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CO. WASHINGTON D. C 



GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS. 



Kentucky Blue Grass- — Also called 

 Tune Grass. Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 

 "Green Meadow Grass, and Spear Grass. Peren- 

 nial. Height. 10 to 15 inches. This valuable 

 grass is suited to a variety of soils, from an aver- 

 age dry one to moist meadows, and as a pasture 

 grass is indispensable. It is very productive., un- 

 usually early, and presents a beautiful green ap- 

 pearance in early spring, while other grasses arr 

 yet dormant. 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. Ken- 

 tucky Blue grass also makes hay of excellent 

 quality, but the yield for this purpose is not equal 

 to some other grassrs Sow :f alone 4.0 lbs. 

 per acre : weight per bushel 14 lbs. 



Orchard Grass.— Perennial., height 3 feet 

 It blossoms about the same time as Red Clover, 

 making it on that account, a desirable mixture 

 with that plant. It is exceedingly palatable to 

 stock of all kinds, and its power ::" enduring the 

 cropping : : cattle commend it as one ot the very 

 best pasture grasses. Sow 35 lbs to the acre ; 

 weight per bushel 14 lbs. 



Red Top Grass.- (Agrostis Vulgaris, 

 Herd's Grass, Bent Grass Creeping Bent 

 Grass Quick Grass . Perennial, height 1 to 2 

 feet. Valuable either for lawn mixtures, mixing 

 in hay, or permanent pasture grasses : is com- 

 mon throughout the country : succeeds almost 

 everywhere, but reaches its highest state of per- 

 fection in a moist, rich soil, in which it attains a 

 height of 2 t: 2.% feet. Sow, if alone, 45 lbs. per 

 acre weight per bushel 14 lbs. 



Fancy Pure Seed.— Weight about 32 lbs. 

 per bushel. Sow 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. 



Red Clover Medium.— The common 

 variety, used with other grasses for either pas- 

 ture : r mea 3 : w. 



Red Clover. Mammotb or Pea 

 Tiue. — Grows 5 or f feet high, with large, 

 coarse stalks, and is largely used for plowing 



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Crimson Trefoil or Scarlet Italiau 

 Clover. — litis is a variety in co:ttnto:t use in 

 the South for feeding green. The yield in fod- 



7 is immense, and after cutting, it at once com- 

 mences growing again, and continues until 

 severe, coid. freezing weather. In warm clima- 

 tes, four or five cuttings are made during the 

 season. It grows about 1 foot high, blossoms 

 long, pointed, and of a very deep red or car- 

 mine color. Makes good hay. 



MILLET. 



Golden or German.— This is a valuable 

 forage plant and yields very heavy crops : grows 

 from 2 to 4 feet high, heads single and similar to 

 Hungarian, though large and with bright yellow 

 oval seeds. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Japanese. — The straw is heavier, it 

 branches more, and does not need to be sown 

 as thick i; as the other kinds. 



Silver Hull. — A heavy yielder ; the berry 

 is »fa light silvery-gray color. 



Timothy. — A well-known grass, and on 

 some soils it will produce a larger crop than any 

 other variety. We carry a large stock of this 

 seed, which is graded as " Prime , ,J " Strictly 

 Prime" and "Choice." 



Aliske or Hybrid Clover. — Even 



clover-sick lands will produce a good crop of 

 this : perennial and very hardy. It is very val- 

 var: ie both for pasturing and soiling ; very pro- 

 ductive, sweet and fragrant. The flowers are a 

 distinct light pink, and much liked by bees. 

 Sow in spring or fall £ lbs. to an acre. 



iLuoerne or Alfalfa.— Very productive, 

 succeeds in any good soil, and lasts for a num- 

 ber of years. It thrives on dry. rich sandy soil, 

 producing tar : f to four cuttings annually, and 

 even in seasons •:■: severe irought is always fresit 

 and green, because the roots extend so deep in- 

 to the soil. It grows 2 to 3 feet high, with purple 

 blossoms. It yields an immense amount of green 

 food for cattle, and should be cut when com- 

 mencing to bloom, or it can be used as ordinary 

 clover hay. Instead of exhausting the land, it 

 increases fertility . z at a ; es n: : svcceed on com- 

 pact clay or on land with impermeable subsoil. 

 Sow 10 to 15 lbs. to an acre. 



SOUTHERN COW PEAS. 



The G-reat Land Renovator. 



Their value as a fertilizing crop exceeds that 

 of clover, for in addition to being a larger Nitro- 

 gen gatherer than clover, they draw from the 

 subsoil to the surface large amounfs of both 

 Potash and Phosphoric acid, thus putting the 

 soil in most excellent condition for following 

 crops. 



Sow t : _ t : t A bushels per acre, on land thor- 

 oughly pulverized, and disk or plow with a cul- 

 Lvator or double shovel plow. If wanted for. 

 thay, cut when peas are forming, cure as clover 

 If peas are for fertilizer, sow same quantity after 

 same preparation as for hay, turn under when 

 peas are in bloom. If farmers will first roll and 

 disk peas, they will turn under much easier and 

 be morr satisfactory. For a fertilizer, especially 

 to be followed by wheat or corn, they are simply 

 the best. Bear in mind that the Southern Cow 

 Pea belongs to the Bean family, therefore must 

 not be sown until the ground is thoroughly warm 

 and all danger from frost is past. 



FIELD CORN. 



Feld Korn 

 Golden Beauty.— A large, broad grained 

 yellow corn, with ears :f perfect shape and very 

 small cob. The richness of color and quality of 

 the grain makes it a very superior variety. Ear 

 well filled and very productive. Ot. roc. Pk. 

 5 : c . E v , % t 2 5 . 



Hiek.ory King. — A large, broad grained 

 white corn, and undoubtedly the smallest cob of 

 any white corn ever introduced. Ot. 10c. Pk. 

 50c. Bu. Si- 25. 



SEED WHEAT. RYE A>D OATS. 



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