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for all conditions. There is this objection 

 to it, however: it is not a nervous man's 

 grass. You cannot plant it to-day and 

 have a lawn next month. If you can af- 

 ford to wait, sow Kentucky Blue and your 

 patience will be well rewarded. It makes a 

 permanent lawn. 



To introduce the ready-made lawn, use 

 a combination of Kentucky Blue, Red Top, 

 and English Rye. The Blue Grass is 

 slow, but the Rye and Red Top produce 

 speedier results. The first month will 

 see the newly seeded space a carpet of 

 green. In time the Rye passes, the Red 

 Top continues to cover, while the Blue 

 Grass grows sturdier each day until it 

 crowds everything out by virtue of its own 

 strength. Use 1 Ibs. of Kentucky Blue 

 Grass, 5 Ibs. of Red Top and 3 Ibs. of 

 English Rye Grass to the bushel, and 

 sow 3 1-2 to 4 bushels to the acre. This 



