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



FARQUHAR'S FARM AND FIELD GRASSES.-Co.rfmn.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 relish by cattle and horses when cut prior to flowering. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT. Agroslis 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 

 rehshed by aU kinds of stock. Sow four bushels per acre if alone. 



ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW. Poatrivialis. 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. Festuca onina. Of dense growth, excellent for dry situations and sheep pastures. 

 Sow two and one-half bushels per acre. 



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

 habit. Will succeed in dry, high locations and inferior soils. Hard}' and durable. ■ 



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

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

 permanent. 



TALL FESCUE. Festuca elalior. Excellent for permanent pastures on moist soils on which it yields im- 

 mensely. Cattle and stock eat it greedily. 



TALL OAT GRASS. Avena elatior. 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 estabUshed is a great 

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



TIMOTHY OF HERDS GRASS. Phleum pralense. This Grass is usually considered and treated as a 

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

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

 loose tufts, with few short leaves, so that Red Top 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. Festuca heterophyUa. Early, hardy perennial two or three feet high. 

 Valuable for permanent pasture. Thriving in high altitudes and in shady locations. 



WATER MEADOW GRASS. Poaaqualica. A creeping rooted perennial; grows in alluvial marshy soils, 

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

 tions. Trout and wild ducks relish the seeds and young shoots as food. (Crop failed.) 



WOOD MEADOW. Poa nemoralis. Well adapted for growing under trees and in shaded situations. 

 Dwarf anfl fine; growing. Sow two and one-half bushels to an acre. 



GRASSES SUITABLE FOR BEACH USE AND FOR MAKING EMBANKMENTS. 



SAND OF MAT GRASS. Ammophila Arundinacca. A creeping rooted perennial which grows naturally 

 among shift ing sea sands. Adapted for consolidating Sand, Embankments, or Terraces. {Crop failed.) 



SEA LAND LYME GRASS, Elymus Arenarius. A creeping rooted perennial; grows among shifting or 

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

 etrong spreading roots render it most suitable. 



Weight 



per 

 Bush. 



30 



14 

 14 

 12 

 20 



7 

 20 



14 



4.5 

 1.5 



14 



Per 

 Bush. 



Per lb. 



21.00 



$0.75 . 



12.50 



.90 



9.50 



,70 



6.50 



.55 



13.25 



.70 



6.50 



1.00 



12.50 



.65 



().25 



.45 



6.50 



.1.5 



7.00 



.50 



14.00 



1,00 



Per 

 100 lbs. 



S70.00 



80.00 

 65.00 

 50,00 

 65,00 



60.00 

 40.00 



14.00 

 45.00 



12 11.50 I 1 00 



