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W. 11. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
Nearly all the ornamental grasses are very showy and 
heauliful, and when dried and tastefully arranged in con- 
nection with the Everlasting flowers, make exceedingly 
attractive winter bouquets. 
Ornamental Grasses. A collection of eight dif- 
ferent varieties, our own selection 30c 
Agrostis Minutiflora. New; very flue 10c 
Agrostis Nebnlosa. Light, feathery and grace- 
ful, fine for winter bouquets, hardy annual; 1 foot 5c 
Briza Maxima (Large Quaking Grass.) Large 
pendent seeds, fine for clumps or bouquets, 
hardy annual; 1 foot 5c 
Briza Geniculata. Graceful species for bouquets 5c 
Bromus Brizaeformls. Splendid variety, with 
drooping spikes of pendent seeds, hardy annual, 
1 foot. 5c 
Cynosums Elegans. Fine for bouquets 5c 
Eragrostis Maxima. Beautiful dancing spike- 
lets for bouquets 10c 
Eragrostis Elegans (Love Grass.) Elegant and 
feathery foliage, hardy annual, 1 foot 5c 
Gynerium Argenteum (True Pampas Giass.) 
Makes fine clumps for lawns, large silvery 
plumes, half-hardy perennial, 6 to 10 teet lOo 
Lagurus Ovatus (Hare’s Tail Grass.) Woolly 
cone-shaped heads, fine for Winter bouquets, 
hardy annual, 1 foot 5c 
Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass.) llelicalB long 
silvery feathers, fine for winter bouquets, hardy 
perennial, 2 feet 10c 
Tricholsena. Pretty rose-colored grass, hardy 
annual, 1 foot lOo 
Poa Amabilis. Very fine for bouquets 10c 
Quantity of Seed Required to Sow an Acre of Ground. 
Grass, Timothy 
Grass, Mesquit, in the ohafl' 
Grass, Hungarian 
Grass, Millet 
Grass, Mixed Lawn • •• 
A much larger quantity of seed is required 
to make a close fine lawn than for other pur- 
Pounds. 
20 
35 
40 
40 
75 
poses. 
Grass, mixed for mowing 1 Clover 
or grazing >■ Timothy 
) Kedtop 
Grass, Kentucky Blue, for pasture 
Grass, Kentucky Blue, for lawn 
Grass, Orchard 
Grass, English or Australian Bye, for meadow. 
Grass, English or Australian Kye, for lawn.... 
Grass, Italian Bye 
Grass, Red top 
Alfalfa or Lucerne 
Clover, Red alone — broadciist 
Clover, White alone— broadeast 
Clover, Alsike — broadcast 
Barley — broadcast 
Oats— broadcast 
Rye — broadcast 
W heat — broadcast 
Wheat— drills 
Corn, Sweet or Field— hills 
Corn, to cut green for fodder- diiils or broad- 
cast 
Vetches — broadcast 
8 
15 
15 
so 
75 
40 
50 
75 
30 to 40 
80 
20 to 25 
15 to 20 
12 
10 
125 to 150 
80 
100 
125 
90 
15 
150 
150 
Pounds. 
Hemp — broadcast 30 to 50 
Flax, when wanted for the seed 50 
Flax, when wanted for the fiber 80 
Beans, Dwarf or Bush — ^hills and drills 80 
Beans, tall or pole — hills 20 
Beets, drills 5 to 6 
Broom Corn — Drills 15 
Buckwheat — broadcast 45 
Cabbage in beds to cover an acre after trans- 
planting 4i 
Carrots — drills 3 to 4 
Melon, Water — hills 8 to 3 
Melon, Cantaloupe — hills 4 
Onions, black seed-drills 5 to 6 
Onions, top set — drills 200 
Onions, black seeds, for bottom sets 40 
Parsnips— drills 6 
Peas — drills 100 
Peas— broadcast 180 
Potatoes — hills 500 to 600 
Pumpkins — hills 5 
Radishes— drills 8 
Sage— drills 8 
Spinach — drills 15 
Squash, bush varieties — hills 6 
Squash, running varieties — hills 8 
Tomato, in beds to transplant J 
Turnip and Rutabaga — drills li 
Turnip and Rutabaga — broadcast 3 
Cucumber — hills 2 
Quantity of Seed Required to Produce a Given Number of Plants, or Sow Certain 
Quantity of Ground. 
Artichoke 1 oz. to 500 plants 
Asparagus 1 oz. to 60 feet of drill of 600 plants 
Beans, dw arf 1 lb. to 50 feet of drill 
Beans, tall 1 lb. to 75 hills 
Beets 1 oz. to 50 feet of drill 
Broccoli 1- oz to 2,000 plants 
Brussels Sprouts 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Cabbage 1 oz. to 2.000 plants 
Carrots 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Cauliflower 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Celery 1 oz. to 3,000 plants 
Chicory 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Corn 1 lb. to 100 hills 
Cress 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Cucumber 1 oz. to 75 hills 
Egg Plant 1 oz. to 1,000 plants 
Endive 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill or 8,000 plants 
Kale 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Kohl Rabi 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
Leek 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Lettuce 1 oz. to 8,000 plants 
Melon, Water 1 oz. to50 hills 
Melon, Musk 1 oz. to 50 hills 
Okra 1 oz. to 50 feet of drill 
Onion Seed 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Onion, top set 1 lb. to 20 feet of drill 
Parsnips 1 oz. to 200 feet of drill 
Parsley 1 oz. to 1.50 feet of drill 
Peas 1 lb. to 60 teet of drill 
Pepper 1 oz. to l,000plants 
Pumpkin 1 oz. to 40 hills 
Radish 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill 
Salsify 1 oz to 70 feet of drill 
Sage 1 oz. to 150 feet of drill 
Spinach 1 oz. to 100 feet of driU 
Squash, early 1 oz. to 50 hills 
Squash, winter 1 oz. to 10 hills 
Tomato 1 oz. to 8,000 plants 
Tobacco 1 oz. to 10,000 plants 
