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THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
practise “ rough-and-ready gardening,” spergula is of no use 
at all, except as a rock plant or to cover a knoll. 
For all GOOD LOAMY GARDEN soils, the best grasses to form a 
close, fine sward, are the following :—Gynosurus cristatus , the 
crested dog’s-tail; Festuca ovina , the sheep’s fescue ; F . tenui- 
fcilia, the fine-leaved fescue; Folium perenne tenue , fine-leaved 
rye-grass; Foa pratensis , smooth-stalked meadow grass; Foa 
sempervirens , evergreen meadow grass ; Foa nemoralis, wood- 
side meadow grass ; Trifolium repens perenne, perennial white 
clover; Trifolium minus , yellow suckling. Sow the mixture 
at the rate of 8 bushels (60 lb.) to the English acre, or 1 
gallon (2J- lb.) to 6 rods or perches. 
For a stiff soil resting on clay, a good mixture would 
consist of Foa pratensis , smooth-stalked meadow grass; Foa 
trivialis , rough-stalked meadow grass ; Folium perenne tenue , 
fine rye grass; Fesiuca duriuscula, hard fescue; Trifolium 
repens , white clover ; Trifolium minus , yellow suckling. 
For a light sandy soil the mixture should consist of, or at 
least comprise, Folium perenne tenue , Foa pratensis, Fesiuca 
duriuscula, Arena flares cens, the yellowish oat grass; Trifolium 
repens , Lotus corniculatus , the bird’s-foot; Achillea millefolia , 
the common yarrow. 
For a thin soil resting on chalk or limestone, the selec¬ 
tion should comprise Folium perenne tenue , Fesiuca duriuscula , 
F. orina , Foa trivialis , Gynosurus cristatus , Medicago lupulina , 
yellow medick; Trifolium repens , T. minus , Lotus corniculatus. 
For a collective prescription we cannot do better than 
adopt that recommended by Messrs. Lawson and Son, the 
eminent seedsmen of London and Edinburgh. The several 
quantities of the several sorts named constitute a mixture for 
one English acre. 
Avena fiavescens 
GUI 
LIGHT 
SOIL. 
11b. 
MEDIUM 
SOIL. 
01b. 
HEAVY 
SOIL. 
0 1b. 
Gynosurus cristatus ... 
... 5 
6 
7 
Festuca duriuscula, S03 
3 
4 
Festuca tenuifolia ... 
o 
2 
1 
Loliurti perenne tenue ... 
20 
20 
20 
Foa nemoralis 
... li 
If 
2 
Foa nemoralis sempervirens 
... H 
IS 
2 
Foa trivialis ... 
... i| 
If 
2 
Trifolium repens 
... 7 
7 
7 
Trifolium minus 
... 2 
o 
1 
