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FARM SEEDS.:-.-.-. 
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. Height, 2 to $ 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 
nutritious, particu- 
larly when ripe, but 
as it is then very 
hard, itis better to 
eut it soon after 
flowering. It 
makes magnificent 
hay. On dry soils 
Timothy forms a ]| 
bulbous swelling at 
the base of the 
stems from which 
the next year’s 
growth starts. It 
is, therefore, high- § 
ly 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 condi- 
tion it is more or 
\ess injured by pas- 
turing it. Sow (if 
alone) 14 to1 bushel 
per acre; weight 3 Gra 
er bushel, 45 lbs. TIMOTHY. 
rice, Henderson’s Standard Sample, 10 cts. per lb.; $3.00 per 
bushel; $6.50 per 100 lbs. (subject to change without notice). 
A farmer who always looks for the cheapest and pays little or no attention to 
the quality and cleanliness cf the Timothy, Clover and other grass seed heannually 
sows, will sooner or later find his farm overrun with weeds, and naturally con- 
clude farming isa failu ve. The seedsof many of the most pernicious weeds SO | 
closely resemble the genuine seeds as to require an expert of long experience to de- 
tect them, and the farmer should be certain that the merchant has the expert 
knowledge. Asan instance, hundreds of thousands of pounds of Red Clover heav- 
tly adulterated with Yellow Trefoil (a small yellow-flowered annual Clover of lit- | 
tle or no value) have in recent years been sold to the unsuspecting farmer by 
country merchants who didnot have the expert knowledge to detectit,and upon | 
whom it had been foisted by unscrupulous dealers, who by means of this adulter- 
ation can undersell the market and still make more than a legitimate profit. 
CRESTED DOGSTAIL. (Gold Grass.) | 
Botanical, Cynoaurus cristatus. German, Kammgras. 
French, Crételle des prés. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 1to11 feet. 
A fine, short grass that 
} Should enter into all perma. | 
i? nent pasture mixtures, espe- | 
Bh cially for dry, hard soils and 
me hills pastured with sheep, as it 
me 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, itis particularly desir- 
able for lawn mixtures. Sow 
(if alone) 144 bushels per acre; 
weight about21 lbs.per bushel. | 
Price, 50 cts. per lb. ;$10.00 per: 
bushel ; $45.00 per 100 lbs. 
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OBESTED 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. 
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 pasture 
grass. It is very pro- 
ductive, 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 thereshould be 
a protracted drought, 
which would cause it 
to slowly dry up—un- 
til the fallrains, when 
it springs forth and 
grows _ luxuriantly, 
and furnishes pas- 
turage until frozen 
up in winter. 
EENTUCEY BLUE GRASS. 
In Kentucky and similar latitudes, when allowed its full fali 
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 offereu 
at the standard weight of 14 lbs. per bushel, we keep nothing but 
fancy recleaned seed, free from chaff, the natural weight of which 
' is 20 to 25 lbs. per measured bushel. Price, 20 ets. per lb. $2.40 per 
bushel of 14 Ibs. ; $16 00 per 100 Ibs. 
CANADA BLUE GRASS. 
(Poa Compressa.) 
Perennial. 
CANADA BLUE GRASB. 
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 exelude 
the growth of other grasses. 
It is especially valuable for 
dairy pastures. Cows feeding 
on it yield the richest milk 
and finest butter. Being ofan 
extensive, creeping habit, it 
forms a strong turf. Not ree- 
ommended for highly culti- 
vated Jand, as it is liable to 
become troublesome owing to 
its creeping rootstocks. Itis 
an exceedingly valuable pas- 
ture grass on dry, rocky knolis 
and should form a portion of 
the mixed grasses for such 
soils; asit shrinks very little 
in drying, it makes heavy hay 
in proportion toits bulk. Sow, 
if alone, 3 bushels per acre. 
Weight of bushel, 14 lbs. 
Price, 14c. per lb., $1.75 per 
bushel, $11.00 per 100 Ibs. 
Wo a eee 
Your Special Mixture of Grasses for Permanent Pasture has given entire satis: 
' faetion. No more Timothy for me,—CHABLES EvERDING, Branford, Conn. 
