EIEHDE1RS©M S TESTED FARM SEEDS 



TIMOTHY or HERD'S GRASS of the North 



Botanical, Phleum Pratense. German, Thimotee-Gras. 



French, Fleole des pres. 

 Perennial. Time of flowering, June and July. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 

 This luxuriates in 

 moist, loamy soils, 

 and sometimes, in 

 favorable 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's growth 

 starts. It is, 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 bushel 

 per acre; weight per 

 bushel, 45 lbs. Price, 

 Henderson's Standard 

 Sample, 18c. per lb.; $7.25 per bushel; $15.00 per 100 lbs. (Sub- 

 ject to change without notice.) 



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 is 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 thai the merchant has the expert knowledge. As 

 an instance, hundreds of thousands of pounds of Red Clover heavily adulterated 

 with Yellow Trefoil (a small yellow-flowered annual Clover of little or no value), 

 have in recent years been sold to the unsuspecting farmer by country merchants 

 who did not have the expert knowledge to detect it, and upon whom' it had been 

 foisted by unscrupulous dealers, who by means of this adulteration can undersell 

 the market and still make more than a legitimate profit. 



CRESTED DOGSTAIL (Gold Grass) 



Botanical, Cynosurits cristatus. German, Kammgras. 



French, Cretelle des pres. 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 1 to 1 H feet. 



A fine, short grass that 

 should enter into all perma- 

 nent pasture mixtures, espe- 

 cially for dry, hard soils and 

 hills pastured with sheep, as it 

 is very hardy and but little af- 

 fected by extremes of weather. 

 Sheep fed in pastures where 

 this abounds are less subject 

 to foot rot. It is tender and 

 nutritious and relished by all 

 stock until it commences to 

 ripen; it then becomes wiry. 

 On account of its close grow- 

 ing habit, the dense turf it 

 produces and its evergreen 

 foliage, it is particularly desir- 

 able for lawn mixtures. Sow 

 (if alone) 1-J bushels per acre; 

 weight about 21 lbs. per bushel. 

 Price, 40 cts. per lb.; $7.75 per 

 bushel; $35.00 per 100 lbs. 



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 prefs. Perennial. Time of flowering, June. 

 Height, 10 to 15 inches. 



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. It is very 

 productive, unusually 

 early, and presents a 

 beautiful green ap- 

 pearance in early 

 spring, while other 

 grasses are yet dor- 

 mant. It furnishes 

 dslicious 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 tall 

 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- 

 ing but fancy recleaned seed, free from chaff, the natural weight 

 of which is 20 to 25 lbs. per measured bushel. Price, 45 cts. per 

 lb.; $6.00 per bushel of 14 lbs.; $40.00 per 100 lbs. 



CANADA BLUE GRASS (Poa Compressa) 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July. 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 

 roils; as it shrinks very little 

 in drying, it makes heavy hay 

 in proportion to its bulk. Sow 

 tf alone, 3 bushels per acre. 

 Weight of bushel, 14 lbs. 



Price, 30c. per lb., $3.75 per 

 bushel. $25.00 per 100 lbs. 



We are prepared to make up Special Mixtures of Grass Seeds for particular 

 purposes — situations or conditions — and any correspondence in regard to such 

 will receive our prompt attention. — P. H. & Co. 



