. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1899. Nursery stock California Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs California San Francisco. 62 E. J. BOWEN'S CATALOGUE. off, till late in fall, and in warm localities all winter. It yields a heavy crop of hay, and succeeds well in open timber lands. If intended for hay only, it is usually mixed with Clover, as they both bloom at the same time, and can be cut when at their best. It is perennial, and has a tendency to grow in tufts, and shoul
. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1899. Nursery stock California Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs California San Francisco. 62 E. J. BOWEN'S CATALOGUE. off, till late in fall, and in warm localities all winter. It yields a heavy crop of hay, and succeeds well in open timber lands. If intended for hay only, it is usually mixed with Clover, as they both bloom at the same time, and can be cut when at their best. It is perennial, and has a tendency to grow in tufts, and should be sown thick. It succeeds on any good soil, and requires thirty to forty pounds per acre to secure the best results. RED TOP—Agrostis vulgaris.—Also known in some sections as Herd's Grass, and by some as English Grass, and Rhode Island Bent Grass. It is perennial, and the best yield is obtained on wet and even marshy land. The blades and stalks are fine, and generally pre- ferred for grazing, but where a good stand is secured, it affords a profitable hay crop. The seed is fine and light, and care should be taken to get it sown evenly. ^ j j ^ The proper quantity is thirty pounds per acre. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS—Poa pratensis.—One of the best grasses for permanent pasture, furnishing a constant supply of the most nutritious feed during the greater part of the year. It is per- ennial, and in warm localities, where the ground is kept moist, and it is pastured or frequently cut, to prevent the seed from ripening, will continue to grow luxuriantly the entire year. It is also incomparably the best grass known for lawns and parks, and where covered with fine manure even- fall, watered well and evenly, and cut frequently will furnish a handsome, velvety lawn for years, requiring no resowin g. For pasture, sow forty to fifty pounds to the acre, but to secure a fine lawn, much heav- ier seeding is required, and not less than eighty pounds should be Please note that these i
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