ON SOWING THE SEEDS OF GRASSES. 
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such as possess a beautiful green verdure throughout the year, and the foliage of 
which never becomes rank and coarse. 
The situation, and kind of soil, will be necessary matters of consideration to the 
person intending to sow, as the kinds that will form a good surface on one soil and 
situation will not in another, and so the person recommending the kind of grass 
might be blamed without a just cause. 
If the situation is hilly and dry, with a light sandy soil, the following sorts 
will be best to sow : — Poa pratensis, Cynosurus cristatus, Festuca ovina, Festuca 
tenuifolia, and Trifolium minus. 
For a hundred square yards of land, the following proportions may be used : 
Festuca ovina, one quart, Festuca tenuifolia, about a pint and a quarter, three 
quarters of a pint of Poa pratensis, and the same quantity of Cynosurus cristatus, 
and one quart of Trifolium minus ; mix these well together, and, after the ground 
is prepared, sow them evenly all over the surface. 
The proportions for an acre would be — one bushel and a half of Festuca ovina, 
one bushel of Festuca tenuifolia, one bushel and a half of Trifolium minus, two 
pecks of Poa pratensis, and two pecks of Cynosurus cristatus. 
If the situation be hilly, and the soil dry, but not sandy, use, for one hundred 
square yards, the following proportions : one quart of Poa pratensis, one quart of 
Trifolium minus, one pint and a quarter of Festuca tenuifolia, and one pint and a 
quarter of Cynosurus cristatus. Use for an acre a bushel and a half of Poa 
pratensis, a bushel and a half of Trifolia tenuifolia, one bushel of Festuca tenuifolia, 
and one bushel of Cynosurus cristatus. Mix them well together before sowing. 
If the situation be not over- dry, or over- wet, with a good loamy soil, then the 
following sorts will answer the best : Anthoxanthum odoratum, Agrostis vulgaris, 
Festuca duriuscula, Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne Whitworthensis, Poa pra- 
tensis, Poa trivialis, and Trifolium minus. These may be sown on an acre, in the 
proportions of six pecks of Trifolium minus to two pecks of each of the other seven 
grasses. Or, for one hundred square yards of ground, one quart of Trifolium 
minus to three quarters of a pint of each of the others. To be all well mixed 
before sowing. 
But, if the'situation be low and damp, use of Poa trivialis a bushel and a half, 
Trifolium minus, a bushel and. a half, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Agrostis vulgaris, 
Festuca duriuscula, Festuca rubra, and Lolium pratense Whitworthensis, each a 
peck and a half to the acre. Let all these be well-mixed together. Or, for one 
hundred square yards of ground, use one quart of Poa trivialis, one quart of 
Trifolium minus, and half a pint of each of the other five grasses. 
The sorts recommended for lawns are the following : — 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. — A good grass for loamy land, is the kind that 
generally smells so delightfully in a new mown hay field. 
Agrostis vulgaris. — The Common Bent Grass, very good for loamy soil. 
Cynosurus cristatus. — Crested Dog's Tail Grass, grows well on dry sandy land. 
Festuca duriuscula. — A kind of Fescue Grass, which forms a good bottom on 
loamy soil, but does not thrive so well in dry situations. 
Festuca rubra. — Creeping Fescue Grass; this also does the best on loamy soil. 
