+---------------+------------+---------+--------+-----------------------+ | =Common and | |=Lbs. per|=Sow per| =Conditions and Uses= | | Botanical | =Region of | bushel | acre | | | Name= | Use= | cleaned | bushels| | | | | seed= | alone= | | +---------------+------------+---------+--------+-----------------------+ |=Rhode Island |On sandy | 15 | 3 |For close, fine turf. | |Bent= |seasides. | | |Color very green. | |(_Agrostis | | | | | |canina_). | | | | | | | | | | | |=Creeping Bent=|Low lying | 15 | 3 |Rapid growing, forms a | |(_Agrostis |inland and | | |strong turf, that is | |alba_, var. |dry valleys | | |improved by heavy | |_stolonifera_).|of the East.| | |rolling or tramping. | | | | | | | |=Red Top, Fancy|From Tennes-| 14 | 4 |Stands hot weather and | |Red Top= |see north. | 35 | 5-6 |hard usage. Fills in | |(_Agrostis | | | |well with blue grass. | |alba_, var. | | | | | |_vulgaris_). | | | | | | | | | | | |=Beach= (_Ammo-|On railway | 15 | 3-1/2 |Dry, loose soils. Holds| |phila arena- |cuttings and| | |drifting sands and | |ria_, _A. arun-|embankments | | |banks. | |dinacea_). |on the sea | | | | | |coast. | | | | | | | | | | |=Biennial Sweet|Useful only |Used only in mix- |Starts early in spring,| |Vernal= |to lend |ture two pounds to|and makes new root- | |(_Anthoxanthum |fragrance to|the acre. |leaves all the year | |odoratum_). |the lawn | | |after cutting. | | |when cut. | | | | | | | | | | |=Bermuda= |Is killed by| 15 | 1/2 |Can be used for binding| |(_Capriola |frost; | | |banks. The best lawn | |Dactylon_). |valueless | | |grass for the South | | |north of | | |from Virginia to | | |Virginia. A | | |Florida. Withstands | | |weed in blue| | |heat and drought. | | |grass lawns | | |Thrives on poorest | | |where it | | |soils. | | |dies early. | | | | | | | | | | |=Crested Dog’s |Valuable for| 30 | 1 |Same color as Kentucky | |Tail= |shady places| | |blue and so mixes well | |(_Cynosurus |and under | | |with that. A good | |cristatus_). |trees. Also | | |bottom grass. Not re- | | |for terraces| | |commended alone. | | |on deep | | |Prefers rich, moist | | |soil. | | |soil. | | | | | | | |=Various Leaved|Northern | 15 | 1-1/2 |Does best in cold, | |Fescue= |States and | | |moist soils, rich in | |(_Festuca |on cold, wet| | |humus and potash. | |heterophylla_).|soils. | | | | | | | | | | |=Sheep’s |Useful in | 16 | 2 |This is a “bunch” or | |Fescue= |mixtures for| | |“stool” grass with very| |(_Festuca |the North- | | |fine foliage and dense | |ovina_). |west and for| | |dwarf growth for any | | |lands on | | |uplands. | | |poorest | | | | | |sands. | | | | | | | | | | |=Slender |Dry slopes | 22 | 1-1/2 |Finer leaf than sheep’s| |Fescue= |on lawns or | | |fescue and stools like | |(_Festuca |on dry, high| | |that. Recommended only | |ovina_ var. |situations. | | |in special situations. | |_tenuifolia_). | | | | | | | | | | | |=Italian Rye= |Very thickly| 22 | 2-1/2 |Very rapid growing and | |(_Lolium |or in mix- | | |valuable for short, | |Italicum_). |ture as far | | |quick effects. Is prac-| | |south as | | |tically an annual. | | |Jackson- | | | | | |ville, Fla. | | | | | | | | | | |=Pacey’s or |For quick | 28 | 2 |Makes good verdure in | |English Rye= |effects in | | |four weeks. Dies out in| |(_Lolium |the Middle | | |two or three years. | |perenne_ var. |and Eastern | | | | |_tenue_). |States. | | | | | | | | | | |=Canada Blue= |Throughout | 14 | 3 |Flatter, more wiry stem| |(_Poa compres- |the East and| | |than the Kentucky | |sa_). |North in- | | |grass, also bluer | | |cluding | | |color. Used in the very| | |Canada on | | |cheap mixtures as a | | |dry sand or | | |substitute. | | |clay. | | | | | | | | | | |=Wood Meadow= |Best grass | 19 | 1-1/2 |Very hardy and early, | |(_Poa |for very | | |resisting heat, too. | |memoralis_). |shady places| | | | | |in woodland | | | | | |parks. | | | | | | | | | | |=Kentucky Blue=|Best lawn | 14 | 3 |Starts early, lasts | |(_Poa praten- |grass north | | |till frost, fine | |sis_). |of Washing- | | |texture, rich green | | |ton and west| | |color, smooth, even | | |to the | | |growth. Three years to | | |Allegheny | | |establish. Dislikes | | |range. | | |some soils. | | | | | | | |=Rough Stalked |More shaded | 26 | 4-5 |Does not do well on dry| |Meadow= (_Poa |portions of | | |land. Forms a fine turf| |trivialis_). |lawns or | | |and dense mat. | | |north side | | | | | |of | | | | | |buildings. | | | | | | | | | | |=St. Augustine=|Florida and | 26 | 4-5 |Coarse and upright | |(_Stenotaphrum |the West | | |leaf, but keeps green | |secundatum_, |Indian | | |when even Bermuda grass| |_S. America |Islands. | | |burns out. | |num_). | | | | | +---------------+------------+---------+--------+-----------------------+