J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s Catalogue of Seeds. 



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GRASS 



(Meadow Bronte Grass.) 



(Soft Chess.) Suited to 



creeping bent grass (AgTOStiS stolonif era.) 



SEEDS— CONTINUED. Per 



Suitable in mixture for high and dry meadows. 1 *" lb 10 ° !b *' 



30 lbs. to the acre $o 20 $15 00 



Bromus inermis. (Awuless Brume Grass.) 

 A valuable forage plant for light dry soils ; 

 answers for cutting and feeding in green 

 state, for pasture or hay ; very productive. 

 About 25 to 35 lbs. to acre 

 Bromus mollis. 



sandy land . . 

 Bromus Schraderi. ( Rescue Grass.) Thrives 

 in any soil, but prefers that which is wet 

 or moist. In England four or five green 

 crops are cut in a year, and every time it 

 is cut another crop shoots from the roots. 

 All kinds of stock eat it freely. 30 lbs. to 

 the acre 



If Calamagrostis arenaria. (Beach Q 



Valuable on the sandy seashore, canal 

 and railroad banks, etc. It serves, with 

 its tough, wide -spreading and thickly 

 matting roots, to form natural and per- 

 manent embankments, preventing the 

 drifting of the sand and protecting from 

 wind and waves. Is of no agricultural 

 value 



50 45 00 



18 13 00 



30 25 00 



Cynosurus cristatus. 



hard soil and hills. 



(Crested Dog's-tail Grass.) A valuable grass for sheep pastures, on dry, 



It belongs to the family of lawn grasses. 25 lbs. to the acre 



Dactylis glomerata. (Orchard Grass.) Less exhausting to the soil 

 than Timothy, and will endure considerable shade. It blossoms 

 about the same time as Red Clover, making it on that account a 

 desirable mixture with that plant; it is exceedingly palatable to 

 stock of all kinds, and its powers of enduring the cropping of cattle 

 commend it as one of the very best pasture grasses. 3 bus. to the 



acre. (14 lbs. to bus.) 



Dog's-tail. See Cynosunis cristatus. 



Festuca duriuscula. (Hard Fescue.) Not very productive, but it 

 is of a very fine quality and thrives well in dry situations where 

 many other grasses would fail, thus making it a desirable pasture 



variety. 30 lbs. to the acre 



Festuca elatior. (Tall Fescue.) Succeeds best in moist, alluvial 

 and strong clay soils, and in shady ravines ; on moist, rocky sea- 

 coasts is considered one of the most valuable pasture grasses: it 

 is a fortnight later in ripening than F. pratensis. 40 lbs. to the acre . 

 Festuca heterophy 11a. (Various-leaved Fescue.) A very early grass, 

 native of Germany. A valuable sort for permanent meadows and 



pastures on high ground. 40 lbs. to the acre 



Festuca ovina. (Sheep's Fescue.) Grows freely when in high, dry 

 and open pastures. Its chief merit for sheep pasture is that it 

 occupies land which better grasses refuse; grows from six to ten 



inches high. 35 lbs. to acre 



Festuca pratensis. (Meadow Fescue, or English Blue Grass. ) A highly 

 valuable species for permanent grass land. It does not. however, 

 attain to its full productive power till the 

 second or third year, when it far exceeds 

 most other sorts in quantity of its produce 

 and nutritive matter. It is relished by 

 live stock, both in hay and pasture, and is 

 one of the most desirable permanent 

 grasses for general culture. 40 lbs. to the Per lb. ioo lbs. 



acre $0 20 $15 00 



Festuca rubra. (Red Fescue.) The essential 

 distinction of this Fescue is its creeping 

 roots, which, in dry and sandy soils, are 

 often as strong as those of the common 

 Couch Grass. Well adapted for gravelly 

 banks and dry slopes, which it will protect 



and cover. 25 lbs. to the acre 25 20 00 



Festuca tenuifolia. (Slender Fescue.) Flour- 

 ishes well on dry and sterile soils. It is 

 well suited for large bleaching greens, 



lawns, etc. 30 lbs. to the acre 30 25 00 



Fox-tail. See Alopecums pratensis. 

 Holcus lanatus. (Meadow Soft Grass.) In- 

 ferior to many other sorts, but of easy cul- 

 ture, and accommodates itself to all de- 

 scriptions of soils, producing a fair crop 

 under unfavorable circumstances. 4 bus. 



to the acre. (7 lbs. to bus.) 20 15 00 



Hungarian Grass. See Panicum Germanicvm. 

 Johnson Grass. See Sorghum Balepense. page 54. 



bar 



ORCHARD GRASS 



(Dactylis glomerata.) 



35 30 00 



30 25 00 



20 14 00 



20 11 00 



25 20 00 



20 00 



20 12 00 



sheep's fescue {Festuca ovina). 



