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1908 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
DELIVERED 
i=” FREE at 
Anywhere in the United States 
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LAWNS 
Sap TN AMERICA 
Are Made With The 
“Henderson” Lawn Grass Seed 
IN 4 TO 6 WEEKS’ TIME 
It produces a perfect and permanent sward of luxuriant 
richness; 
It is equally valuable for quickly Renovating Imperfect, 
Old and Worn-Out Lawns 
THE “HENDERSON” 
LAWN GRASS SEED 
IS USED AND PRAISED FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA. 
MERE is nothing more charming than a well-designed house 
surrounded by artistically treated grounds; and of the essen- 
tial features of home grounds none is so important as a 
beautiful lawn —the rich, smooth, velvety turf being the heart 
and life of all. 
A lawn may be formed by laying turf or by sowing seed. The 
gain in time bv sodding is so slight as to scarcely be worthy of 
consideration, while the results obtained by both methods are not to 
be compared. Sods separate in dry weather, leaving crevices about 
which the grass dies out; then the grasses that compose a pasture 
or roadside sod (generally the kind used for ‘‘sodding’”’ lawns) are 
not at all the best sorts for forming a perfect lawn, and will not 
give a smooth, elegant surface. 
Regarding Kentucky Blue Grass, so widely advertised as an 
ideal lawn grass, it has merits and demerits. Where Blue Grass 
thrives it eventually makes a good lawn, but itis slow to thicken 
up, requiring not less than two years to form a good sward, and 
does not hold its color in hot weather; it will not thrive on acid 
soils, and a large portion of soils in the lower altitudes, especially 
in the Coast States, are inclined to acidity. Kentucky Blue Grass 
is quite extensively used for lawns on the Pacific Coast and on the 
limestone soils of Kentucky, etc., but the results of this or any 
one grass in no way compare with the beauty and fine velvety 
texture of lawns made with an intelligently blended mixture of 
grasses of neat, close, interweaving growth, such as compose the 
“ Henderson’’ Lawn Grass mixture; and besides, the latter will 
make a thick close turf in a few weeks’ time. 
The ‘‘ Henderson’’ Lawn Grass Seed produces a perfect and en- 
during lawn of luxuriant richness, with closely interwoven, firm, 
deep and elastic turf, and it is often ready for cutting in four 
weeks from time of sowing. This celebrated Lawn Grass is com- 
posed of a thoroughly balanced combination of various native and 
toreign fine-leaved, deep-rooting grasses of interweaving habit, 
that flourish under our varied conditions, soils and climates, grow- 
ing during different seasons of the vear, so that a deep green, 
smooth, and velvety sward, free from clumps, is maintained from 
snow to snow, year after year, and without burning brown in sum- 
mer, its constant luxuriance rivaling the famous lawns of Old 
England. 
The Beautiful Lawns at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 
also at the World’s Fair in Chicago, the Lewis and Clark Exposi- 
tionin Portland, Oregon, and the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, 
Va., were produced in less than six weeks’ time with THE ‘‘ HEN- 
DERSON’”’ Lawn Grass SEED, which was awarded the highest 
medal at these Expositions; but what we prize more than gold 
medals are the hundreds of letters of praise we have on file from 
the users of Tur “‘ HENDERSON”’ LAwN GRASS SEED in almost 
every State in the Union. 
The ‘‘ Henderson ’”’ Lawn Grass Seed is, relatively speaking, the 
cheapest seed offered, because, while other lawn grass mixtures 
on the market will not average over 14 lbs. to the bushel, this, be- 
ing freed from chaff, weighs 20 lbs. per measured bushel. It is 
also the Purest, CLEANEST, and Hravigest lawn grass seed ever 
offered and it is absolutely free from weed seeds. 
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Full Directions for Making new Lawns and Renovating old ones enclosed in every Bag and Package 
Our Catalogue “Everything for the Lawn’”’ including our Brochure ‘‘Lawn Formation and Care,’’ will be mailed free to those mentioning The Garden Magazine 
DELIVERED FREE IN THE U. S. oxy 
(By Mail, Express or Freight, at our option) 
in large and small quantities, for 
either the pretentious lawn or 
the modest door- yard plot. 
I5c. per pint, 25c. per quart, 
85c. for 4 qts., $1.50 per peck, 
$5.00 per bushel of 20 Ibs. 
The quantity required for new lawns 
is 5 busheis per acre. 
For a plot 15x20, or 300 square feet, 
use 1 quart. 
For renovating old lawns, use one-fourth 
to one-half of above quantities. 
2 Bushels: : 
WBiishel. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
35 AND 37° 
9 CORTLANDT ST., 
