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nuals. Introduced into the United States 

 in the first quarter of the past century, 

 English Rye is largely sown by our land- 

 scape gardeners for winter lawns on Ber- 

 muda sod. The Bermuda blades, being 

 easily affected by frost, become red and 

 rusty looking, while English Rye during 

 winter presents 

 a most beauti- 

 ful appearance, 

 being of a vivid 

 green, and as 

 the Bermuda 

 during April 

 and May makes 

 its appearance 

 i t overgrows 

 the English 

 Rye, causing 

 the latter to 

 decay and act 

 as a fertilizer 

 to the existing 

 grass. It should 

 be sown from 

 September t o 

 March, at the 

 rate of 4 bush- 

 els of seed per 

 acre. 



English Rye Grass. 



BERMUDA GRASS. — (Cynodon Dacty- 

 lon. ) Almost everybody living in this 

 section of the country knows this grass; 

 it is planted as a Lawn Grass, and noth- 

 ing will stand the sun better, or will make 

 a prettier carpet, when kept short, than 

 this grass. It is also very valuable as a 

 pasture and hay grass. It is only of late 

 years that we have been able to obtain 

 the seed of this grass, which heretofore 

 had to be propagated by the roots; 6 

 pounds will sow an acre. Should be plant- 

 ed in the spring, but can also be sown 

 later. Under the most favorable circum- 

 stances it takes from 60 to 90 days to 

 sprout; requires damp weather and hot 

 sun; but when once up it grows very 

 rapidly. 



MEADOW FES- 

 CUE. — (Festuca 

 Jir Pratensis.) As a 

 '0** pasturage grass we 

 consider this one 

 of the most valu- 

 able. It is not af- 

 f e c t e d by dry 

 w e at h e r, as its 

 roots penetrate the 

 earth 12 to 15 

 inches; it is much 

 relished by all 

 kinds of stock on 

 account of its long 

 and tender leaves. 

 It yields a very 

 superior hay when 

 cured. It is de- 

 serving of much 

 more attention. 

 Sow in spring or 

 fall. Two bushels 

 to the acre. In 

 some sections it is 

 This should not be 



Meadow 

 Pescue Grass. 



called Randall Grass. 



confounded with the English Rye Grass, 



offered by some dealers as the same 



variety. 



FASFADUM PLATY-CAULE, OR CAR- 

 PET GRASS. — This Grass grows tena- 

 ciously in any sandy soil. Excellent for 

 lawns or pasture purposes on the Gulf 



Coast and all sandy lands, and grows 

 equally as well on clay uplands. Green all 

 the year in lower Gulf States. It stools 

 heavily and is one parent stalk; in nineteen 

 months will spread several feet in cir- 

 cumference. Blades are wide and give fine 

 foliage and when well set form a thick 

 green carpet that cannot be uprooted by 

 any amount of grazing. It has trans- 

 formed New South Wales into one of the 

 greatest dairying countries in the world. 

 The United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture Bulletin No. 248 on "Lawns" says: "Id 

 the Gulf coast country the grass known 

 as Carpet Grass has for a number of years 

 been attracting considerable attention for 

 use upon lawns. It has a habit of growth 

 very similar to Bermuda grass and under 

 same conditions it thrives and maintains 

 itself to even a greater extent than does 

 the Bermuda grass." This grass is easily 

 eradicated and one year's cultivation of 

 the turf in any other crop will entirely 

 eradicate it. Ten pounds mixed with sand 

 for hand sowing will set an acre. 



TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS. — (Arrhe- 

 natherum Avenaceum.) Evergreen grass 

 in Virginia and 

 other Southern 

 States, and it is 

 the Tall Oat (Ave- 

 n a Elatior) o f 

 Linnaeus. It is 

 closely related to 

 the common oat 

 and has a beauti- 

 ful open panicle 

 leaning slightly to 

 one side. It is 

 widely naturalized 

 and well adapted 

 to a great variety 

 of soils. On sandy 

 or gravelly soils it 

 succeeds a d m i r- 

 ably, growing two 

 to three feet high. 

 On rich, dry up- 

 land it grows from 

 five to seven feet 

 high. It may be 

 sown in March or 

 April, and mowed 

 the same season; 

 but for heavier 

 yield it is better to 

 sow in September 

 or October. Along 

 the more Southern 

 belt it may be 

 sown in November 

 and onward till the middle of December. 

 Wherever sown it is one of the most certain 

 grasses to have a good catch. Not less than 

 2 bushels per acre should be sov n. 



SEED RYE. — (For Forage.) This crop is 

 used ail over the South for fall, winter and 

 spring pasturage, early green food, and for 

 green manuring as well as for grain. Rye 

 is very hardy, and will grow on poorer land 

 than other grain crops. It makes good 

 winter and spring patsure, and, if sown 

 early enough, makes a good fall pasture 

 also. It is a good spring soiling crop, 

 giving the earliest bite of green stuff; 

 makes a fair quality of hay if cut in 

 bloom, or before it is fully headed out. 

 It is very extensively grown, and suc- 

 ceeds well throughout the South. Rye can 

 be very satisfactorily sown at the last 

 working of corn or cotton, or it can b« 

 sown by itself from July to November. 

 Sow at the rate of 1% bushels per acre. 



Tall Meadow 

 Oat Grass. 



When in Doubt Consult Steckler. 



