. Thorburn's seeds : 1900. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. GRASS SEEDS—continued. DACTYLIS CLOMERATA [Orchard Grass; Cocksfoot). One of the grasses most employed in permanent meadows, either for pasture or for mowing. It is very hardy and succeeds well anywhere in the United States. It is very productive and makes excellent hay. If cut before it flowers it is less hard and the pith of the stem is soft and sweet. It blossoms about the same time as Red Clover, and is therefore desir- able in mixture with that plant. Stoc
. Thorburn's seeds : 1900. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. GRASS SEEDS—continued. DACTYLIS CLOMERATA [Orchard Grass; Cocksfoot). One of the grasses most employed in permanent meadows, either for pasture or for mowing. It is very hardy and succeeds well anywhere in the United States. It is very productive and makes excellent hay. If cut before it flowers it is less hard and the pith of the stem is soft and sweet. It blossoms about the same time as Red Clover, and is therefore desir- able in mixture with that plant. Stock of all kinds are very fond of it. either dry or green, and it endures constant crop- ping better than any other grass. After being mown it grows up quicker and yields a heavier aftermath than any other variety. It can stand considerable shade, and is recommended as a pasture grass for woodlands. Its ten- dency to grow in tussocks is diminished if it is sown with other grasses, and also by heavy rolling in the spring. But it is quite unsuitable for lawns. Height. 3 feet. (14 lbs. to the bushel.) Sow 3 or 4 bushels to the acre. Per lb., 20 cts.; 100 lbs., $16. DOG'S-TAIL. See Cynosurus eristatus. ELYMUS ARENARIA (Lime Grass). Valuable on the sandy seashore, canal and railroad banks, etc. It tends, with its tough, wide-spreading and thickly matting roots, to form natural and permanent embankments, thus serving to prevent the drifting of the sand and to protect an exposed shore from wind and waves. It is of no agricultural value. Per lb., 45 cts.; 100 lbs., $40. FESTUCA DURIUSCULA (Hard Fescue). This is a variety of F. ovina. dwarferand less vigorous in growth, but possess- ing all the other valuable characteristics of that variety. It is emphatically a grass for dry lands, doing well on sandy and shallow silieious soils. It is exceedingly hardy and with- stands extremes of heat and cold, and also long periods of drought. For permanent pastures on poor lands it is espe- cially
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