24 Rk. & J. FARQUHAR & COV’S SEED CATALOGUE. 
CLOVERS. 
Prices Variable. 
Large Red Northern, or Mammoth. Grows very tall; cleaned of weed seeds and of first quality. Per 
ound, 13 cents. 
Red [ledium. Best quality; nutritious; palatable for cattle, sheep, horses, etc. Per pound, 12 cents. 
Alsike, or Swedish. Valuable for hay or pasturage; thrives well in cold, wet, and stiff soils. Per pound, 
T5 cents. 
Crimson Clover. 77zfolium incarmatum. An annual with crimson flowers. Sown late in the summer it 
furnishes an early green fodder the following year; keep cut several times during the season. Very 
popular at present. Use 20 lbs. per acre. Per pound, 10 cents. 
White Clover. 7Z7ifolium repens. Excellent for lawns and for pastures when mixed with suitable grasses ; 
pure fine seed. Per pound, 25 cents. 
Lucerne, or Alfalfa. J/edicago sativa. Grows two to three feet high; requires a deep rich soil and in such 
will produce several crops during the season. Sow twelve pounds per acre. Per pound, 20 cents. 
Yellow, or Trefoil. Medicago lupulina. May be grown alone or with other grasses. Sow fifteen pounds 
per acre. Per pound, 20 cents. 
HUNGARIAN GRASS; MILLET. 
Prices Variable. 
Hungarian Grass. Panicum Germanicum. One of the most valuable annual soiling plants; excellent for green 
fodder, ensilaging or hay. Will grow in any ordinary soil, stands drought, and yields enormously. Sow from 
June to August, using one-and-a-half bushels of seeds to the acre; 48 lbs. per bushel. Market price. 
Tlillet, Common. /Paxicum miliacum. Similar to the above but flower-stem more branching. Sow about 
one-and-one-half bushels per acre. Market price. 
Millet, German or Golden. Dark green and taller than the other Millets. Sow from one to one-and-one- 
half bushels per acre. (50 lbs. per bushel.) Market price. 
GRAINS, FIELD PEAS, VETCHES, Etc. 
Prices Variable. Subject to Market Fluctuations. 
Bush. Bush. Bush. 
arley,, Gane oo sg. ee PL Rye, Spring. For spring Peas, White Canada. 
Buckwheat, Common .. 1.25 SOWING. | co esuey..s Sot home er Leo Largely grown for stock; 
Buckwheat, Japanese. A Rye, Winter. For fall sow- should be sown mixed with 
most superior sort; very Real by Pasa gy Noss Bd ens year Oats. 8p oy er ye ery oe eS 
productive; flour of re- Wheat, White Russian. Tares, or Spring Vetches. 
markable fine quality . . I.50 SDL GA wel ome yee 2.00 Splendid for stock; very 
Buckwheat, Silver Hull, 1.50 Wheat, Clawson. Winter, 2.00 heavy and fine crops can 
Oats, Clydesdale . . . 2.25 Wheat, [Martin Amber . 2.25 be raised ; sow with Oats; 
Oats, White Bedford . . .80 Wheat, Spring Saskat- fine seed ©. e gy a) eee 
Qats, Welcome ... . . 1.00 chewan, very valuable Flax Seed . . Perlb..1o 
Oats, White Russian . I.00 wheat: snes Vos. prec. mare 2 OO Amber Sugar Cane. 
Oats, Common. For cut- Wild Rice, for duck ponds, Pag ee Per Ib. .25 
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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ON MAKING LAWNS. 
The popular notion that ‘‘ grass grows anywhere” is incorrect; the soil must be made suitable if not naturally so. Before seeding, the 
ground must be well drained, heavily manured, and made fine and friable by spade or plough, and harrow or rake, as the extent of the liga 
or convenience renders best. This part of the work is finished by the use of a heavy roller. We have proved that pure crushed bone, or 
animal fertilizer containing bone and potash, are the best fertilizers to use, supplying the elements required to give a robust and fine stocky 
owth, and the lawn a lasting deep-green color. An application of four hundred or five hundred pounds per acre will generally be sufficient. 
$0 many noxious weeds are introduced into the ground with barnyard manure that its use is not recommended. 
Seeding.—It is a well-established fact that the most lasting and finest lawns result from seeding and not from sodding. The seed may 
be sown either in spring or fall. The ground being, we will suppose, already well prepared and rolled previous to sowing, should be gone 
over with a fine rake, the seed then evenly scattered over the surface at the rate of four bushels per acre; the whole should then be raked or 
bushed in, and again rolled. 
Good, Clean, Fresh Seed is a most important consideration in lawa making. ‘‘Grass,’’ says Professor Martyn, ‘“ vulgarly forms 
one single idea. Nota few are ignorant of the fact that when overlooking a field of grass, thirty or forty varieties may be in view.”” The 
varieties which our experience has taught us are best adapted to successfully meet the peculiarities of our climate, compose our mixture. 
These hardy, compact-growing sorts, sown with due care, produce a fine, close, velvety turf, which, with little attention, will continue 
beautiful for many years. 
After Treatment.—When the young grass has attained the height of three inches, it should be cut with a sharp scythe. Nothing 
retards the after-growth more than Zo early cutting or foo close cropping of the first shoots in spring. Duringthe summer, a lawn should be 
cut every week or ten days with a lawn mower, except during dry weather; frequent mowings and rollings are necessary to keep a grass 
plot in good condition. In the fall or early spring, some good fertilizer should be applied as a top dressing. 
For lawns requiring improvement, it is only necessary to sow our seed at the rate of a bushel per acre. 
Quincy, Mass., June 6. 
Dear Sirs:—I have pleasure in stating that your seeds are the best I have ever bought anywhere. I find 
everything just as you represent it. For a number of years past L have used seeds largely as a market-gardener. 
NV— A— G— 
Profile House, N. Hf., Sept. 10. 
Dear Sirs:—Many of the guests at the Profile House, having seen our garden, have asked me for your 
catalogue that they may get their seeds from you. All your seeds did splendidly. CG Fe= 
