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Kentucky Blue Grass.. Perennial Rye Grass. 



from one and a half to two feet high ; has a perennial, 

 creeping root, and an erect, slender, smooth stem. Its 

 chief value is in that it will produce a good crop of hay 

 in moist, shady situations, where it frequently grows 

 quite tall. Cattle are fond of it ; it is succulent and nu- 

 tritious, and is perhaps the best variety for sowing in 

 orchards, under trees, and shaded situations, either for 

 hay or pasturage, and for parks and pleasure grounds. 

 About fourteen pounds per bushel. 



Wood Meadow Grass. Sweet Vernal Grass. 



Sweet Vernal Grass — Anthoxanthum odoratunt. 

 — One of the earliest of grasses in spring, as well as the 

 latest in autumn, and about the only grass that is fra- 

 grant. As a pasture grass, mixed with other species, it 

 is valuable on account of its earliness, and mixed with 

 blue gj-ass and white clover, it is an invaluable adjunct 

 for lawns, presenting a beautiful appearance, and ex- 



haling a delightful fragrance when in blossom. Should 

 form a part of the mixed grasses in every lawn and door 

 yard. About ten pounds per bushel. 



Common Millet — Panicum miliaceum. — Requires 

 a dry. light, rich soil, and grows two and a half to four 

 feet high, with a fine bulk of stalks and leaves, and is 

 excellent for foraging. Sow in drills, or broadcast, from 

 May ist to June 20th, if for seed, or until the last of 

 July, if for hay. For grain, sow in drills, one-quarter 

 bushel per acre ; if for hay, sow broadcast, one-half 

 bushel per acre. Fifty pounds per bushel. 



German, or Golden Millet. — An improved variety, 

 medium early, growing three to five feet high. The 

 heads are closely condensed, though the spikes are very 

 numerous. The seeds are contained in rough, bristly 

 sheaths, and are round, golden yellow, and beautiful in 

 appearance. Though this variety has been in cultiva- 

 tion some three or four years, we have never heard a 

 single complaint about it. 



Egyptian, or Pearl Millet. 



Egyptian, or Pearl M-xWe^t—Penicillaria, spicata. 

 —This is perhaps the most wonderful forage plant that 

 has ever been introduced. Three years ago it was very 

 generally distributed and planted for test purposes, 

 especially in the Southern States. The general sum- 

 ming up of reports appears to be that it requires a 

 longer and hotter season than we usually have in the 

 North, to fully mature, though some seasons are so 

 warm that it succeeds admirably in Maine. The Rural 

 New Yorker publishes its experience with pearl millet 

 on its trial grounds. From a single seed fifty-two stalks 

 were produced, weighing forty-two and a half pounds. 

 The highest stalk was ten feet one inch, and the cir- 

 cumference of the plant was thirteen feet nine inches 

 three feet from the ground. Several plants were cut 

 August ist, and the subsequent growth was nine pounds 

 per plant, making over fifty pounds of green fodder 



