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GRASSES — Continued. 
AwNLEss Brome Grass. Sromus Jnermis. A hardy perennial, standing extremes of heat, cold, and drought 
better than any other of our cultivated Grasses. It grows with wonderful rapidity, and produces heavy hay crops 
and luxuriant pasture. The seed should be sown as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. Sow 35 to 
40 lbs. to the acre. Per lb., .15; per 100 lbs., $12.00. 
WaTER MEApow Grass. Joa aquatica. A creeping rooted perennial, grows in alluvial marshy soils, slow running 
streams, margins of fresh water, lakes, etc. An excellent pasture Grass, for wet situations. Trout and wild ducks 
relish the seeds and young shoots as food, Per lb., .60. 
GRASSES SUITABLE FOR BEACH USE AND FOR MAKING EMBANKMENTS. 
ELymMus ARENARIUS. SEA LAND LYME Grass. A creeping rooted perennial; grows among shifting or blowing 
sea sands, for binding which, along with Ammophila Arundinacea, thereby preventing the encroachments of the 
sea, its numerous strong spreading roots render it most suitable. Per lb., .60; 100 lbs., $45.00. 
AMMOPHILA ARUNDINACEA. SAND OR MarT Grass. A creeping rooted perennial which grows naturally among 
shifting sea sands.. Adapted for consolidating Sand, Embankments, or Terraces. Per lb.. .40; 100 lbs., $35.00. 
CLOVERS. 
Rep Mepium. T77rifolium pratense.. The best Clover for all practical purposes. Succeeds best on rich, warm 
loams, containing humus. Lime and potash are essential for its best development. A biennial, but by close 
pasturage may be made to last several years. Per lb., .20; per 100 lbs., $16.00. 
MAMMOTH OR LARGE RED NorTHERN. T7ifolium pratense. On rich loamy soils this variety grows nearly twice 
as large as the Medium Red Clover, and earlier to start a spring growth. Per lb., .25; 100 lbs., $18.00. 
_ ALSIKE OR SWEDISH. Trifolium Hybridum, This Clover will thrive where the soil is quite wet, and will even 
stand flooding without being killed. Productive and sweet and extremely valuable for both pasturage or soil- 
ing. Per lb., .25; per 100 lbs., $20.00.. 
WHITE CLOVER. Trifolium repens.. This Clover should always be sown on permanent or temporary pastures. 
Will grow on any soil, but especially adapted to low meadows, where the surface soil is mellow and rich. 
Sweet and nutritious. Per lb., .25; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
ALFALFA OR LUCERNE. JMedicago sativa, ‘The chief merit of 
Alfalfa is the fact that it can be cut three or four times in a 
season. ‘The soil should be deep, rich, and well prepared. 
It does not succeed on compact clay, nor on land with im- 
pervious subsoil. ‘The roots shoot downwards till they are 
ten to fifteen feet below the surface, and will therefore resist 
the driest weather, Per lb., .25; per 100 lbs., $18.00. 
SCARLET OR CRIMSON CLOVER. 77¢folium incarnatum. This 
annual Clover thrives best on warm, loose, sandy soil. 
Its chief value is as a winter or early spring pasture crop and 
asagreen manure. A rapid growing, nitrogen-storing plant, 
and as such is invaluable for growth in orchards and wherever 
it can occupy the land from July to December, Sow fifteen 
to twenty pounds per acre. May be sown at any time from 
May to October. Per lb., .12; per 100 lbs’, $9.00. 
YELLOW TREFOIL, Medicago Lupulina. On'‘very light, dry, 
or poor ground this variety is valuable for a Sheep’ pasture. 
Per lb., .15; per 100 lbs., $10.00. cee 
MILLETS. 
Nothing on the market is as well adapted to cover up shortages in 
hay crops as ‘‘ Millets,’? They can be sown up to the end of July, and 
will make a valuable catch crop. 
Millets will yield quick pasturage on almost any soil. They are 
rank feeders, however, and do best on a fertile, mellow soil, which has 
had a liberal application of barnyard manure. Sow in June or July, 
broadcast, one to one and one-half bushels of seed per acre, or drill 
one-half bushel. Cut (if for hay) as soon as the heads are formed: 
MILLET, HUNGARIAN. fanicum Hungariensis. An annual 
forage plant, which germinates readily and withstands 
drought. If cut early, makes an excellent hay, often yielding 
two or three tons per acre. Sow from June to August, using 
about one and one-half bushels to the acre. (48 lbs. per 
bushel.) Per bushel, $1.75. 
MILLET, COMMON. fanicum Miliaceum. Excellent for for- 
age. Requires a dry, light, rich soil. Height, 21% to 4 ft. 
(50 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $1.50. 
MILLET, GERMAN OR GOLDEN. fanicum Germanicum. An 
improved variety, growing from three to five feet high. Under 
some circumstances it will yield more per acre than the above. 
(50 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $1.75. 
MILLET, JAPANESE. Panicum Crus Gali, Imported from Japan 
by Professor Brooks, of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 
lege. Has yielded in America about 7 tons dry straw and go 
bushels of seed per acre. Height, 6 ft. Has numerous side 
leaves and heads a foot in length, The fodder is relished by 
cattle and horses, and the ground seed makes an excellent 
feed for poultry and cattle. Sow one peck per acre. Pound, 
Hungarian Millet. 10 cents; per 100 lbs., $6.00. 
