. Turn over a new leaf and be convinced that Rawson & Co.'s seeds are true to name / Rawson & th and polished: roots creeping, panicle oblong. Flowersin July. It is a good permanent grass, standing our climate as well as any other,and consequently well suited to our pastures, in which it should be fed close: ifallowed to grow up to seed, cattle refuse it. The seed usually sold weighs 14 the bushel; a good part of this is chaff and it requires 4 bush, to sow an acre(see cut). Market price about lb. 10 cts.; 100 lbs. $ Red Top, Fancy Cleaned. — Is absolutely free from
. Turn over a new leaf and be convinced that Rawson & Co.'s seeds are true to name / Rawson & th and polished: roots creeping, panicle oblong. Flowersin July. It is a good permanent grass, standing our climate as well as any other,and consequently well suited to our pastures, in which it should be fed close: ifallowed to grow up to seed, cattle refuse it. The seed usually sold weighs 14 the bushel; a good part of this is chaff and it requires 4 bush, to sow an acre(see cut). Market price about lb. 10 cts.; 100 lbs. $ Red Top, Fancy Cleaned. — Is absolutely free from chaff, weighs 32 lbs. to thebush, and 1 bush, is sufficient for an acre. Lb. J 8 cts.; J00 lbs. $ J orMarket price. Rhode Island Bent Grass (Agrostis canind). —Resembles Red Top. forming a fineturf even on thin soils. Its hardy creeping habit renders it desirable for closesward, and it is f ound to be a very desirable sort in some parts of the country forlawns, more especially in the vicinity of Newport. Lb. 20cts.; J00 lbs. $ Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis). Timothy, or Herds Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata).— Thisis one of the most valuable and widely-known of all the pasture grasses. It flowersin clusters in June and July. Its stem iserect, about three feet high. Leaveslinear, flat, dark green, rough on both sur-faces. Root perennial. Its rapidity ofgrowth and its power of enduring the crop-ping of cattle commend it highly to thefarmers care as a pasture grass. As itblossoms earlier than Timothy and aboutthe time of Red Clover, it makes an admira-ble mixture with that plant, to cut in theblossom and cure for hay. All kinds ofstock eat it greedily when green. It is lessexhausting to the soil than Rye Grass orTimothy and will endure considerableshade. In a porous subsoil its fibrous rootsextend to a great depth. Weighs 14 bush.; sow 3 to 4 bush, to the acre (seecut ). Lb. J6 cts.; J00 lbs. $ English Rye Grass (Lolium perenne). —Al
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