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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



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Produces a Rich, Thick and Velvety Lawn the First Season 



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Many inquiries reach us concerning the best and cheapest method of ob- 

 taining a nice, smooth, velvety lawn. We will here describe, as well as our 

 space will permit, the method that gives almost universal satisfaction. The 

 turfing of large lawns is .seldom resorted to now; it is too expensive, and 

 good, clean turf is almost unobtainable. Seeding is the plan usually adopted, 

 and the one recommended by all good landscape gardeners. When practi- 

 cable, the soil of the proposed lawn should be thoroughly prepared in the fall. 

 After the necessary grading has been accomplished and the general formation 

 of the surface established, let it all be again thoroughly plowed, harrowed and 

 well pulverized, and finely raked to a smooth, even sur ace-as smooth as pos- 

 sible, and firm ; not only that, but alike compact in ev ry spot, to prevent un- 

 eqnal settling. This may bo accomplished by treading down and again filling 

 up to grade. where necessary. Scatter over the surface of the ground, it some 

 what poor, a coating of rich, well-rotted manure, and let it remain all winter- 

 In the spring remove the manure, and again rake the ground smooth and even 

 and sow on the seed. Finish off by rolling with a moderately heavy roller, or 

 by.patting to an even surface with the back of a spade. This firms your seed- 

 bed and helps greatly to retain the surface moisture, thereby helping along the 

 germination of the seeds. There is much diversity of opinion regarding the 

 proper quantity of seed required for a given area. We are always disposed to 



advocate a liberal quantity.for the simple reason that as the seed is but a 

 small item of the expense of making a lawn and as it is always desiral 

 have a thick, close turf as soon as possible, it is advisable to sow thickly, 

 thick sowing we can accomplish In one season what with thin sowing may 

 two or three seasons, or even longer, to the bitter disappointment of the o' 

 We have had a very extensive experience in the seeding of lawns. Grad 

 we have increased the quantity of seed until now we use at the rate of a 

 four bushels to the acre, or a little over one bushel to every 100 feet square 

 with the most satisfactory results. 



It occasionally happens that lawns, the first season, appear patchy 

 it will be necessary to re-sow the spots or patches. Th's can be mosi 

 cesstully done during the fall months of September and the earlier pt 

 October, or at the first break of spring weather. A top dressing of Cu] 

 Complete Fertilizer for Lawns sown broadcast at the rate of 400 lbs. peri 

 or 10 lbs. on a spaco 25 by 25 feet, applied in spring, if possible before rain 

 greatly improve their growth. I 



For forming new lawns use 4 bushels per acre. For renovating old 

 from 1 to 2 bushels. 



100x100 feet=10,000 square feet, use 1 bushel. 50x60=2,500 square feet 

 1 peck. 25x25 foet, use 2 quarts. 



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CURRIE'S Special Mixture.— This splendid mixture is com- 

 posed of only the finest dwarf-growing evergreen grasses; absolutely free from 

 weed seeds or other impurities; especially adapted and mixed in the properpro- 

 portion to suit the American climate. In comparing the cost of our Special 

 Lawn Grass with other mixtures sent out by the trade, remember that we give 

 20 pounds per bushel inslead of U pounds, as generally sold. This brings our SPECIAL 

 LAWN MIXTURE down to an exceedingly low priceper bushel. Pint, lOcts.; 

 quart, 20 cts,; 4 quarts, 70 cts.; peck, §1.35; bushel, .$5.00; 4-bushel lots, suf- 

 ficient to seed one acre, for $18 00. 



Fine Mixed— Also an excellent mixture, equal in qualify to the best mixiures 

 usually offered in the trade. Quart, 15 cts.; 4 quarts, 50 cts.; peck, 75 cts.; bushel, 

 14 pounds, .$2.50; 3-bnshel lots for .?6.50. 



Grass Slixture for Shade— A mixture of dwarf-growing grssscs, 1 

 iug in shady places under trees. Pint, 15 cts ; quart, 30 cts.; 4 (luarts, 90 

 peck, .'Sil.eS; per bushel, $6.00. 



Grass Mixture for Terraces and Slopes— A mixture designed t 

 away with the expensive method of sodding; it is composed of dwarf-gro\ 

 evergreen grasses, possessing strong fibrous and creeping roots, and especi 

 adapted for growing on sloping banks. Pint, 15 cts.; quart, 30 cts.; 4 que 

 90 cts.; peck,. $1.05; per bushel. $6.00. 



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 QUART FOR POSTAGE. 



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Curr.e s Complete Fe^ti^.^e^ for Lawns, Hay and Pastare-A complete manure, specially adapted for the top-dressing of lawns. It is odorl 

 clean and convenient t^ use; apphed as described in our Instructions, ••How to Make a Lawn," just as the grasses are starting into growth during the spring i 

 will be found of great benefit m producmg a nice, healthy growth of turf. It is much easier to use than a top-dressing of stable manure, which very often in- 1 

 duces a large crop of v.le we3ds mto lawns, besides being very unsightly. This Fertilizer is sold under a guaranteed analysis as provided in the new Law pas,! 

 by the State of Wisconsin. 5 lbs., 30 cts.; 10 lbs., 50 cts.; 'Jo lbs., $1.25 ; 50 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., .$3..50; 400 lbs., sufficient for one acre $12 00 | 



