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will appear a great deal more than a pound 
of the crested dog’s-tail grass (Cynosurus 
cristatus), the seed of which is very heavy; 
and yet as the latter seed is generally all 
good, it will cover more ground with grass 
than the other. The best way is to write 
down the botanic names of the grasses, and 
to send them to a respectable seedsman, 
with directions to return enough of the seed 
of each, to produce an equal quantity of grass 
of each respective species on the lawn. The 
whole quantity required of the mixed grasses 
is generally not more than four bushels 
and a half per acre; but if an immediate 
effect be wanted, about a bushel and a half 
of the common white clover may be added. 
This quantity of seed will be sufficient to 
sow the ground very thickly, as when ground 
has been dug over and rendered perfectly 
smooth the seeds will go further, and cover 
it more completely than when the surface is 
uneven; and if the seeds are sown in dry 
weather, then rolled in and afterwards wa¬ 
tered, the ground will be as green and 
covered with as fine a sward the first season, 
as though it had been laid down with turf. 
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