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grass finds the soil uncongenial, yet the ground 

 will not remain bare. Another reason for 

 seeding these grasses is that they germinate 

 quickly and give results the first year. Their 

 foliage is fine and the creeping stems form a 

 dense turf, very effectually binding loose 

 soils. 



Rhode Island bent grass also acts as 

 "nurse" to the blue grass when it germinates 

 in the early warm days of the following spring. 

 If a lawn is sown down with pure Kentucky 

 blue grass in the fall there will be no result 

 whatever until the next spring, when, however, 

 it will start earlier than from spring seeding. 



If I wanted to secure a greensward for 

 immediate effect, and especially if it were late 

 in the fall season, I would sow freely Pacey's 

 rye {Lolium perenne, var. tenue, a fine-leaved 

 form of English rye grass that is specially 

 adapted to lawns), adding it to any other 

 grasses that may be used (not substituting) 

 at the rate of three pounds to the acre. It is 

 practically an annual grass in this country. 



This English rye will start growth almost 

 as soon as sown, and in a month it will make 

 a presentable sheet of green. It is not a per- 

 manent grass, however, being a biennial in 



