. 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. 30 J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, CINCINNATI, O. 10US. GRASS CIvOVEJR Continued. Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis). Peren- nial, height 2 to 3 feet. Resembles Timothv, but flowers much earlier, and it is particularly val- uable as a permanent pasture grass, being of very- early and rapid growth. It is highly relished by stock; endures a close cropping, and forms a luxuriant aftermath, a
. 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. 30 J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, CINCINNATI, O. 10US. GRASS CIvOVEJR Continued. Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis). Peren- nial, height 2 to 3 feet. Resembles Timothv, but flowers much earlier, and it is particularly val- uable as a permanent pasture grass, being of very- early and rapid growth. It is highly relished by stock; endures a close cropping, and forms a luxuriant aftermath, and quickly revives after a long drought. Sow, if alone, 25 lbs. per acre. Weight, about seven pounds per bushel. 30c per lb., for 10 lbs. Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata, Rough Cocks- foot). Perennial, height three feet. It'blossoms about the same time as Red Clover, making it, on that account, a desirable mixture with that plant. It is exceedingly palatable to stock of all kinds, and its powers of enduring the cropping of cattle commend it as one of the verv best pasture grasses. Sow 45 lbs. to the acre. Weight 14 lbs. to the bushel 15c lb., $ for 10 lbs. Red Top Grass (Agrostis Vulgaris. Herd's Grass, Bent Grass, Creeping Bent Grass, Quick Grass). Perennial, height 1 to 2 feet. Valuable either for lawn mixtures, mixing in hay, or permanent pasture grasses; is common "throughout the country; succeeds almost everywhere, but reaches its highest state of perfection in a moist, rich soil, in which it attains a height of 2 to 'iy2 feet. Sow, if alone. 45 lbs. per acre. Weight. 14 lbs. lb., 80c for 10 lbs., § per 100lbs. Fancy Pure Seed. Weight about 32 lbs. per bushel. 15c lb., for 10 lbs., $ per 100 lbs. perennial, or English Rye Grass (Lolium perenne, Rye Grass, Imported English Blue Grass). Height, 15 to 24 inches. This grass is considered invaluable for permanent pastures. It produces an abundance of remarkably fine foliage, tillers o
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