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BERMUDA GRASS. 



Cynodon Bactylon. 

 Almost everybody living in this section of 

 the country knows this grass; it is planted as 

 a Lawn grass, and nothing will stand the sun 

 batter, 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 planted in the 

 spring, but can also be sown later. Under 

 the most favorable circumstances it takes 

 from 60 to 90 days to sprout; requires damp 

 weather and hot sun; but when once up it 

 grows very rapidly. 



W!LD RSCE. 



The natural time for sowing is in the fall, 

 although it may be sown in the spring. The 

 seed should first be thoroughly soaked in 

 water so that it will sink into the desired 

 situation. It may be sown in shallow water, 

 not over three feet deep, and from this depth 

 into the shore. While it will grow in deeper 

 water, it should be allowed to work its own 

 way, the start being made in shoal water. A 

 still day should be chosen for sowing so that 

 it will not drift off into too deep water, 



RESCUE GRASS. 



Ceratocliloa AusiraUs or Bi^omus Shraderii. 



A forage plant 

 from Australia. 

 It grows during 

 the winter. Sow 

 the seed in the 

 fall of the year, 

 but not before 

 the weather 

 gets cool, as it 

 will not sprout 

 as long as the 

 ground is warm. 

 Sow ]^ bushels 

 seed to the 

 acre. 



It is an annual 

 winter grass. It 

 varies in the 

 time of starting 

 growth. We have seen it ready for mowing 

 the first of October, and furnish frequent 

 cuttings till April. Again it may not start 

 before January, nor be ready to cut until 

 February. This depends upon the moisture 

 and depression of temperature. 



JAPAN CLOVER. 



Lespedeza Striata. 



There is now so much inquiry about this 

 plant, so much confusion, lack of knowledge 



Rescue Grass. 



and confounding with or mistaking for it an- 

 other worthless species, and also the same 

 errors in regard to a small genuine clover,j 

 that it is deemed proper to give some correct^ 

 information on the subject. 



Japan Clover. 



History — To botanists this plant has beea 

 known for many generations in its native 

 habits in China and other eastern parts oi 

 Asia. Finding its way to Japan it encoun- 

 tered congenial, climate and soil, and rapidly 

 spread over the entire country occupying all 

 waste places, which it has continued to po& 

 sess and improve for much more than a cen^ 

 tury. Here as on the -continent it was of 

 dwarfish habit and received a name indicativq 

 of the fact. 



Finally, a few seeds arriving in the United 

 States, germinated and contested a few feed! 

 of soil with other native and exotic plants 

 that had long pre-occupied the land. 



It gained strength and increased in yield 

 of seed till becoming somewhat abundant, it 

 commenced its westward invasion, simultan- 

 eously extending its conquests northward 

 and southward, firmly holding all conquered 

 territory. Since 1870 its strides westward 

 have been immense. It now extends from 

 the Atlantic seaboard across the Mississippi^ 

 and its outposts are pushed far towards the 

 western border of Texas. 



On rich soil it doffs the dwarf and dons the 

 tree style, justifying the American name ol 

 "bush clover," sending its long tap roots 

 deep down in the subsoil and its stems two oi 

 three feet up into the light and air, with its 

 miny branches thickly set with leaves, invit- 

 ing tooth and blade. 



It subdues broom grass and holds equal 

 contest with Bermuda grass; in some locali- 

 ties one yielding, in other spots both main' 



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