. Seed catalogue. Nursery stock California Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 36 SEVIN VINCENT & COMPANY'S. PERENNIAL RYE GRAS grasses, but a sma Japan Clover [Lespedeza Striata). This is a mos1 Valuable clover for grazing purposes and in rich ground makes most excellent hay. For milch cows it is pecu- liarly desirable, making a large How of milk. This must be sown in the Spring, and at the rate of ten lbs. per acre. Per lb. 40 cts. English Perennial, or Australian Rye Grass (Lolium perenne). A strong growing, hardy perennial grass, noted for
. Seed catalogue. Nursery stock California Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 36 SEVIN VINCENT & COMPANY'S. PERENNIAL RYE GRAS grasses, but a sma Japan Clover [Lespedeza Striata). This is a mos1 Valuable clover for grazing purposes and in rich ground makes most excellent hay. For milch cows it is pecu- liarly desirable, making a large How of milk. This must be sown in the Spring, and at the rate of ten lbs. per acre. Per lb. 40 cts. English Perennial, or Australian Rye Grass (Lolium perenne). A strong growing, hardy perennial grass, noted for its nutritive quali- ties. Jt is equally valuable, both for grazing and bay, and will suc- ceed on any pood tillable land, if well prepared. It also makes a rinejawn; for large grounds and parks it is very successful. For field crops, forty to fifty pounds per acre ; for lawns, seventy-five pounds. Lb. 12 cts.; 100 lbs. $8. Italian Rye Grass [Lolmm Italiaim). A perennial variety, extensively grown in many parts of Europe. Excellent for grazing. One great merit is its rapidity of growth, which makes it even va- luable for one season It affords repeated, very la-ge and nutritive crops. "When sown with other quantity of seed should be used, for if too thick it is liable to choke the others out. It best in rich, moist meadows. Sow forty to fiftv pounds to the acre. Per lb. 12 cts.; 100 lbs. $ Mesquite or Velvet Grass [Holcus lanatus). Not as nutritious as some grasses, but is valuable for dry lands, as it resists the drought well ; much used on the cleared redwood and pine lands of California and Oregon. It is usually sown on vergin soil, without cultivation. After the timber is removed, and the ground burned over. It will grow on any loose soil. Thirty-five pounds to the acre. Per lb. 10 cts.; 100 lbs. $ Sheep Fescue Grass [Festuca ovina). Grown freely when in high, dry and open pastures. Its chief merits for sheep pasture is that it occupies lands which bet
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