230 | THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND наана GAZETTE. [Макси 28, 1863, 
EXTRACTED FROM 
J. С. WHEELER & SON'S “LITTLE BOOK," 
OR 
SELECT SEED LIST ror 1863. 
AGRICULTURAL GRASSES. 
As NATURAL GRASSES form во larga a рого oF m я af the ipe. а ES, of the more useful species can hardly ай to be ag меер 
o the Farmer. Inde ed, dere ia e Grass of the Field," that in the present day we feel bound, as it Were, 
MEA "eve ОКЕ ch may enter into their мора, So far from thinking that a Pasture із all 
beers or that any mixture of Herbs may be зае we now begin DN d oif. that. its goodness depends проп the presence о of some kin: rasses and the absence of 
us that their numerous i 
ay 
others; and аё England, with its varied soils, presents the зебо of. Meadow verdures; ap Pehi ithe жау " poo ien show 
E y, but to.adapt.our Farming to the condition 
separately or conjointly, m 
which а - wledge ^ Grasses will — ifs 08, 
Agricultural friends i it am as T» guy d the бм» we have em amu A тесен portraits of 
We were во ago v with the valuo of this kind ot «noni to those engaged i in the Seed Trade as to induce us to offer Four Prizes to our Assistante and 
On khe day кришна hcm iio ie were entered for от contpelitio, 
fe to thi t th n the "Puts E Seience.Review.; "— 
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d y Professor танро І 
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tiful Collections of ou Ж nén, Ji os o райе er such interesting ci 
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ts, tho Seeds nef 6 
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Prae to the ht Мег. WHEELER, Seed Erdgas of Бла. I 
they;sold ту ahd Warehousemen, for the ъё: Караа of wila — The — We d жу. с 
ма led those engaged into stones of beauty they would ын da not M o) ut haye: visited ; and this male them quainted not оп ‹ PPPA 9 
Tribe.of Plants, the observation of which, we venture to say, is better calculat Т y group eg ы 
s ola 
тета not Н + { n i f£ fth whien 
PERMAN ENT PASTURE, 
toti Y д 1 
t d tit g with t l which they Arc SUY 1. 
. UNDER TREES, for instance, as in ORCHARDS and PARKS, we оша ihe мет of April with either Wheat, Oats, or — “The из ie tario 
ons, | be harrowed or bush-harrowed across the drills of eorn—if these 
Dactylis glomerata ig. 10), Лора perenne a and italicum (fig. 5, а small | and орй 
proportion t А g.1)a Mibera l allowance of Сот Gem We extremely careful in the selection of the finest nt re =. 
Clover (Trif ) and the Nein and Aah st samples of Clovers for these ** Seeds." enn highly 
m аз 
FOR GAME COVERTS, and THIOK моору PLANTATIONS, we should | Técommen ре: aiite: ар ае егеу I 
di ), amd ehotild add a little of Arrhenatherum | 5919s 
avenaceum (вр. 8), oor gigantens and Aira cæspitosa (fig. 15). FOR ONE YEAR'S LAY—the principal varieties are Lolium perenne, 
MEADOW LAND, soil of medium quality, we should prese І, italicum, Trifolium pratense, T. repens, Medicago lupulina, with а sprinkling 
121bs. of heavy vex Mew. of Trifolium repens, T. pratense gm of Phleum rici and Anthoxanthum odoratum. 
T. hybridum, and Medicag and 2 bushels of Grass seeds (which are 3 - 
more equally ймы over Ё ue uu Kabel separately m not mixed: with Me KL POR TWO ced Bite: padition to С эн" е. € 
E Clover ne we always send them out separately, Thee em 
ther to oix rok before sowing, or to sow "thein Sophratéiy, produce а most ы, ч UR. 
as they — о ү ble; we recommend, however, the e atter plan, and would FOR R - ара OLD /PASTURES—wo recommend a similar mixture 
gg of f choosing a "wá, i san day, v e penny as if sown to that preser mee f about 10 lbs. рег acre, 
щи rough windy "od li and thither. 
5 h dressin of manures 
ороло нб arist of Ой following : Lolium регепџё (82:25), а litile ‹ pe m ‘he Sg “nT TAMOT im, with a top dressing 
In: Jteficum,, which, dying. ens абе а year or two, leaves room for the other 
ttain their full vigour) to occupy its space 
ortbily.; t Vernal, Anthoxanthum odoratum, (ва. 1); Cocksfoot, | We offer our iru Carefully gea i za aot Carefully Cleaned 
DOIS TE - 10); Phleum — (fig. 3); Роа, in sorts, (fig. 9); Grass Seeds, at t the xed : 
Festuca (fig. 11); а very small proportion of Avena flavescens (fig. 14); and а ers aud CLOVER SEEDS for а. зба PASTURE- of t 
aer, Beni грим T am Foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis (fig. 2).— жш ана sorts and varieties, eur efully emi mixed for s. d. 
Jl prod Permanent Pasture, and which we can offer 1 uaiien which тау Ье described to 28 peraere 30 0 
at Wi por Moreia yag айы. үзен а pouce for.ONE YEAR'S LAY ec еВ 
IF THE LAND is HEAVY CLAY, we should increase the quantity of ас TWO YEARS' LAY i d 
Phleum pratense (fig. 3), and Роа trivialis, RENOVATING MIXTU „n per Ib. 9d.— per owt ye 
ITALIAN RY per hush. 7 7 
BU LIGHT SANDY or BRASHY SOIL, еа pend а Aven (fg. 14), . L ERRANT in pris Seed, уде, 60 
estuca rubra, Cynosurus cristatus (üg. 4), quantity of Ров ' е8 B фы 
sis (lig. 9). PERENNIAL XYE-GRASS (Lolium заада » 
— PACEY'SEXTRA FINE „ 7 
„ов VET MARS GROUNDS, wo db duda re proportion с) | а адолат пат BS i то 
6), ап W: ater Pi D 
have - Helens. lanatus, (fg. 7), . Bromusimollis (üg. 12) and Briza - Clovers. и 
i (фе 14), : $ 
; уе ee . Ф 
The xo «the ili s PD ( 
Pone e о «the illustrations in our “ Little Book. RED or "as (Trifolium pratense)... ; E: „ per ]b. 0 » 
: ^ 1 COW GRASS GRASS (T. pratense e perenne) . еы 5.15 er „ VONT 
Grasses and Clovers for Опе ог Two Years' Lay, usually | WHITE DUTCH or HONEYSUCKLE vepeá чс МШШ 
called “Seeds,” SS POR wo Am 
і OIL (Medicago lupulina) ... i. дез 05 доо) ОЕШ 
The quantity required жЕ acre will be about 1515, of mixed Clover Seed, | ALSIKE (T. bybridum) .. oes 0 
; 05 
ТП n s.a n m ^" 
and from опе to two pecks of Grass Seeds, to be sown about-the:end of March, бг CRIMSON (т. зенні) 
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