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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. GRASS SEEDS. 



FARQUHAR'S FARM AND FIELD GRASSES.-co»im«.d. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET FLUCTUATION. 



REED CANARY GRASS. (Phalaris Arundinacea.) A creeping perennial. Grows in alluvial marshy 



lands, sides of rivers, lakes, ditches and rivulets. Its seed affords food for trout and wild fowl. A strong 



growing grass, but eaten with apparent reUsh by cattle and horses when cut prior to flowering. 

 RHODE ISLAND BENT. (Agrostis canina.) A bottom Grass, suitable for sowing with tufted varieties. 



Hardy and early and a grass that will withstand heat and dry weather. Sweet and nutritious and 



relished by all kinds of stock. Sow four bushels per acre if alone. 

 ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW. {Poa trivialis.) An excellent permanent Grass to mix with other varieties 



for moist pastures. Produces a constant supply of nutritious herbage. Suitable for growing in shade. 

 SHEEP'S FESCUE. {Fesluca ovina.) Of dense growth, excellent for dry situations and sheep pastures. 



Sow two and one-half bushels per acre. 

 FINE LEAVED SHEEP'S FESCUE. (Festuca ouina tenuifolia.) A very fine leaved Grass; dwarf in 



habit. Will succeed in dry, high locations and inferior soils. Hardy and durable. 

 SWEET VERNAL, TRUE PERENNIAL. Invaluable in lawns on account of its very early growth and 



fragrant odor which it imparts to the other grasses in drj'ing. Remains green very late. Hardy and 



permanent. 

 TALL FESCUE. (Festuca ehtior.) Excellent for permanent pastures on moist soils on which it yields im 



men.sely. Cattle and stock eat it greedily. 

 TALL OAT GRASS. (Avena ehtior.) A perennial which grows in loose tufts and throws up an abundance 



of leaves, and tall stalks. Succeeds best on rich upland soils, and when once estabhshed is a great 



drought rcsister. Early. Makes its heaviest growth the second year. 

 TIMOTHY or HERDS GRASS. (Phleum pratense.) This Grass is usually considered and treated as a 



short-lived perennial, and hence is the best grass to grow in a short rotation. It succeeds best on moist 



loams and clays naturall.y rich in humus or on those which have been heavily manured. It grows in 



loose tufts, with few short leaves, so that Red Toj) or Red Clover should be sown with it to furnish 



heavy bottom growth of leaves. Sow one bushel per acre if alone. 

 VARIOUS LEAVED FESCUE. (Feshwa hclerophyUa.) Early, hardy perennial two or three feet high. 



^'aluablc for ])ermanent jiasture. Thriving in high altitudes and in shadj' locations. 

 WATER MEADOW GRASS. {Poa aquatica.) A creeping rooted perennial; grows in alluvial marshy soils, 



slow running streams, margins of fresh water, lakes, etc. An oxccllent pasture Grass, for wet situa- 



tioas. Trout and wild ducks relish the seeds and young shoots as food. 

 WOOD MEADOW. (Poa neynoralis.) Well adajitc^d for growing under trees and in shaded situations. 

 Ehvarf and line growing. Sow two and one-half bushels to an acre. 



GRASSES SUITABLE FOR BEACH USE AND FOR MAKING EMBANKMENTS. 



SAND or MAT GRASS. (Ammopln'la Arundinacea.) A creeping rooted perennial which grows naturally 

 among sliifliiig sc.i sands. Adapted for consolidating Sa-nd, Embankments, or Terraces. 



SEA LAND LYME GRASS. (I'^ymus Arcnarius.) A creci^ing rooted perennial; grows among shifting or 

 blowing sea sands, for binding, and thereby preventing the encroachments of the sea, its numerous 

 strong spreading roots render it most suitable. 



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