& Coseedsmen / & Co. . English or Perennial Eye Grass. Orchard Grass. Creeping Bent Grass (Agrostis stoloni-fera).—A variety with long, prostratecreeping stems, well adapted for sandypastures near the coast, and useful forbinding shifting sands or riverbankssubject to wash or overflow. It makes agood pasture grass for low lands, es-pecially for those that are somewhatsandy. It produces a fine and enduringturf for lawns. Height 1 to 2 feet. Ifsown alone 50 lbs. to the acre should besown; weighs 15 lbs. to bushel (see cut).Lb. 25 cts.; J 00 lbs. $ J Fescue (Festuca

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& Coseedsmen / & Co. . English or Perennial Eye Grass. Orchard Grass. Creeping Bent Grass (Agrostis stoloni-fera).—A variety with long, prostratecreeping stems, well adapted for sandypastures near the coast, and useful forbinding shifting sands or riverbankssubject to wash or overflow. It makes agood pasture grass for low lands, es-pecially for those that are somewhatsandy. It produces a fine and enduringturf for lawns. Height 1 to 2 feet. Ifsown alone 50 lbs. to the acre should besown; weighs 15 lbs. to bushel (see cut).Lb. 25 cts.; J 00 lbs. $ J Fescue (Festuca duriuscula). —Aslender, densely tufted perennial grass,1 to 2 feet high, with numerous very fineradical leaves and open panicles. Itsparticular merit is in its ability to thrive on diy, sandy soils unfit for the growth of better grassesand will resist long periods of summer drought. It possesses some value as a lawn grass, but if usedfor this purpose, should be sown thicklv and unmixed with other sorts. Sow 30 lbs. to the 20

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