. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock, Massachusetts, Boston, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. Orchard Grass. Timothy (Herd's Grass or Catstail) (Phleum Pratense). Root fibrous on moist soils ; on dry soils often bulbous ; perennial ; flowers in June and July. While this grass is commonly known as Timothy, it is frequently called Herds Grass, as this is the name under which it was originally cultivated. It is, without doubt, a most valuable grass for hay, especi
. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock, Massachusetts, Boston, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. Orchard Grass. Timothy (Herd's Grass or Catstail) (Phleum Pratense). Root fibrous on moist soils ; on dry soils often bulbous ; perennial ; flowers in June and July. While this grass is commonly known as Timothy, it is frequently called Herds Grass, as this is the name under which it was originally cultivated. It is, without doubt, a most valuable grass for hay, especially in the North. It thrives best on moist, loamy soils of medium tenacity- Grows very readily and yields large crops on favorable soils. Should be cut just when the blossom falls. The hay is of best quality, yielding, under favorable circumstances, three or four tons per acre. (Per bushel, 45 lbs.) Orchard Grass (Dactylis ) Root fibrous; perennial; flowers in June and July. This is one of the most valuable and widely known of all the pasture grasses. Its rapidity of growth, the luxuriance of its aftermath, and its power of enduring the cropping of cattle, all commend it highly to farmers. Thrives well on light soils, and as its roots penetrate to a consider- able depth, where the subsoil is favorable, it withstands droughts better than most species on dry sandy soils. It is very valuable to be used in a mixture with Timothy and Clover, and produces splendid crops of hay. This grass is sometimes condemned because of its coarse growth, which is only apparent when in a neglected condition, but with proper management no grass is more valu- able. When pastured Orchard Grass should never be allowed to become coarse, but should be kept closely crop- ped. In this condition it is highly nutritive, and relished very much by all kinds of stock. (Per bushel, 14 lbs.) Kentucky Blue Grass (Meadow Grass, June Grass, Spear Grass), {Poa pratensis). Root creeping ; peren- nial ; flo
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