24 R, & J. Farquhar & Co., Seed Merchants j Boston. 



liauin Grass Seeds. 



EXTRA CLEAN, PURE, FRESH, AND TESTED, 



We make a specialty of Grass Seeds, and send out only such as will meet the views of 



the most critical. 



Our mixture of Grasses for Lawns is celebrated throughout New England as producing a most per- 

 fect, rich, deep-green sward from early spring till late in fall. The varieties are specially selected, 

 tested, and blended by our Mr. James Farquhar , for many years Superintending Gardener at Forest 

 Hills Cemetery, Boston, where the lawns are one of the most beautiful and noted features. As a result 

 of our care in invariably furnishing clean, pure, fresh Lawn Seed, our trade in this specialty is enormous. 

 We annually furnish seed for the parks and gardens of Boston, and ship large quantities to Xewport and 

 other summer resorts. 



Farquhar's Evergreen Lawn Grass. Specially reliable mixture of dwarf, hardy, fine- 

 leaved grasses ; only fresh seeds, — the growth of which has been thoroughly tested. 

 Per bushel of sixteen pounds, $4.00; peck, $1.00; quart, 20 cents. 

 By mail: Peck, $1.50, postage paid; quart, 25 cents, postage paid. 



English Lawn Grass. Finest mixture. Per bushel, $3.00; peck, 75 cents; quart, 20 

 cents. By mail: Peck, SI. 25, postage paid; quart, 25 cents, postage paid. 



Park Lawn Grass. Composed of grasses which ripen successively, thus preseiating a 

 green and cheerful appearance at all times. Per bushel, $2.50; peck, 75 cents; quart, 

 15 cents. By mail: Peck, $1.25; quart, 25 cents. 

 Special quotations given on application for large quantities"; also for mixtures of Grasses 

 specially adapted for shady places, Lawn Tennis, Croquet, and Base Ball Grounds. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ON MAKING LA^WNS. 



The popular notion that " grass grows anywhere " is incorrect; the soil must be made suitable if not 

 naturally so. Before seeding, the ground must be well drained, heavily manured, and made fine and 

 friable by spade or plough, and harrow or rake, as the extent of the lawn or convenience renders best. 

 This part of the work is finished by the use of a heavy roller. "We have proved that pure crushed bone, 

 or animal fertilizer containing bone and potash, are the best fertilizers to use, supplying the elements 

 required to give a robust and fine stocky growth, and the lawn a lasting deep-green color. An applica^ 

 tion of four hundred or five hundred pounds per acre will generally be suificient. So many noxious 

 weeds are introduced into the ground with barnyard manure that its use is not recommended. 



Seeding.— It is a well-established fact that the most lasting and finest lawns result from seeding 

 and not from sodding. The seed may be sown ei";her in spring or fall. The ground being, we will sup- 

 pose, already well prepared and rolled previous to sowing, should be gone over with a fine rake, the seed 

 then evenly scattered over the surface at the rate of four bushels per acre; the whole should then be 

 raked or bushed in, and again rolled. 



Good, Clean, Fresh Seed is a most important consideration in lawn-making. " Grass," says 

 Professor Martyn, " vulgarly forms one single idea. Not a few are ignorant of the fact that when over- 

 looking a field of grass, thirty or forty varieties may be in view." The varieties which our experience 

 has taught us are best adapted to successfully meet the peculiarities of our climate, compose our mixture. 

 These hardy, compact-growing sorts, sown with due care, produce a fine, close, velvety turf, which, with 

 little attention, will continue beautiful for many years. 



After Treatment.— When the young grass has attained the height of three inches, it should be cut 

 with a sharp scythe. Nothing retards the after-growth more than too early cutting, or too close crop- 

 ping of the first shoots in spring. During summer a lawri should be cut every week or ten days with a 

 lawn mower, except during drj' weather; frequent mowings, and rollings are necessary to keep a grass- 



Slot in good condition. In the fall or early spring, some good fertilizer should be applied as a top- 

 ressing. 



For lawns requiring improvement, it is only necessary to sow our seed at the rate of a bushel per acre. 



Grasses foF Pastures ^Jlleadoias. 



Containing only the most suitable Grasses and Clovers, the proportionate quantity of each being 

 regulated by the soil, situation and particular i)urpose for which thev are sown. The object to be 

 attained is a constant, successive growth ot rich pasturage from spring till fall. A selection of grasses 

 can be made which attain perfection at alternate months from April to September. In sowing the right 

 varieties, mixed in correct proportion for permanent pastures, the results are far more profitable and 

 satisfactory than if the old method of seeding with two or three varieties is followed. 



Custoniers in ordering, will please state whether the soil is light, medium, or heavy; or if the 

 situation is shaded. 



Finest Mixtures for Permanent Pastures and Meado"w Lands. Specially put up for 

 any soil, or location indicated. Per bushel, 82.50. 



