ws almost
immediate results; good to combine with the slow-growing Blue Grass.

Various-leaved Fescue--_Festuca heterophylla_. Good for shady and moist
places.

Rhode Island Bent--_Agrostis canina_. Has a creeping habit; good for
putting-greens, sandy soils.

Creeping Bent--_Agrostis stolonifera_. Creeping habit; good for sandy
places and to bind banks or sloping places. Combined with Rhode Island
Bent for putting-greens.

Crested Dog's-tail--_Cynosurus cristatus_. Forms a low and compact
sward; good for slopes and shady places.

Wood Meadow Grass--_Poa nemoralis_. Good for shady places; is very
hardy.

Red Fescue--_Festuca rubra_. Thrives on poor soils and gravelly banks.

White Clover--_Trifolium repens_. Good for slopes; not to be recommended
for a lawn.

Sheep Fescue--_Festuca ovina_. Good for light, dry soils.

Now, with so much as a reference library, you will have sufficient
knowledge of the kinds of seeds to draw from to make combinations that
will fit any situation. I would further suggest that you go to a
wholesale house and get a sample of each of these seeds and examine
them. Get just a little of each in an envelope. Make a comparative
examination of the seeds, holding a little in the palm of the hand. As
you look at each seed repeat its name a few times and recall its
characteristics, and you will be surprised to find that on the second or
third trial every name will suggest itself the moment your eyes rest on
the seed. With a knowledge of the seeds you can then go to your dealer
and tell him what you want--not necessarily what he thinks you want. You
are then a better judge than he is.

It is worth while following the subject farther, for the results will
more than repay the trouble. Test the seeds. Make shallow boxes and
fill them with loam, and sow each kind of seed just as you would on a
lawn. Put a label at the head of the box and on it the time of sowing
the seed. Do this with as many as you can. Then watch and make notes of
the time it takes for germination. Note also the character of the
blades. Having finished this you will have a very liberal education in
the subject of grass.

Should you not care to do as suggested above, you will be dependent on
others to get what you most need. If you should go to a dozen people and
ask them to suggest a combination of seeds, they would all give them
readily to you, but no two proportions would be alike. If you should ask
for a single grass, the