218 GKASS SEEDS. 



reproductive powers, permanency in the soil, and the 

 facilities they offer for their propagation by seed- 

 The proportions in which the seeds of the different 

 species should be mixed for permanent pasture : 



Ibe. 



Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata) ■ 24 



Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus Pratensis) 10 



Meadow Fescue (Festuca Pratensis) 28 



Sweet Scented Vernal (Anthoxanthum Odoratum) 5 



Rough Stalked Meadow (Poa Trivialis) 30 



Timothy (Phleam Pratense) 15 



Tall Oat Grrass (Arrhenatherum Avenaceum) 5 



Hard Fescue (Festuca Duriuscula) 20 



Crested Dogs Tail (Cynosurus Cristatus) 26 



jS'erved Meadow Grass (Glyceria Nervata) . : 10 



Wood Meadow Grass (Poa Nemoralis) 15 



Florin (Agrostis Stolonifera) 5 



Rye Grass (Lolium Perenne) 25 



Italian Rye Grass (Lolium Ifalicum) 20 



White Clover (Trifolium Repens) 15 



Alsyke Clover (Trifolium Hybridum) 5 



Red Clover (Trifolium Perenne) 12 



Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) * 4 



The proper quantity of grass seeds to sow per acre 

 is a point of the greatest importance as regards to 

 the expense of the seed and the speedy formation of 

 the most valuable sward. The circumstances of soil, 

 tilth and weather, at the time of sowing, all influence 

 in a great degree the successful vegetation of the seed. 

 Should less seed be sown than is sufficient to furnish 

 every part of the soil with plants of grass, a propor- 

 tionate loss of time, labor and land will be suffered. 

 Minute vacancies of plants in a recently made past- 



