. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Hard Fescue Grass. Johnson Grass. (Sorghum Halapense). A perennial; a rapid grower, long cane-like roots. Sow at the rate of one bushel per acre, and should be sown in August or September to secure a good crop the following year 10c lb., 90c for 10 lbs. Kentucky Blue Grass. (Poa pratensis). Also called June Grass, smooth, stalked Meadow Grass. Green Meadow Grass, and Spear Grass. Pere
. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Hard Fescue Grass. Johnson Grass. (Sorghum Halapense). A perennial; a rapid grower, long cane-like roots. Sow at the rate of one bushel per acre, and should be sown in August or September to secure a good crop the following year 10c lb., 90c for 10 lbs. Kentucky Blue Grass. (Poa pratensis). Also called June Grass, smooth, stalked Meadow Grass. Green Meadow Grass, and Spear Grass. Perennial. Height, 10 to 15 inches This valuable grass is suited to a variety of soils, from an average dry one to moist meadows, and as a pasture grass is indispensable. It is very productive, unusually early, and presents a beautiful green appearance in early spring, while other grasses are yet dormant. It makes a splendid lawn grass, forming a thick turf and being of very even growth, producing only one flower- ing stem a year, while many other grasses continue to shoot up flower stalks throughout the season. Kentucky Blue Grass also makes hay of excellent quality, but the yield for this purpose is not equal to some other grasses. Sow (if alone) 45 lbs. per acre : weight per bushel, 14 lbs. Price, extra clean Seed, 10c lb., 70c for 10 lbs. Fancy clean seed, 20c for 10 lbs. Hard Fescue (Festuca duriuscula). Perennial, height, 18 to 24 inches. Thrives well in dry situations, where many other grasses would fail, thus making it a desirable pasture variety. The common name solely applies to the flower heads, which, when ripe, become hard ; the herb- age, however, is decidedly tender. Sow, if alone, 30 lbs. per acre- Weight, about 12 lbs. per bushel 15c lb., for 10 lbs. Meadow Fescue (Festuca Pratensis.) (Erroneously called English Blue Grass). A highly valuable species for permanent grass land. It does not, however, attain its full productive power till the second or
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