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



207 Seventh St. N. W. 

 Opposite Centre Market 



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Grass and Clover Seeds 



ALL PRICES ON APPLICATION 



Crimson Clover 



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 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. Red Top or Herd's Grass and Meadow 

 Fescue mature at the same time as Timothy, and 

 are excellent grasses to sow with it, both for hay 

 and pasturage. 



ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis Glomerata).— Or- 

 chard Grass is a -^ery 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 sea- 

 sonable 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 quantities 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 

 pasturage 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 Randall 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 

 alwaj's 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 

 low ground, 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 

 foi spring seeding only. 



UPLAND 

 GRASS MIXTURE 



Kentucky Blue 

 Fancy Red Top 

 Timothy Seed 

 Red Clover 

 Rye Grass 

 Orchard Grass 



LOWLAND 

 GRASS MIXTURE 



Kentucky Blue 

 Fancy Red Top 

 Alsike Clover 

 Red Clover 

 Meadow Fescue 

 Timothy Seed 



Thirty pounds is required to acre. 

 Prices on application. 



