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CURRIE BROS. CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Carrie's Lawn Grass Sown In Fall Produces a Good Lawn Early the Following Season. 



A BEAUTIFUL LAWN. 



It is universally conceded that nothing contributes so much to the beauty and attractiveness of the Home 

 Grounds, the Park and the Cemetery, as a smooth, uniformly rich green, well-kept lawn, which, to be perfect and 

 a pleasure to walk on, should have a firm yet elastic and carpet-like surface. To secure this should, therefore, be 

 the first consideration in laying out or renovating old grounds. 



Turfing with fine old pasture sod, at one time a popular plan of making a lawn, is now almost entirely super- 

 seded by seeding, because of the expense and difficulty in obtaining good, clean turf. On the other hand skeding 



IS NOT ONLY INEXPENSIVE, BUT IS IN REALTY THE ONLY MEANS OF SECURING A FINE AND PERMANENT LAWN, depend- 

 ing only for its complete success on the thoroughness with which the ground is prepared, the quality and quantity 

 of the seed sown, and the subsequent care of the lawn. 



Our extensive experience in the seeding of lawns and exhaustive experiments with all kinds of lawn grasses have 

 demonstrated beyond a doubt that many kinds are valueless, beiDg too course or bunchy, and that one kind of grass 

 alone cm not be relied upon, in our climate, to produce and maintain a fine lawn. It is only by using a proper 

 combination of skvkral suitable varieties, sown liberally, that the most satisfactory results can be obtained. 



CURRIE'S LAWN GRASS MIXTURES are the result of years of study and careful observation, which, if our 

 directions are followed in seeding, never fail to produce quickly a thrifty growth of fine, velvety, rich 

 green grass, continuous in verdure from early spring to winter, and creating a springy, dense, carpet-like turf 

 and permanentlv beautiful lawn. 



THE QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED— There is no fixed rule, but a liberal sowing is alwaYS satisfactory, 

 while a light seeding is a waste of time and usually disappointing. A beautiful lawn may be produced in a few 

 weeks, or it may not approach perfection for two or more seasons, according to the quantity of the seed sown. We 

 have frequently, when in a hurry for a fine, close turf, sown at the rate of seven bushels of 20 lbs. each to the acre 

 with the most successful results, but in general the following quantities will produce the best results: 1 qt. to 250 

 square feet, 1 lb. to 400 square feet, 51bs. to 2,000 square feet. 20 lbs. to 8,000 square feet, 100 lbs- per acre. For reno- 

 vating old lawns, about one half the above quantities, on the average, is required. 



MIXTURES OF LAWN GRASS SEED. 

 If required by mail, add 5c per quart, 10c per lb. for postage. 



CURRIE'S SPECIAL MIXTURE. — This splendid mixture is composed of onlv the 

 finest dwarf -growing- evergreen grasses; absolutely free from weed seeds or other 

 impurities; especially adapted and mixed in the proper proportion to suit the 

 American climate. In comparing the cost of our Special Lawn Grass with other 

 mixtures sent out by the trade, remember that the natural weight per measured 

 bushel of our mixtures is 20 lbs. per bushel, while that of most mixtures is only 

 14 lbs. per bushel. To obtain this exceptionally heavy weight per bushel, we must 

 and do use only the heaviest and best samples of the various grasses which com- 

 pose our mixture. This is in itself a guarantee against sowing weed seeds, as the 

 heavier the mixture the more thoroughlv recleaned have been the component 

 grasses. Pint, 10c; quart 20e; per lb. 30c; 2y 2 lbs 70c; 5 lbs. $1.35; 20 lbs. $5.00; 100 

 lbs., sufficient to seed one acre, for $22.50. 



Fine Mixed.— Also an excellent mixture, equal in quality to tbe best mixtures 

 usually offered in the trade. Quart 15c; 1 lb. 25c; 2V 2 lbs. 60c; 5 lbs. $1.00; 10 lbs. 

 $1.85; 20 lbs. $3.50; 100 lbs. $15.00. 



Grass Mixture for Sbade. — A mixture of dwarf-growing grasses, thriving in 

 shady places under trees. Pint 15c; quart 25c; lb. 35c; 2% lbs. 85c; 5 lbs. $1.00; 

 20 lbs. $0.00; 100 lbs. $27.50. 



Grass Mixture for Terraces and Slopes — A mixture designed to do away with the 

 expensive method of sodding; it is composed of dwarf- arrowing- evergreen grasses. 

 possessing stron x fibrous and creeping roots, and especiallv adapted for growing 

 on sloping banks. Pint 15c; quart 25c; lb. 35c; 2y a lbs. 85c; 5 lbs. $1.60; 20 lbs. 

 $6.00; 100 lbs. $27.50. 



