. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world, 1899. Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. HOLCrS LANATUS. GRASS SEEDS—continued. Per lb. Festuca ovina (Sheep's Fescue). Grows freely -when in high, dry and open pastures. Its chief merit for sheep pasture is that it occupies land which better grasses refuse; grows from 6 to 10 inches high. It stands tramping well. 35 lbs. to the acre $0 25 Festuca pratensis (Meadow Fes
. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world, 1899. Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. HOLCrS LANATUS. GRASS SEEDS—continued. Per lb. Festuca ovina (Sheep's Fescue). Grows freely -when in high, dry and open pastures. Its chief merit for sheep pasture is that it occupies land which better grasses refuse; grows from 6 to 10 inches high. It stands tramping well. 35 lbs. to the acre $0 25 Festuca pratensis (Meadow Fescue, or English Blue Grass). A highly valuable species for permanent grass land. It does not, however, at- tain to its full productive power till the second or third year, when it far exceeds most other sorts in the quantity of its produce and nutritive matter. It is relished by live stock, both in hay and pasture, and is one of the most desirable permanent grasses for general culture. 40 lbs. to the acre 18 Festuca rubra (Bed Fescue). The essential distinction of this Fescue is its creeping roots, which in dry and sandy soils are often as strong as those of the common Couch Grass. Well adapted for gravelly banks and dry slopes, which it will protect and cover. 25 lbs. to the acre 25 Festuca tenuifolia (Slender Fescue). Flourishes well on dry and sterile soils. It is well suited for large bleaching greens, lawns, etc. 30 lbs. to the acre 25 Fox-tail. See Alopecurus pratensis. Holcus lanatus (Meadow Soft, or Velvet Grass). Inferior to many other sorts, but of easy culture, and accommodates itself to all descriptions of soils, producing a fair crop under unfavorable circumstances. 4 bus. to the acre. (7 lbs. to the bus.) 2 5 Hungarian Crass. See Panicum Germanicum. Johnson Crass. See Sorghum \ lYVWili Ealepense, page 53. \ ^sMf Lolium Italicum (Italian Bye v ^iv- Grass). One of the most val- \k ll^n uable grasses in Europe, being equally suited to all climates. In England it is
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