. Vegetable, field and flower seeds : descriptive catalogue. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Kentucky Blue. Orchard. Kentucky Blue Grass. (Foa Fra- tense.) The famous pasture grass of Ken- tucky. It thrives upon any ordinary soil; stands the heat of summer remarkably well. For pastures and lawns it has no superior, giving that peculiar, rich shade of bluish- green so much admired in the best lawns; also making a very close, velvety turf; 40 to 50 pounds of seed are required
. Vegetable, field and flower seeds : descriptive catalogue. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Kentucky Blue. Orchard. Kentucky Blue Grass. (Foa Fra- tense.) The famous pasture grass of Ken- tucky. It thrives upon any ordinary soil; stands the heat of summer remarkably well. For pastures and lawns it has no superior, giving that peculiar, rich shade of bluish- green so much admired in the best lawns; also making a very close, velvety turf; 40 to 50 pounds of seed are required per acre. Fancy clean. Lb., 15c; 10 lbs., $; 100 lbs., $ Red Top* {Agrotis Vulgaris.) A very valuable permanent grass ; grows well upon almost any soil; especially valuable for meadows, pastures and lawns, where per- manent grasses are desired. If used alone, sow 30 to 40 pounds per acre. If mixed with timothy for mowing lands, 20 lbs. per acre. First grade fancy clean seed (solid) ,1b., 25c; 10lbs., $; 100 lbs., $ Choice seed, lb., 15c; 10 lbs., $; 100 lbs., $ Orchard Grass. (Dactylis Glomerata.) A standard grass, well known. One of the very best in cultivation. If cut just as it is coming into bloom (as it always should be), a good second crop will follow, and some- times even a third. Orchard is one of the earliest grasses, yields immense crops, and makes the best of hay; it endures consid- erable shade, and is much used for sowing in orchards. Lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $; 100 lbs., $ Red Top. Timothy. Timothy. (Fhleum Fratense.) This is the most valuable of all grasses for hay, es- pecially in the north. Thrives best on moist, loamy soils of medium tenacity. It should be cut just when the blossom falls. Sow early in the spring or fall, at the rate of 15 pounds per acre, if alone, but less if mixed with other grasses. Market price. Creeping Bent Grass. (Agrostis Stoli- nifera.) Valuable as a pasture grass and for lawns; best adapted for low,
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