O. M. Scott & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio 



THE BENT-GRASSES 



7 'HE finer textured varieties of Bent-grasses are properly 

 regarded as the most valuable turf plants for the North- 

 ern putting-green. These grasses are dense and velvety and 

 withstand much trampling. When closely mown and prop- 

 erly cared for they form the ideal billiard-table surface for 

 the green. About five pounds of seed per one-thousand square 

 feet of putting-green surface should be sown. 



SOUTH GERMAN MIXED BENT 



7 'HE larger part of the putting-green Bent seed sown in 

 this country comes from a small district in Germany. 

 Several good varieties are found in the mixture, such as 

 Velvet Bent, which is unexcelled for the green. 



These German Bents grow wild. Never having been suc- 

 cessfully cultivated, hand harvesting must be resorted to. 

 The total amount of Bent collected depends largely upon 

 weather conditions. Due to the dry summer of 1921 the 

 crop was short, which fact, coupled with the greatly in- 

 creased demand, made the price abnormally high. Our sup- 

 ply of this seed would have been insignificant had not our 

 representative spent several weeks in the producing section 

 of Germany. 



Because of its conditions of growth, Bent will always sell 

 at a comparatively high price, but as it has no equal as a 

 putting-green grass, there is seldom any seed left in the 

 hands of dealers after fall sowing is begun. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT 



HODE Island Bent (Agrostis vulgaris) 



is a variety siinilar to German Bent, 



although not so much inclined to creep. 



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