ELLIOTT’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1895. 
_ The importance to the farmer of a good selection and proper 
mixture of grass seeds for the various purposes of cultivation, for 
mowing, for soiling, for permanent pasture, etc., cannot be over- 
estimated. We prepare special mixtures containing only the 
most suitable grasses for permanent pastures and meadow lands, 
such as Orchard Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Sheep’s Fescue, R. I. 
Bent, Meadow Fescue, English Rye Grass, Perenniai Sweet 
Vernal and Red-Top in such proportions as will insure the most 
satisfactory results, producing the heaviest possible crops of hay, 
far superior to seeding with Timothy clover alone and producing 
Eliot's Finest Mixtures of Grass Seeds and Clover for Hay and Permanent Pasture, 
far heavier crops; for Zermanent pastures allowing of the closest 
grazing without injury. 
On ordinary fertile soil sow three bushels per acre, but where 
the soil is poor, larger quantities are required. 
Price, pcr bushel, = = aS = $2.50 
With the above should be sown 10 lbs. of mixed clovers per 
acre (which cost about 15 cts. per lb.) On account of the greater 
weight of clovers they should be sown separately and only in the 
spring as they are inclined to winter kill unless well established. 
Awnless Brome Grass. Excellent for Hay. Unsurpassed for Pasturage. Adapted 
to all Climates and Soils. Permanent. Resists Drought. 
AWNLESS BROME GRASS. 
Botanical, Bromus Inermis. 
Perennial. Time of flowering June to August. Height, 2 to 4 feet. 
When we introduced this grass six years ago, we strongly 
recommended it for the South and West, believing that it would 
prove a boon to the dry and hot sections of the United States. 
We have distributed large quantities, besides conducting ex- 
periments with it ourselves. and the unanimous verdict is, that 
the drought-resisting qualities of this grass are marvelous, ren- 
dering it the most valuable grass for dry and hot regions where 
other grasses could not exist. : 
It has also proved to be one of the hardiest grasses known, 
standing the severe winters of Canada and the Northwest, and we 
believe it will succeed in a wider range of temperature than any 
other grass. 
It is thoroughly permanent, grows with wonderful rapidity, 
produces heavy hay crops and luxurient pasture, and will stand 
the longest drought of all forage plants and is equally good for 
cutting green, pasturing or curing into hay. It will grow on 
gravelly clay, fresh marl and even on yellow sand, although, of 
course, on this it does not produce so abundantly, but even under 
these less favorable conditions it gives a very large yield. 
All kinds of stock eat it greedily, and the analyses made show 
that it is exceedingly richin flesh-forming ingredients, much more 
so than Timothy. 
Grass Experiment Station, Garden City, Kans., reports: 
“The Bromus inermis is the grass for the Western country; it 
is the best out of seven or eight hundred different varieties tried 
on this station. It is green from about the Ijth of March until 
about the .st of Novemoder. You need not hesitate to recommend 
it. Do not think you could estimate it too highly.” 
Mr. Jas. Fletcher, Botanist, Exp. Station, Ottawa, Can., says: 
“T have found the Awnless Brome Grass perfectly hardy inall 
parts of Canada. It was exposed toa temperature several degrees 
below zero, without any snow on it, and was entirely uninjured.” 
Sow, if alone, 35 lbs. per acre. If with Alfalfa, sow 20 to 25 lbs. 
per acre. 
Price, per Ib., 35 cts.; per 100 Ibs., $30.00 
THE VILLOUS VETCH. 
(Vicia Villosa.) 
A splendid forage plant which, though new to the United 
States, has for several years been held in high repute by the far- 
mers of Holstein, a district well known for the excellence of its 
farming. 
We experimented with it and are delighted with the early and 
abundant forage which it produces. Its cultivation is easy ; sow- 
ing the seed broadcast at the rate of one-half bushel, 3) lbs. per 
acre, and covering the seed with a harrow and roller is all that is 
necessary. . 
It succeeds on all soils, is hardy and does not suffer from 
drought, rendering it particularly valuable for the Southern 
States. Itmay be sown in the fall and will produce early in the 
spring a heavy crop of nutritious herbage, and will be found a 
profitable plant, whether for feeding green, putting in the silo or 
plowing under. It may also be sown during the spring or summer 
and by reason of its quickness of growth, occupying the ground 
but a short time when a heavy crop can be cut or plowed under, 
it may be properly termed a “‘catch crop.” : pea 
For plowing under for green manure we believe that it will 
soon take the place of Cow Peas, Soja Beans and other plants used 
for this purpose. 
Sow at the rate of 30 lbs. per acre. 
Price, per Ib., 25 cts.; pef 100 Ibs., $20.00. 
