CHAPTER IX 



Seed Mixtures for Special Purposes 



From the statements made in the foregoing 

 chapter it will be seen that no one grass, nor 

 one combination of several grasses, is equally 

 adapted for all soils and all situations. It is 

 doubtful indeed whether one mixture can be 

 given for exact results; on the same sort 

 of soil in different situations but practically 

 these minute differences need not cause any 

 concern. The object throughout the Eastern 

 States is to establish the Kentucky blue grass 

 wherever it will succeed; and the prime reason 

 for adding other grasses is to cover the ground 

 before the Kentucky blue grass has become 

 established, and therefore to occupy the ground 

 to the exclusion of weeds. There is, however, 

 another very essential service rendered by 

 these extra grasses: the fact that the Ken- 

 tucky blue grass does not carpet the ground 

 as closely and as low down as some of the 

 others makes it desirable to employ one of 

 them to give a green appearance to the lawn 



