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TIMOTHY or HERD’S GRASS of the North 
Botanical, Phleum Pratense. German, Thimotée-Gras. 
French, Fléole des prés. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, June and July. 
This luxuriates in 
moist, loamy soils, 
and sometimes, in 
favoraople situa- 
tions, attains a 
height of 4 feet, and 
even on light soils 
it yields fair crops. 
It is exceedingly nu- 
tritious, particularly 
when ripe, but as it 
is then very hard and 
pithy, it is better to 
cut it soon after flow- 
ering. It then makes 
magnificent hay. On 
dry soils Timothy 
forms a bulbous swell- 
ing at the bas» of 
the stems from which 
the next year’sgrowth 
starts. Itis, therefore, 
highly injurious under 
such circumstances to 
pasture stock on the 
fall growth, as they 
trample and cut the 
leaves off that should 
protect it during the 
winter. Even in its 
most flourishing con- 
dition it is more or 
less injured by pas- 
turing it. Sow (if 
alone) % to 1 bushet 
per acre; weight per 
bushel, 45 lbs. Price, 
Henderson’s Standard 
Sample, 28c. per lb.; $11.75 per bushel;$25.00 per 100 Ibs. 
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Height, 2 to 3 feet. 
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A farmer who always looks for the cheapest and pays little or no attention to 
the quality and cleanliness of the Timothy, Clover and other grass seed he annually 
sows, will sooner or later find his farm overrun with weeds, and naturally conclude 
farming ts a failure. The seeds of many of the most pernicious weeds so closely 
resemble the genuine seeds as to require an expert of long experience to detect them, 
and the farmer should be certain that the merchant has t xpert knowledge. As 
an instance, hundreds of thousands of pounds of Rea Clover heavily adulterated 
with Yellow Trefoil (a small yellow-flowered annual Clor 
have in recent years been sold to the unsuspecting farmer by country n-erchants 
who did not have the expert knowledge to detect it, and upon whom it had been 
foisted by unscrupulous dealers, who hy means of this adulteration can undersell 
the market and still make more than a legitimate profit. 
CRESTED DOGSTAIL (Gold Grass) 
Botanical, Cynosurus cristatus. German, Kammegras. 
French, Crételle des prés. 
Time of flowering, July. Height, 1 to 114 feet. 
A fine, short grass that 
Eshould enter into all perma- 
Hnent pasture mixtures, espe- 
mcially for dry, hard soils and 
@phills pastured with sheep, as it 
Mis very hardy and but little af- 
Ry fected by extremes of weather. 
Perennial. 
y¥this abounds are less subject 
to foot rot. It is tender and 
nutritious and relished by all 
WY stock until it commences to 
M ripen; it then becomes wiry. 
On account of its close grow- 
ing habit, the dense turf it 
produces and its evergreen 
foliage, it is particuiarlw desir- 
able for lawn mixtures. Sow 
(if alone) 14 bushels per acre; 
weight about 21 lbs. per bushel. 
Price, 35 cts. perlb.; $6.75 per 
bushel; $30.00 per 100 Ibs. 
CRESTED DOGSTAIL. 
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KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 
Also called June Grass, Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 
Green Meadow Grass, and Spear Grass 
Botanical, Poa pratensis. German, Wiesen Rispengras. 
French, Paturin des prés. 
Height, 10 to 15 inches. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, June. 
This valuable grass 
is suited to a variety 
of soils, from an aver- 
age dry one to moist 
meadows. It is ex- 
ceedingly popular in 
most parts of the 
country as a pas- 
ture grass. Itis very 
productive, unusually 
early, and presents a 
beautiful green ap- 
pearance in early 
spring, while other 
grasses are yet dor- 
mant. It furnishes 
delicious food for all 
kinds of stock all 
through the season— 
unless there should be 
a protracted drought, 
which would cause it 
to slowly dry up—un- 
til the fall rains, when 
it springs forth and 
grows luxuriantly, 
and furnishes pas- 
turage until frozen up 
in winter. 
In Kentucky and similar latitudes, when allowed its full fall 
growth, it makes fine winter pasture, and sheep, mules and horses 
will paw off the snow and get plenty to live on without other 
food. It makes a splendid lawn grass, forming a thick turf, and 
being of very even growth, producing only one flowering stem a 
year, while many other grasses continue to shoot up flower stalks 
throughout the season. Kentucky Blue Grass also makes hay of 
excellent quality, but the yield for this purpose is not equal to 
some other grasses. Sow (if alone) 3 bushels per acre. Though 
offered at the standard weight of 14 lbs. per bushel, we keep noth- 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 
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of which is 20 to 25 lbs. per measured bushel. Price, 45 cts. per 
lb.; $6.00 per bushel of 14 Ibs.; $40.00 per 100 lbs. 
CANADA BLUE GRASS 
Perennial. 
(Poa Compressa) 
Height, 6 to 12 inches. 
A valuable grass for hard, 
dry soils. It grows on land 
so poor and thin as to exclude 
the growth of other grasses. 
It is especially valuable for 
dairy pastures. Cows feeding 
on it yield the richest milk 
and finest butter. Being of an 
extensive, creeping habit, it 
forms a strong turf. Not rec- 
ommended for highly culti- 
vated land, as it is liable to 
become troublesome owing to 
its creeping rootstocks. It is 
an exceedingly valuable pas- 
ture grass on dry, rocky knolls 
and should form a portion of 
the mixed grasses for such 
soils; as it shrinks very little 
in drying, it makes heavy hay 
in proportion toits bulk. Sow 
if alone, 3 bushels per acre. 
Weight of bushel, 14 Ibs. 
Price, 35c. per lb., $4.50 per 
bushel. $30.00 per 100 lbs. 
Time of flowering, July. 
CANADA BLUE GRASS. 
Permanent Pasture has given entire 
Your Special Mixture of Grasses for 
Cu4RvLeES EveERDING, Branford, Conn. 
satisfaction. No more Timothy for me. 
