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Reed Canary Grass {Fhalaris Arimdinacea). 
This grass is suitable for marshland, banks of rivers, and sides of lakes, providing splendid 
cover for water fowl, snipe, &c. When the leaves are young and succulent it gives a good 
bite to cattle. 
Roug^h Stalk Meadow Grass (Foa trivialis). 
This is a splendid grass for damp or stiff loams, upon which soil it yields abundant crops. 
It is to be found in all good old pastures, where it usually flowers in July. The plant 
comes to maturity about the second year, and the herbage is greatly relished by all kinds 
of stock. 
Sea Lyme Grass {Elymus Arenarius). 
Succulent grass, principally used for binding loose sandy soils. 
Smooth-stalked Meadow Qrai'ss (Foa pratensis). 
Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass is particularly adapted for dry, light soils, where it will 
produce an abundance of valuable and nutritious food early in the spring. It is shallow- 
rooted, of creeping habit, and withstands drought. A most useful ingredient, in suitable 
proportions, for both meadow and pasture land. 
Sweet-scented Vernal Greiss (Anthoxanthum odoratum). 
This fibrous-rooted perennial, growing about I2 inches high, is one of our earliest grasses 
and is generally the first to flower. It is of small agricultural value, though the coumarin 
which it contains imparts to hay a pleasing and characteristic odour, which renders it 
palatable to stock. In point of agricultural value Foxtail is generally considered to be 
superior to Sweet Scented Vernal, and it generally takes the place of this latter in a 
prescription of grass seeds. 
Ta.ll Fescue (Festuca datior). 
This somewhat resembles the Meadow Fescue in halrit, but is rather more tufted and of a 
coarser texture. Generally found on wet soils, river banks, &c. , it is eaten by all kinds 
of stock, but its coarseness renders it unsuitable for including in leys or permanent 
pastures, except on poor clay soils, upon which it will reach maturity in the third year. 
Tall Oat Grass ( Arrhenatherum avcnaceum, .syn. Avena datior L.). 
A tall-growing perennial grass which produces a large bulk of fairly nutritious hay on stiff 
or wet soils. It commences to grow early and is therefore a valuable component of 
meadows where good crops of fog grass are required. On account of its rapicl develop- 
ment it is included in all mixtures of seeds for leys, and is sometimes utilised for this 
purpose instead of Italian Rye Grass. 
Tall Sheep’s Fescue Grass (Festuca ovina pseudo-tenuifoUa). 
An improved and tall-growing variety of true Sheep’s Fescue of perennial duration adapted 
to most soils, though it succeeds best on light or calcareous soils. Being a \aluable 
feeding grass it should be included in all mixtures, especially for sheep-fed pastures ; 
it becomes fully developed about the third year after sowing. 
Timothy Grass (Fhkum pratense). 
Timothy Grass is most distinct both in its habit and in its seed. Horses are particularly 
fond of Timothy Grass, and all kinds of stock relish it. It is specially addicted to rich 
tenacious soils, producing an abundant and valuable herbage of high nutritive properties. 
It comes into profit later in the season than Meadow Foxtail or Cocksfoot, and is largely 
employed in alternate husbandry, particularly in the south of Scotland. 
Fine Sheep’s Fescue Gra.ss (Festuca ovina tenuifoUa). 
Sheep’s Fescue Grass is indigenous over a wide range of soil. Cattle, and sheep especially, 
are very fond of it, and in some of the most northern districts of Great Britain it flourishes 
abundantly, sometimes forming the sole food of the Highland cattle. It is less 
productive than many other varieties, but its feeding properties are of great excellence. 
It is a most useful grass for lawns, parks, and fine turf generally, forming a fine close 
natural carpet of turf on all limestone soils. 
Wood Meadow Grass (Foa nemoralis). 
Wood Meadow Grass, or Evergreen Meadow Grass, is one of the hardiest and most 
popular of the dwarf-growing and slender-leaved grasses, useful alike for pastures and 
in ihe formation of fine lawns or park grass. It also thrives well under trees and in 
shaded positions. 
Perennial Rye Grass {Lolium perenne). See page 68. 
Italian Rye Grass {LoHum italkum). See page 69. 
Best 
Quality, 
per Ib. 
Good 
Quality, 
per lb. 
3/6 
— 
2- 
1/9 
2/6 
- 
1/9 
1/6 
4/- 
— 
2/3 
— 
1/2 
1/- 
1/4 
1/2 
1/- 
-/II 
1/8 
1/2 
2/9 
2/6 
Special quotations for large quantities and other particulars given on application. 
We prescribe suitable mixtures of Grass Seeds for any purpose, or will quote for customers own prescriptions. 
Grass Seeds for Lawns and Golf Courses, see pages 64 and 67. 
Uaynus Paric, London, S.W.— 1912. 
