
ACTA 
Qndividual Grasses and (lovers. 
BENT GRASSES (Agrostis) 
ASTORIA BENT (Capillaris). 
An underground creeping sort, usually 
by rhizomes; gives a dense, reinforced 
sod of attractive green color of finest 
texture; desirable for either lawns or 
putting greens. 
1 lb. $2.25; 10 Ibs. $21.50; 25 Ibs. $49.50 
COLONIAL BENT (tenuis). A fast 
growing bent grass, spreading by root- 
stocks, drought resistant and quite hardy 
in the northeast. Recommended for 
lawns and putting greens, makes well 
matted turf; use in place of Kentucky 
Blue on acid soils. 
1 Ib. $2.00; 10 lbs. $19.50; 25 lbs. $47.50 
RHODE ISLAND BENT (tenuis) 
Produces short stolons or runners; rec- 
ommended for greens. 
1 lb. $2.00; 10 Ibs. $19.50; 25 Ibs. $47.50 
SEASIDE BENT (Maritima). Spreads 
by surface runners or stolens; requires 
constant mowing and top dressing with 
fertilizer; clippings may be used for 
lawn making. Adapted to clayey, sandy, 
dry, moist, acid soils; cold resistant. 
Subject to “Brown Patch;’” prevent and 
check it with “Calo-Chlor.” Recommend- 
ed for lawns. 
1 Ib. $2.50; 10 Ibs. $24.50; 25 lbs. $59.50 
VELVET BENT (Canina). The best of 
the bents. Price on application. 
RED TOP. Fancy Re-Cleaned (Alba). 
Quick growing grass of 2 to 3 years 
duration, acting as-nurse crop to slower 
growing grasses. Fine for lawns, fair- 
ways and putting greens. 
1 lb. 65c; 10 lbs. $6.00; 100 lbs. $55.00 
FESCUES (Festucas) 
CHEWING’S NEW ZEALAND (Festuca 
Rubra Fallax). Grows well on barren 
uplands or dry light soils; resists heat 
and drought. Recommended for lawns 
and putting greens, in shade or sun; 
makes a close sod by spreading under- 
ground rootstocks; stands close cutting. 
1 lb. $1.35; 10 Ibs. $12.50; 25 Ibs. $30.00 
MEADOW FESCUE (LHlatoir pratensis). 
Fast growing, highly nutritive, broad 
leaved, tall grass, splendidly suited only 
for permanent pastures or meadows; at 
its best after 3 years. 
1 lb. 75c; 10 lbs. $7.00; 100 lbs. $65.00 
POA GRASSES 
CANADA BLUE GRASS (Compressa). 
Spreads by creeping under ground root- 
stocks. Recommended over Kentucky 
Blue for lawns where the soils are poor, 
clayey or hard. Requires two seasons 
to reach full maturity; blue-green blades. 
Heat and cold resistant, also rough wear. 
For lawns and fairways. 
1 lb. $2.00; 10 lbs. $19.00; 100 lbs. $180.00 
KENTUCKY BLUE (Pratensis). Has 
spreading underground rootstocks. Pro- 
viding soils are rich, moist, alkaline, 
clayey, it produces our best lawns, im- 
proving each year; at its best after 2 
or 3 years. Water at approach of dry 
seasons, not tolerant of droughts; avoid 
mowing during this period. Also suited 
to pasture. 
Price on application. 
VARIOUS GRASSES 
ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis Glomerata). 
Does well in orchards 'neath trees, makes 
early, rapid growth; for hay, cut near 
blossoming time; deep rooting, stands 
drought well. 
1 lb. 75c; 10 lbs. $7.00; 100 lbs. $60.00 
RYE GRASS—English Perennial (Lolium 
perenne). Splendid nurse grass for slower 
growing sorts, grows quickly, lasts two 
seasons. Excellent for pastures. Does 
best in stiff, wet or marshy soils. 
1 lb. 65c; 10 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $50.00 
RYE GRASS—lItalian (Lolium italicum). 
A short lived perennial for quick growth 
lawns or hay grass. 
1 1b; 40c; 10 lbs. $3.50; 100 lbs. $30.00 
RYE GRASS—Domestic. Composed of 
English and Italian species, similarly 
suited. American grown. 
1 lb. 45c; 10 Ibs. $38.75; 100 lbs. $30.00 
TIMOTHY (Phleum Pratense). Our prin- 
Cipal hay grass, rich nutritive stock 
value; considerably used in pastures. Pro- 
duces fair crop first year; runs out in few 
years. Does best in cool and moist cli- 
mates in soils with sufficient calcium. 
1 Ib. 25c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $17.50 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITH- 
Cae NOTICE owing to unsettled con- 
itions. 
CLOVERS 
The Department of Agriculture strongly 
recommends clovers for hay, pasture and 
cover crops. It adds nitrogen to the 
soil and when turned under adds humus. 
(60 lbs. to a bushel.) 
ALSIKE. Adapted to a variety of soils, 
even too wet and too acid; produces more 
hay, stands longer, grows quicker than 
other clovers. 
10 lbs. $8.50; 100 lbs. $75.00 
CRIMSON CLOVER. Best used for hay 
or cover crop for turning under. 
1 Ib. 60c; 10 lb. $5.50; 100 lbs. $48.00 
LADINO WHITE CLOVER. A giant 
white sort, highly recommended for per- 
manent pastures, especially adapted to 
moist soils; heavy producer throughout 
entire pasture season. 
Lb. $3.50; 10 lbs. $32.50 
MAMMOTH RED. Superior grade of red 
clover, larger and later maturing, fine 
for grazing and hay. 
10 lbs. $8.75; 100 lbs. $75.00 
MEDIUM RED. Earliest of the two. 
10 Ibs. $8.75; 100 Ibs. $75.00 
SWEET WHITE CLOVER. Withstands 
adverse soil conditions, is hardy and used 
for hay, pasture or turning under, espe- 
cially on poor soils. 
1 lb. 45c; 10 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs, $35.00 
WHITE CLOVER (Trifolium repens). 
Sown sparingly over lawns it makes 
dwarf growth, imparts a fine, sweet frag- 
rance and will grow where no grass will. 
Especially recommended for sandy soils, 
as it covers ground quickly and revives 
quickly with moist weather after drought. 
4 lb. 50c; % lb. 95c; 1 1b. $1.75; 10 Ibs. 
$16.50; 25 lbs. $40.00. 
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CLOVERS, Continued 
WILD WHITE CLOVER 
Most vigorous growth; a small leaved 
prostrate sort that thrives on the pour- 
est of soils, growing successfully in 
areas heavily infested with grubs of the 
Japanese and Asiatic Beetles or Chinch 
Bugs; its dense, creeping habit recuom- 
mends it highly for the purpose of estab- 
lishing a more permanent lawn or to 
increase the yield in pastures (include 1 
to 2 lbs. per acre for all mixtures). 
% Ibe 90¢e; FL Ib, $2.50; 10 Ibs. $22.50 
Alfalfa 
(Medicago sativa) 
Sow 18 to 22 lbs. per acre. 
Northwestern Grown. An invaluable green 
hay crop, producing 2 to 3 cuttings a sea- 
son, liked by all steck. Also for perma- 
nent pastures. 
1 lb. 95c; 10 Ibs. $9.00; 100 Ibs. $80.00 
Grimm’s. An exceptionally hardy strain 
for nurthern climates. Withstands the 
severest weather. Certified stock. 
1 lb. $1.10; 10 lbs. $10.00; 100 lbs. $90.00 
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FIELD SEEDS price on application. 
FIELD CORN 
Sow % bushel per acre in hills, % 
bushel for fodder (bushel weighs 56 lbs.). 
Cornell Hybrid 34-53 (100 days). 
Cornell Hybrid 29-38. The best Hybrid 
Improved Leaming Dent. A popular heavy 
Longfellow Flint. Marly maturing (92 
Lancaster Sure Crop. [Exceptional yield- 
Sweet Fodder Corn. Contains more sugar 
Price on application. 
BUCKWHEAT 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
COW PEAS 
Sow 90 lbs. to the acre. Equal to clover 
OATS — 
(Sow 3 bushels per acre) 
VICLAND. Sensational strain developed 
by the Wis. Agri. Exp. Station that is 
highly resistant to smuts and early 
rusts. It matures early, produces strong 
straw and is slow to sprout in the 
shock; heavier grained and of superior 
yield. Bus. $3.50; 10 bus. $32.00. 
Highland Chief. An exceedingly heavy 
white oat, large, thick and plump; an 
unusual yielder, 75 to 100 bushels to the 
acre, Select strain, bus. (32 lbs.) $3.75, 
10 bus. $35.00. 
RYE 
(Sow 114 bushels per acre) 
SOY BEANS 
Sow 35 to 40 lbs. per acre in rows; 90 
to 100 lbs. per acre when drilled solid. 
Cayuga (90-100 days). The earliest; best 
for grain or hay, not for oil. Yields 30 
bus. to the acre. 
EARLY WILSON (120 days). Slightly 
later than Manchu, but quite as rank 
grower. Excellent variety for green 
manure. 
Manchu (110 days). Valued for its high 
oil content, and for plowing under. 
Seneca (100-110 days). A better yielder 
than Cayuga. Ideal variety for N. Y. 
and adjacent areas. 
Any of above, Bus. (60 lbs) $7.50 
VETCHES 
WHEAT (Beardless) 
Prices on application. 
NON-WARRANTY. Burnett-Seedsmen, Inc., gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the productiveness of 
any seed or plants it sells and will not be in any way responsible for the crop. Our liability, in all instances, 
is limited to the purchase price of the seed or plants. 
BURMETT-SEEDSMEN 7. 
23-25 Warren Street New York 7, N. Y. 
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