. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 34 SCHLEGEL ^ FOTTLER'S SEED CATALOGUE. Choice Grass Seeds For Lawn and Farm. The best results are often attained ^vhen a mixture of varieties of grasses is used, and we offer the following choice sorts, hoping our customers will give some of them a trial. We make special mixtures for Lawns, Tennis Courts,
. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 34 SCHLEGEL ^ FOTTLER'S SEED CATALOGUE. Choice Grass Seeds For Lawn and Farm. The best results are often attained ^vhen a mixture of varieties of grasses is used, and we offer the following choice sorts, hoping our customers will give some of them a trial. We make special mixtures for Lawns, Tennis Courts, Pastures and Mowing Lands,.and will give quotations on application. Prices subject to the variations of the market. Add eight cents fer ^ound to these prices if vanted by mail. Crested Dog's-Tail. (Cy/iosurus cristatus). An extreme- ly hardy grass, sometimes used in mixtures for sowing pasture-land. When mature, the stems are rather too hard and wiry to be relished by cattle: it is more especially adapted to use in sheep pastures. From this grass is obtained the Leghorn straw of com- merce. (28 pounds per bushel). Per .30; 100 Fowl Meadow, (Poa serotinaj. A valuable grass for wet meadows, where it will produce large crops of excellent hay after it has become well established. It thrive? on such lands as are occasionallv over- flowed, but will not endure to remain under water for a long period, especially in hot weather. Blos- soms in Julv or August. Sow two bushels per acre. (10 pounds per bushel). Per . : 100 lbs., Hard Fescue. (Fcstuca dnriuscula). Not quite as com- mon as the Sheep's Fescue, but much like it in appearance and habit: grows rather coarser: valuable for drv soils. (14 pounds per bushel). Per .20; 100 lbs., Italian Rye-Grass. (Loli'ion Italicnm). One of the imported species, highly esteemed in England, where it is much used for soiling. It is valuable for mixing in with other grasses for permanent pastures, where i
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