Guide to Economical use of Grass Seeds. 155 



Grasses arranged in the order of their cost for seeds required 

 to sow a statute acre, the prices upon which the calculations are 

 based being those for the last ten years : — , 



Name of Species. 



Phleum pratense (Thmthy) . . • 



Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye- grass) • 



Poa pratensis {Sntooth- Stalked Meadow Grata) 



Lolium italicum (Italian Mye-grass) 



Poa trivialis {Sough-stalked Meadow Grafs) 



Poa nemoralis ( Wood Meadow Grass) 



Festuca duriuscula (Hard Fiscue) - 



Festuca ovina tenuifolia (Fine-leaved Fescue) - 



Daotylis glomerata (Cocksfoot) 



Cynosuius cristatus (Crested Dogstail) - 



Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) - 



Festuca pratensis (Meadow Fescue) - 



Avena flavescens (Golden Oat Grass) 



Avena elatior ( Tall Oat Grass) 



Festuca elatior (Tall Fescue) - - - 



Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal) 



The above Table is intended to serve as a guide to the econo- 

 mical use of grass seeds. When making a selection of grasses, 

 the following points should each receive due consideration : — 



(1) Productiveness. 



(2) Suitability of the species for the soil and cUmate, and 



for the purpose for which the seeds are required. 



(3) Cost of the seeds. 



Prom the Table of " Estimate of Productiveness," given on 

 page 164, it will be seen that some grasses are capable of pro- 

 ducing more than double the quantity of herbage that other 

 species can produce, while, from the above Table of the post of' 

 seeds required to sow an acre, it will be observed that the 

 difference in the cost of different seeds is very great. It must 

 also be borne in mind that some of the species whose seeds are 

 most expensive are inferior to others whose seeds are far cheaper. 

 The price of seed depends on the cost of its production, and not 

 on its real value or usefulness. Careful consideration of these 

 matters is therefore necessary to a proper selection. 



If the information given in these two Tables is conjointly 

 considered it will not be difBcuIt to select grasses that are at 



