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High-Grade Grass Seeds 



TIMOTHY. 



TIMOTHY (Phleum pratense.) 



This makes one of the most 

 popular, nutritious and salable of 

 hay grasses. It is best adapted 

 for sowing on clay or heavy loams, 

 low lands or in mountainous dis- 

 tricts, although it will do well on 

 any good stiff loamy soils, provided 

 moisture is abundant. It does not 

 succeed nearly as well, however, 

 as Orchard. Tall Meadow Oat or 

 Herd's Grass on soils of a sandy 

 or light loamy texture, and is not 

 of as much value for pasturage as 

 other grasses. The stand of Timo- 

 thy will also be injured if grazed 

 or cut too closely. The yield of 

 hay on good ground is from one 

 and a half to three tons per acre. 

 The best clover to sow with timo- 

 thy is either the Sapling or Alsike, 

 as they mature and ripen with 

 timothy. Pound, 15c. Feci, $1.15. 

 Bushel of 45 lbs., $4.50. 



RED TCP, CB HEED'S GRASS 



(Agrosis vulgaris). — This grass 

 makes excellent pasturage and 

 good crop of fine quality hay, and 

 succeeds on a greater variety of 

 soils than any other grass in gen- 

 eral use, giving very good results 

 on light soils and the very best results 

 on heavier, moist or low ground soils. 

 It is rather late in starting in the spring 

 and matures its crop at the same time 

 as Timothy. Is excellently adapted for 

 seeding with Timothy for hay, and fur- 

 nishes excellent pasturage afterwards. 

 When it gets well established it will 

 gradually supplant other grasses. The 

 grades of seed usually sold are: 



CHAFF BED TOP. — Seed in chaff. 

 Sow 4 to 6 bushels to the acre, 10 lbs. to 

 bushel. Price, 50c. bus. 



UNHULLED RED TOP. — Seed in hull, 

 but free of chaff and impurities. Sow 2 

 to 3 bushels to the acre; 14 lbs. to the 

 bushel. Price, lb., 15c; bus., $1.75; 100 

 lbs., 12c. lb. 



FANCY CLEANED RED TOP. — Hulled 

 seed, free from all impurities. We would 

 advise our customers to sow the Extra 

 Cleaned Unhulled or Fancy Cleaned seed. 



Fancy Cleaned Red Top. — Sow 12 to 15 

 lbs. to the acre. Price, 20c. lb.; $17.00 

 per 100 lbs.; bushel of 32 lbs., $5.12. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT GRASS 

 (ii.»Ttttis canina). — A very fine variety 

 for lawns. Lb., 60c. 



SHEEP FESCUE (Festuca ovina). — It is a densely tufted 

 perennial grass for dry, sandy and rocky soil where scarcely 

 any other species will grow. It roots deeply, and forms a 

 dense, short tuft, suitable for lawns and pleasure grounds 

 where the soil is sandy. It affords wholesome food for all 

 cattle, especially sheep. Specially recommended for pasturage 

 mixtures. Sow about 30 pounds per acre. Lb., 50c. Bushel 

 of 12 lbs., $4.00. 



ITALIAN RYE GRASS Is an annual, and should be sown 



every year at the rate of 50 pounds per acre. It can be sown 

 during August, September or October. It should be mown as 

 early as the blossoms appear, or the hay will not be so good, 

 and it can be cut every month from early spring if the soil and 

 weather are suitable. Bus., 20 lb. Lb., 30c. 10 lbs., $1.25. 

 Per 100 lbs., $12.00. 



ENGLISH RYE GRASS (Lolium perenne). — This makes a 

 quick growth very early in the spring, and is adapted for cool, 

 moist locations. 24 lbs. to the bushel; 60 lbs. to the acre. 

 Lb., 20c. Bushel, $3.00. 



CRESTED DOG'S TAIL (Cynosurus cristatus). — Should 



enter in moderate quantity in permanent pasture mixtures, 

 and in larger quantities for lawns, as it possesses in a marked 

 deeree all the "desirable features of a good lawn grass. 21 lbs. 

 to bushel. Lb., 60c. 10 lbs., $5.00. 



WOOD MEADOW (Poa nemoralis). — An early nutritive 

 grass; thrives better under trees than other grasses. Is also 

 an excellent pasture grass. Lb., 75c. 14 lbs. to bushel. 



SWEET VERNAL (Anthoxanthum odoratum). — True per- 

 ennial; emits an agreeable odor, which it imparts to the hay. 

 Lb., . 



RED TOP GRASS. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. — It is 



rather sensitive to heat, but not so 

 to cold weather, and on this account 

 does its best in the fall, winter and 

 spring. It grows slowly at first, 

 forms a very compact turf, making a 

 fine pasturage when once established. 

 It is much the best, however, to com- 

 bine other grasses with it for either 

 lawn or pasturage. Sow in the spring 

 or fall. Fancy, trinie-cleaTiea. Per 

 lb., 25c. Bus. of 14 lbs., $4.00. 



ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis 

 glomerata). — One of the best and 

 most reliable grasses for the Middle 

 and Southern States, either for hay 

 or pasturage. It succeeds well on 

 nearly all soils, but does best on 

 upland, loamy or moderately stiff 

 soils. It starts early in the spring 

 and continues well into winter. It is 

 of quick growth and relished by 

 stock, especially when young, and 

 bears close grazing. It makes excel- 

 lent hay, and gives the very best 

 results mixed and grown with Tall 

 Meadow Oat Grass and Red Clover, 

 as suggested tinder the head of Tall 

 Meadow Oat Grass. It should be cut 

 when in blossom, as the hay is in- 

 jured if the seed is allowed to ripen. 

 It can be sown in the spring or fall 

 either with grain or alone. Sow 3 

 bushels per acre if sown alone, or 

 with Red Clover, one and one-half 

 bushels of Orchard and seven pounds 

 of Clover are the quantities usually 

 sown. Price, 25c. lb. Bus. of 14 lbs., 

 $4.00. 



TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS 



(Avena elatior) Most -valuable f»r 



pastures on account of its early and 

 luxuriant growth; it produces an 

 abundant supply of foliage, which is 

 relished by cattle, early and late. For 

 hay it may be. cut twice a year, and 

 for green soiling it may be cut four 

 or five times in favorable seasons. It 

 is very hardy and withstands extreme 

 drought and heat and cold. Height, 

 2 to 4 feet. 50 pounds to the acre. 

 CIO pounds to bushel.) Lb., 50c. 100 

 lbs., . 



CREEPING BENT GRASS (Agrotes 

 stolonifera). — Excellent for lawns; 

 succeeds well in ail conditions; makes 

 a low, velvety growth. Lb., 60c. 

 Bus. (20 lbs.), . 



MEADOW FOXTAIL (Alopecurus 

 pratensis). — Closely resembles Timo- 

 thy in growth, but has a soft, feath- 

 ery head. It is a valuable pasture 

 grass by reason of its rapid growth. 

 About 7 pounds to the bushel; 3 bu- 

 shels to the acre. Lb., 75c. Bushel, 



KENTUCKY 

 BLUE GRASS. 



ORCHARD GRASS. 



MEADOW FESCUE, RANDALL, or ENGLISH BLUE GRASS 



(Festuca pratensis). — This should be very much more largely 

 used than at present. It makes a very good hay and pas- 

 turage grass, and is particularly valuable for fall and winter 

 pasturage, as it remains green throughout the winter. It is 

 very popular in Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee and the 

 Mountainous districts of North Carolina, where it is very 

 highly appreciated as a large-yielding, nutritious pasturage 

 and hay grass. It succeeds well in nearly all sections of the 

 South, and should be very largely used in pasturage and hay 

 mixtures, being specially suitable for sowing with Red Top 

 and Timothy for hay, or with these and Orchard and Tall 

 Meadow Oat for permanent pasturage. Sow either in the 

 spring or fall at the rate of 50 pounds to the acre. Thrive* 

 better under trees than other grasses. 22 lbs. to bus. Lb., 



25c. 100 lbs., 



AWNLESS BROME GRASS (Bromus inermis). — Compara- 

 tively a new grass in this country, but in Hungary (Europe), 

 its principal home, it is the chief meadow grass of the sandy 

 moorlands. It grows coarse, resembling Orchard Grass; 

 prefers light, dry soil. It roots deeply, and stands protracted 

 droughts well, and will thrive upon soils too poor and dry to 

 grow anything else but broom sedge; hence is valuable for 

 such situations, both for grazing and hay, and especially in 

 mixtures with other grasses. It has, however, been talked up 

 very much in the agricultural press, especially in the West, 

 and is worthy of extended trial. Sow at the rate of from 35 

 to 40 pounds per acre when sown by itself, either in the spring 

 or fall. Lb., 40c. Bushel of 14 lbs., . 



