 



Eggs of insects. 



Dung of insects. 



Dead insects. 



Panic Grass. Pdiiicnia (a wee<l). 



Ciiickweed, 



Shephi'rd's Purse, C(tj>sell(t Bursa-pastorin, Mcencli (a weed). 



Dock, Piiiin'.f(n wood). 



Orchard Grass ^)r Cock's Foot, Dactylis (jloim'rxfii, L. 



Elvocluifis, a rush or grass-liko plant (a weed). 



Round Leaved Mallow, Muhxi rot undi folia. L. (a wetxl). 



This is sold for ^5 per bushel, und is a good mixture, omitting 

 tho seed of Timothy and the weeds. Tho house claims to have 

 have sold 70,000 packages in 1885. The same house offers June 

 grass for ^2.35, and lient grass for sj?-! per bushel. 



THE *' ni:XI)KKSOX "' LAAVX (iUASS SKEI). 



Sold hi/ Xctc York. 



Table showing the proportions: 



Brown or Creeping Bent or Red Top, Agrotitis, in duUl 880 



June (irass or Kentucky Blue Grass, Pod ^iiateiisis, L., in chaff 715 



White Clover, Trifolinia repens, L. , clean _ 120 



Sheep'sor Hard Fescue, Festuca ovina or var. ditriusciila, L., in chaff 110 



Perennial Rye Grass, Loliiim percniie, li. , in chaff 95 



Sweet Vernal, Anfho.vanthuui odoratum, L., var. PuelU, in chaff-. 17 

 Timothy, Phh'um pratenae, L., clean. 10 



K few seeds of Chickweed, some Panicum, Mallow, Malva rotundifolia, 

 L., (a weed), Ergot, some other weeds not recognized. 



This is much like tho Central Park lawn grass previously no- 

 ticed. This one contains some seeds of small fescues apparently 



