P. MANN & CO., Washington, D. C. 



207 Seventh St., N. W., 

 Opposite Centre Market 



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Timothy. 



Grass and Clover Seeds 



All Prices on Application 



TIMOTHY (Phleum Pratense). — This makes one of the most popu- 

 lar, nutritious and salable of hay grasses. It is best adapted for sow- 

 ing on clay or heavy loam, lowlands or in mountainous districts, 

 although it will do well on any good loamy soils, provided moisture 

 is abundant. It does not succeed so well, however, as Orchard, Tall 

 Meadow or Herd's Grass on soil of a sandy or loamy texture, and is 

 not of so much value for pasturage as other grasses. Rep Top or 

 Herd's Grass and Meadow Fescue mature at the same time as Tim- 

 othy, and are excellent grasses to sow with it, both for hay and pastur- 

 age. They will increase the yield of hay and will very largely increase 

 the yield and value of the pasturage. These will furnish an excellent 

 mixture, both for hay and pasturage, on good loamy clay or low- 

 ground soils. 



ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis Glomerata).— Orchard Grass is a 

 very vigorous grower, and yields large crops of excellent and most 

 nutritious hay, and will last for years in increasing value with proper 

 treatment. It is succulent and nutritious, and when mowed requires 

 only a few days of seasonable weather to start it growing again, and 

 usually two good crops of hay can be cut in a season. Orchard Grass 

 fields can be kept in a continuous state of productiveness, provided a 

 light seeding is made early each spring. It can be sown either in the 

 spring or fall, although it is best sown in the spring. Sow at the rate 

 of two bushels per acre, or if sown with Red Clover, one and a half 

 bushels of Orchard Grass and eight pounds of Clover are the quan- 

 tities usually sown. 



PACEY PERENNIAL RYE GRASS.— Used very largely in Europe 

 for both hay and pasture, and well adapted to this section also for 

 both. It is a strong grower, starting early in the spring, and can be 

 used to great advantage in mixtures. When sown alone use two or 

 three bushels per acre or eight to ten pounds in mixture. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. — Kentucky Blue Grass is one of the richest and most nutritious of pastur- 

 age grasses, and should be largely used in all pasturage mixtures, except on very light or sandy soils. 

 For fall, winter and spring it makes the very best of pasturage, and mixed with other grasses, like Herd's 

 Grass, or Red Top, and Meadow Fescue, or Rand- 

 all Grass, will give an excellent all-the-year- 

 round pasturage. 



GOLDEN, or LIBERTY MILLET.— Golden, or 

 Liberty Millet makes a large yielding and most 

 nutritious hay crop, quick-growing and easily 

 cured. It requires, however, to be seeded thickly — 

 not less than one bushel per acre — and the crop 

 should always be cut while in bloom, before the 

 seed hardens in the head. If the seed is allowed 

 to form, the stalks get hard, and it does not make 

 nearly as good quality hay, and at the same time 

 it is more exhaustive to the land. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT (Agrostis Canina).— 

 A fine and very permanent grass, chiefly used for 

 pastures or lawns, for which it is one of the best. 

 Bushel equals fourteen pounds. 



RED TOP, or HERD'S GRASS.— Red Top, or 



Herd's Grass, is one of the best and most satisfac- 

 tory grasses all throughout the South. It is well 

 adapted to all soils and situations, succeeding well 

 on light, sandy soils, as well as stiff upland and 

 lowground, and it really succeeds better in moist 

 situations than almost any other grass. After once 

 being established, it thickens and improves year 

 by year, taking possession of the land and increas- 

 ing in yield and quantity each successive year. 



BERMUDA GRASS.— One of the most valuable 

 pasturage grasses for the South. Recommended 

 for spring seeding only. Golden, or Liberty Millet. 



