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SELECT LIST OF AGRICULTUBAL SEEDS. 
RYE GRASSES, NATURAL GRASSES, and 
CLOVERS. 
SAMPLES FOnWABDED “ POST FREE ” ON APPLICATION. 
Special prices quoted for large quantities. 
ENGLISH AND SCOTCH RYE GRASSES. 
Per bsl. — s. 
PERENNIAL RYE GRASS, used extensively for permanent pasture ... 5 «. to 
PACEY’’S PERENNIAL RYE GRASS, from the abundance of foliage and its perennial 
charaeter, is w.ell adapted for pleasure grounds and permanent pasture 
EVERGREEN PERENNIAL RYE GRASS ! ! 
ANNUAL RYE GRASS, 1st quality 
ITALIAN RYE GRASSES. 
Per bsl.— s. d. 
ITALIAN RYE GRASS, ENGLISH SEED 
,, ,, ,, IMPORTED SEED, cleaned 
Italian Rye Grasses thrive in any soil,') 
yielding early and bulky crops. 
which are gi-eatly increased by the y 
application of liquid manure as [ 6 
soon as the crop is cut . . .J 
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NATURAL GRASSES. 
AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA (I'iorhi), recommended for cultivation in moist, marshy, and peaty 
soils. 
ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS (Jleadoni Foxtail), an excellent early pasture grass, yielding a large 
quantity of herbage. 
ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATDM (Sweet Vernal), very fragrant, and a desirable variety for all 
pasture mixtures. 
ARRHENATHERUM AVENACEUM (French Rye Grass), a tall grass, producing an abundance of 
herbage, but of inferior quality. 
AVENA PLAVESCENS (Yellow Oat Grass), very desirable in small quantities for pasture mixtures 
on dry soils. 
CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS (Crested Dogstail). This species forms a close turf, and is most suitable 
for lawns. 
DACTYLIS GLOMERATA (Cochsfoot), a tall and strong-gi-owing grass, very valuable in mixtures 
for permanent pasture. 
FESTUCA DURIUSCULA (Hard Fescue), an excellent grass for general purposes. 
„ ELATIOR (Tall rescue), suitable for any soil, producing a large quantity of herbage. 
,, HETEROPHYLLA (Various-leaved Fescue), useful on dry soils. 
„ LOLIACEA (Spiked Fescue), very productive and nutritious. 
„ OVINA (Sheep’s Fescue), well adapted for dry soils and uplands, as pasture for sheep. 
,, PRATENSIS (Meadow Fescue), one of the most useful grasses for alternate husbandry 
or permanent pasture. 
„ RUBRA (Creeping-rooted Fescue), only useful on light dry soils. 
,, SYLVATICA ( IVood Fescue), valuable for sowing under trees and in shady places. 
,, TENUIFOLIA (Fme-leaved Fescue), serviceable only in dry pastures, but well adapted 
for lawns or pleasure grounds. • 
