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



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 adapied 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 w'ell, 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 Tim- 

 othy, and are excellent grasses to sow with it, both fo.r 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 nutriti- 

 ous hay, and will last for years in increasing value with proper treat- 

 ment. It is succulent and nutritious, and when mowed requires only a 

 few days of seasonable w'eather 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 sowm 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 wath Red Clover, one and a half bushels 

 of Orchard Grass and eight poimds 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 sowm alone use two or 



J.. ,, 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 pasture- 

 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 nu- 

 tritious hay crop, quick-grownng and easily cured 

 It requires, how^ever, to be seeded thickly — not les? 

 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 allowd 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 fox 

 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 yea: 

 "by 3Tar. taking possession of the land and increas- 

 ing in yield and quantity each successive year. 



BERMUDA GRASS.— One of the most valuable 

 t>asturage grasses for the South. Recommended 

 for sprirp' seeding only. 



and mixed vdth othi: 



r eras St s. 



e Herd's 



Golden, or Liberty Millet. 



