Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . S97. ENGLISH BLUE GRASS. (P.)LoliumJ>erenneJ,. Although this grass is called EnglishBlue Grass here, and often sold as a superiorgrass for lawns and meadows, it does not proveas valuable as many claim, and should not be\ purchased for use here where other well knownI nutritious grasses are so plenty. We should besure at least, if we desire to try this new species,that the variety known as Italian Rye Grass isfurnished. In meadows and especially lawnmixtures, it is well to avoid this species, re-placing
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . S97. ENGLISH BLUE GRASS. (P.)LoliumJ>erenneJ,. Although this grass is called EnglishBlue Grass here, and often sold as a superiorgrass for lawns and meadows, it does not proveas valuable as many claim, and should not be\ purchased for use here where other well knownI nutritious grasses are so plenty. We should besure at least, if we desire to try this new species,that the variety known as Italian Rye Grass isfurnished. In meadows and especially lawnmixtures, it is well to avoid this species, re-placing it with that much more white cloverand blue grass. 198 Horse-tail. (P) Equisetum arveme, L. Standing erect in the grass of low places in early Spring,many of the little arrow-like stalks and yellow heads of this peculiarplant may be seen, followed later by a green feathery herbage look-ing something like the scraggly tail of an old horse. These plants 297 are useless to the farmer and should be replaced by good may be accomplished by underdraining such places as are toomuch giv
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