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young grass from the sun. For small plots, digging, trenching, and 

 raking must be done, instead of plowing, sub-soiling, and harrowing. 



Our mixture of Lawn Grass is unsurpassed either for lawns, parks or 

 grass plats; it forms a thick, compact growth of short growing varieties, 

 following one another in succession, and can be highly recommended, 

 as portions of Fairmount Park can testify, as well as our numerous cus- 

 tomers scattered all over the countrv. 



GERMAN, OR SOUTHERN MILLET GRASS.— This wonderful 

 Grass, hitherto almost unknown save in a limited sphere, must 

 soon have a wide-spread reputation. It will grow in almost any climate, 

 and the yield in Hay or Seed is larger, all things being equal, than 

 any other known grass. It will grow from four to six feet high, in no 

 case are the stalks hard, but when well matured arc soft, and readily 

 eaten by all kinds of stock ; when ripe it will stand for more than two 

 weeks without falling or wasting. 



Lawn Grass, finest mixture Per qt. .25 Per bush, of 14 lbs. $5.00 



Lawn Grass, good mixture " .20 " 4.00 



Kentucky hint Grass, extra clean. " .20 4.00 



Natural Green Grass, very fine.... " .25 " 5.00 



Orchard Grass " .20 " 12 lbs. 4.00 



Herd Grass, or Red Top " .15 " 10 lbs. 2.00 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass. Valuable 



. for permanent pasture, or for hay " .20 " 14 lbs. 4.00 



English or Perennial Rye Grass... " .25 4.00 



Italian Rye Grass " .25 4.00 



Timothy, best quality " .25 !" about 3.50 



Hungarian Grass ..about " .15 " 2.00 



German or Southern Millet Grass.. " .21) " 3.00 



Sweet-Scented Vernal Grass Per lb. .75 



White Butch Clover. " .60 



Alsike, or Hybrid Clover " .50 



Lucerne {Alfalfa), or French Clover " .60 



Red Clover, best quality, (scarce) Per bush, about $12.00 " .25 



CORN— FIELD VARIETIES. 



COMPTON'S EARLY.— A new variety never before offered to the 

 public. This Corn, which has made such a sensation in agricultural 

 circles, is the result of years of patient effort by one of our most intelli- 

 gent experimenters. Seeing the great deterioration of the common sorts, 

 and comprehending the vast losses frequently sustained in consequence 

 of partial or total destruction by early autumn frosts, he instituted a 

 series of experiments with the view of obtaining a new variety, in which 

 extreme earliness and great productiveness should be combined. A 

 large plat was planted, with seed obtained from the small huskless ears, 

 sometimes found on the extreme tops or blossom branches; each plant 

 thus grown proved different and entirely distinct from the variety the 

 seed was taken from. One stalk on which were four fair ears ripened 

 the middle of August; the crop of this stalk is the source from whence 

 this variety is offered, and is a seedling of the Dution, and resembles it 

 in appearance, but much earlier. 



Stalks grow eight to ten feet high, producing from two to five ears 

 per stalk ; the ears are from ten to eighteen inches long, well filled to the 

 end, kernel medium, bright yellow and on the flinty order. 



In 1875 he planted on medium soil and only fair culture; the crop 

 ripened August 17th, yielding 123 bushels shelied corn per acre. His 

 crop of 1876 was planted May 30th on rather sandy soil well prepared 



