& Coseedsmen / & Co. . will produce good and very profitable crops for from five to ten years. Sow 15or 20 lbs. per acre. Market price about J 5 cts. CLOVER (Trifolium repens). — It is equally common with the red, and oftenforms a very considerable portion of the sward or turf of pastures and fields of atenacious and moist soil. Its stems are spreading, slender, and creeping. Leavesare heart-shaped, flower heads small, white, perennial. Flowers from May toSeptember. It easily accommodates itself to a great variety of soils, but growsmost luxuriantly in moist ground
& Coseedsmen / & Co. . will produce good and very profitable crops for from five to ten years. Sow 15or 20 lbs. per acre. Market price about J 5 cts. CLOVER (Trifolium repens). — It is equally common with the red, and oftenforms a very considerable portion of the sward or turf of pastures and fields of atenacious and moist soil. Its stems are spreading, slender, and creeping. Leavesare heart-shaped, flower heads small, white, perennial. Flowers from May toSeptember. It easily accommodates itself to a great variety of soils, but growsmost luxuriantly in moist grounds and moist or wet seasons. Sow 8 lbs. to the acre. Lb. 30 cts. JAPAN CLOVER (Lespedeza striata). — A low-branching clover that does well in thSouth. It thrives on poor land and produces continual herbage. Not adapted toNorthern latitudes, as it is only half hardy. Sow 14 lbs. to the acre. Lb. 30 cts. Alsike Clover. We do not deliver Grass Seeds Free at prices quoted. Purchaser pays transit. r^RLiiMGjoiM Tested Seeds8^ (?J rested T1. Timothy, or Herds Grass. Farm Seeds Timothy, or Herds Grass {Phleum prcdense).— As a crop to cut for hay it is probably unsurpassed by any other grass now cultivated. Though somewhatcoarse and hard, especially if allowed to ripen its seed, yet if cut in the blossom,or directly after, it is greatly relished by all kinds of stock, and especially so byhorses, while it possesses a large percentage of nutritive matter in comparison-with other agricultural grasses. Spikes cylindrical or elongated; leaves long,flat, rough, with long sheaths; root perennial, fibrous on moist soils, on dry onesoften bulbous. It is not suited to sandy or light gravelly lands ; although on suchsoils, by great care, it can be made to grow and produce fair crops, some othergrasses are better suited to them and more profitable. If sown alone use yz to1 bush, to an acre (see cut). Market price about $2-50. Red Top. (Agrostis vulgaris). ?— This valuable grass, so common in
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