D. M. FERRY & GO'S 



adjunct for lawns. Mixed with Blue Grass and White Clover, it presents a 

 beautiful appearance, and when in blossom, exhales a delightful fragrance. 

 Should form a part of the mixed grasses in every lawn and door-yard. 



Extra Clean Blue Grass. — Poa Pratensis. — The best pasture grass 

 for our soil and climate, succeeding finely on our hill lands, and producing the 

 most nourishing food for cattle, retaining its qualities till a late pei-iod in win- 

 ter, and further south, affording abundant food throughout the winter. In con- 

 iunction with White Clover, it forms the finest and closest of lawns ; for this 

 purpose, an extra quantity of seed should be used, say twenty pounds of Blue 

 Grass and ten of White Clover, per acre. If sown by itself, fifteen pounds will 

 be sufficient, sown early in the Spring. Most of the seed that is offered, is in 

 the chaff, it being very difficult to separate it, but we have a process by which 

 we obtain the seed perfectly clean, which is much preferable to the common seed. 



Fine Mixed, for Lawns. — One of the most pleasing features connected 

 with the garden, is a well kept lawn ; but to secure this most desirable object, 

 much depends upon the selection of such grasses as will present a fresh and lux- 

 uriant verdure throughout the season, without constantly requiring to be cut to 

 prevent overgrowth. For this purpose, a mixture of several kinds of the finer 

 grasses is most suitable. These we can supply ready mixed, of the best sorts* 

 and proper proportions of each. The quantity usually sown, is from one and a 

 half to two bushels per acre. The thicker it is sown, the more perfect will be 

 the lawn. The seed can be sown in Spring or Fall, but some coarse-growing 

 crop, such as Oats or Millet, should be sown with it, to protect the young, ten- 

 der blades from the scorching sun, 



Timothy — Pleum Pratense. — This is decidedly the best grass for hay, 

 making a large return, on strong, rich clays of a medium state of moisture. It 

 should be cut just as the blossom falls. Sow either in the Spring or Fall, at 

 the rate of twelve to twenty quarts ; or, if sown with Clover, about eight quarts 

 of Timothy, with six or eight of Clover, per acre. 



Red Top — Agrostis Vulgaris. — This is called, in different States, 

 Fowl Meadow Grass, and Fine Bent. Though coarse, the Red Top is a valua- 

 ble grass for low, wet meadows, producing a large return of good hay. Sow 

 from sixteen to twenty-four quarts per acre. 



Orchard Grass, or Cock's Foot — Dactylis Glomerata. — Valuable 

 on all dry soils, and succeeds VN^ell in the shade. If for hay, it should be cut 

 before the seed i^ hardened ; it may be sown with Clover to advantage, as they 

 ripen nearly together. Sow from one to two bushels per acre. 



Perennial Rye Grass — Lolium Perenne. — A very valuable variety 

 for permanent pasture, and makes a large return in hay ; very nutritious, and 

 stock are very fond of it. Succeeds best on moderately moist land, for which it 

 is peculiarly adapted. Large quantities are raised in England, and nearly all of 

 Europe. It is also largely used for lawns, in conjunction with other grasses. 



Millet — Pannicum 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 1st to June 

 20th, if for seed, or until the last of July, if for hay. For grain, sow in drills, 

 eight to sixteen quarts per acre. If for hay, sow broadcast, sixteen to forty quarts. 



Hung'arian Grass — Set aria Germanicum. — This is a species of Millet, 



