. Novelties and specialties for 1897. Nursery stock Illinois Chicago Catalogs; Seeds Varieties Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs Plants Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs. ORCHARD GRASS. FEKENMAJL RYE. 3IEAD0W FESCrE. SHEEP S FESCUE. KT. BLTTE GRASS. TIMOTHY. (Herd's Grass, Cat's Tail, Phleum Pratense.) Starts late and grows rather slowlv. flowering about four weeks after Red Clover. It makes good hay. even if cut a few days after flowering, but will never bear close feed- ing to horses or sheep ; 45 pounds to the bushel. Sow 12 pounds to the acre. Lb., 10c.; large- quantities, market p
. Novelties and specialties for 1897. Nursery stock Illinois Chicago Catalogs; Seeds Varieties Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs Plants Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs. ORCHARD GRASS. FEKENMAJL RYE. 3IEAD0W FESCrE. SHEEP S FESCUE. KT. BLTTE GRASS. TIMOTHY. (Herd's Grass, Cat's Tail, Phleum Pratense.) Starts late and grows rather slowlv. flowering about four weeks after Red Clover. It makes good hay. even if cut a few days after flowering, but will never bear close feed- ing to horses or sheep ; 45 pounds to the bushel. Sow 12 pounds to the acre. Lb., 10c.; large- quantities, market price. ORCHARD GRASS. (Rough Cook's Foot, Dactylis Glomerata.) This is one of the most valuable and widely known of all the pasture grasses. Its good properties are earliness, rapid growth and power to resist drought. It will endure considerable shade. If cut when in flower, or very soon after, it makes first rate hay: makes poor" hav. Flowers about the same time as Red Clover. Sow 24 pounds to the acre. 20c ; 100 lbs.,$ RED TOP. (Pennsylvania Herd's Grass, Burden Grass, Agrostis Vulgaris.) Thrives best on low lands, where it cuts a good crop of rather light hay of fair quality. Suit- able for low pastures. Sow 2 bu. per acre: 14 lbs. to the bushel. Lb., 20c; 100 $ KENTUCKY BLUB GRASS. (June Grass, Spear Grass, Green Meadow Grass,. Poa Pratensis.) Valuable pas- ture grass and for lawns when mixed with other grasses. It grows well in rather a dry soil, but will grow on a vari- ety of soils from the dryest knolls to a wet meadow. It endures the frosts of winter better than many other grasses. Flowers in June. Sow about 28lbs. to the acre earlv in the spring or during October or November. Lb. 20c; 100 lbs., $ PERENNIAL RYE GRASS. (Lolium Perenne.) Nutritious and valuable: in most places not excelled by Blue Grass for pasture. It thrives on almost all cultivated soils; starts early and grows all summer. Height seldom over 18 inches. Flowers i
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