GRASS, FIELD AND AGRICULTURAI. SEEDS. 
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Timothy ( Phleum Pkatbnse).— As a grass to cut for hay this is unsurpassed. It is 
coarse if allowed to ripen seed, but if cut in the bloom is bright and highly nutritious. 
If sown with clover, as is often practiced, it has to be cut before development, being 
later, and thus there is a loss in returns. It does best on loamy soils. It is a large 
producer, two or three tons of hay being frequently made ; the aftermath is, how- 
ever, light. It is keenly relished by all stock, especially horses, and is generally 
more free from du.st than other hays. Sow to the acre, if sown alone, lo lbs. 
Per bush. (45 lbs.) |2 75 
Rough Stalk Meadow Grass (PDA Trivialis) per lb. 30 
Wood Meadow G-rass (Poa Nemoralis) per lb. 28 
CLOVER SEEDS. 
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Alfalfa, or linceriie. 
Red Clover. 
Scarlet Clover. 
Alsike Clover (Trifolium HYBRiDUM).~The earliest large Clover, Possibly a hybrid 
between the Red and White, possessing qualities common to both ; productive, sweet, 
extremely valuable both for pasturage or soiling. Clover-sick lands will sometimes 
produce fine crops of Alsike, which lands, after three years in Alsike, and an 
intermediate grain crop, will again produce Red Clover. The flowers are a distinct 
light pink, and afford fine pasturage for bees. This Clover seeds itself freely the 
first year and every year. It is superior to Red Clover as a fat producer, but is not 
so large a hay producer. Sow 12 lbs. to the acre per lb- $0 14 
Sain Foin (Onoerychis Sativa).— This (not a Clover) in some sections is an impor- 
tant forage plant, producing an immense quantity of green food, and, under 
favorable conditions, large crops of hay. It requires a _ 
calcareous soil, and will not succeed north of the Potomac 
or Ohio. The seeds are of high value as food for fowls. 
Sow 10 lbs. to the acre per lb. $0 12 
Japan Clover (Lespedeza Striata).— An annual reproduc- 
ing itself by seed. It is killed by first frost. It will grow 
in poor soil, little sand or clay. It is on poor .soil not a hay 
plant, but makes fine hay on rich bottom lands. It will 
run out broom sedge and even Bermuda Grass. Seed in 
March, applj'ing a half bushel to the acre per lb. 35 
Alfalfa or Lucerne (Medicago Sativa).— One of the 
most valuable among the Clovers. Standing for years, 
shooting its roots downward till thej' are ten to fifteen 
feet below the surface, it resists the driest weather, and, 
when every blade of grass droops for want of moisture, 
it holds up. fresh and green as in genial Spring. It 
does not succeed on compact clay nor on land with 
impermeable subsoil. Far from exhausting land, it 
increases fertility, as has been fully establi.shed. Sow 10 
lbs. to the acre per lb. 12 
Bokhara Clover (Melilotus Alba) per lb. $0 35 
Bed Clover (Trifolium Pratensk).— This is the most widely cultivated of all the 
pasturage plants ; loosening the soil and admitting the air and drawing up and stor- 
ing away near the surface the valuable principles scattered in the earth beneath, it 
is regarded as one of the best of vegetable fertilizers, as well as a cattle food of 
the highest merit. Its luxuriant foliage, by .shade, increases the fertility of the earth 
and smothers noxious weeds. It is a lime plant and does best on stiff loams. Its 
habit of growth is rapid, and, though naturally a biennial, may, by clo.se pasturage, 
be made to last three or more years. Sow in Autumn, south of the Potomac or Ohio, 
and in Spring in Northern States. Sow 16 lbs. to the acre. 
Per bush. (60 lbs.) $6.00; per qt. 30 
Alsike Clovei', 
Bed Clover, Mammoth 
per bu,sh. (60 lbs.) $7.00; per qt. 40 
