“A Perfect Lawn” 
By Charles J. Bolgiano 
It is impossibie to conceive of a suburban 
home without a lawn as one of the most con- 
spicuous features. It is the velvet green can- 
vas upon which the suburban - home-maker 
paints his flower bed pictures and charming 
landscape effects. To be most successful he 
must prepare his canvas well. 
PREPARING THE SOIL 
The first thing necessary is to grade the 
ground, smoothing rough surfaces, making 
proper length stretches and gentle slopes. If 
possible the lawn should slope from the house. 
The grading should be done so as to distribute 
evenly all surface water, avoiding the formation 
of little rans which might produce washouts. 
In preparing the soil there should be 
worked in at least eight inches deep a very 
liberal mixture of Sterilized Sheep Manure. 
This manure is prepared, cleaned and sterilized 
by large handlers at the great Western stock 
yards and distributed through the local seed 
merchants at moderate cost, compared with 
the great expense which is frequently caused 
by the use of manures purchased from near-by 
sources and which are full of live weed seed, 
cut worms and similar pests, which can only 
be eliminated by great labor and expense in 
A Perfect Lawn pulling them out from year to year until they 
are entirely eliminated. 
VARIETIES OF LAWN SEED BEST TO USE : : 
If you have measured the amount of Lawn Seed you will sow on your lawn by the amount of money you have appropriated for that purpose—don’t 
see how much seed you can buy for the given amountof money, but if necessary buy less seed and know that it is good. The buying of seed is entirely a 
matter of confidence; all depends upon the knowledge, experience and trustworthiness of the seedsmen from whom you buy. Don’t buy your Lawn 
Seed by measure; you can easily understand the more chaff, hulls, etc., which are left in the seed the more quickly will it measure. Always purchase by 
the pound, as good, fresh, solid, heavy, thoroughly recleaned seed weighs, and when you purchase 10 pounds or 100 pounds you are not depending 
upon someone else’s ideas of what a quart or a bushel should be. Often two quarts of measured seed sold for 50 cents does not contain as many good 
seeds which will produce grass plants as one pound at a cost of 25 cents. This should be thoroughly understood. and remembered to be most successful, 
and to be successful at the minimum cost be sure to buy your seed by the pound. The most successful grass in this climate are Kentucky Blue Grass 
(Poa pratensis), Red Top Grass (Argrostis Vulgaris) White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens), Rhode Island Bent Grass, Creeping Bent Grass and 
Perennial Sweet Vernal Grass (lo give the Lawn a sweet perfume when cut), however, many people have found the combination of grasses as scientifi- 
cally proportioned in the Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed Mixture to accomplish the most satisfactory results. This will quickly produce 
a luxuriant lawn, which is not_only permanent, but becomes more beautiful each succeeding year. In shaded situations a special mixture of grasses 
should be used. The Shady Nook Lawn Mixture has been prepared after many years of experimenting with grasses in wooded and shaded locations, 
and especially to the amateur this mixture will appeal, for there are many discouragements in store for the beginner, when a shaded location has to 
be contended with, unless he takes advantage of the experience of others. 
WHEN TO SOW THE SEED 
In the early Springtime, about the last week in February or the first week in March, the seed should be sown at the rate of 60 pounds to the acre 
(44,000 square feet) ; the ground which was prepared in the Fall or the Lawn which has already been established, should be thoroughly raked so the 
teeth of the rake form crevices in the earth for the seed to lodge, then the seed should be sown carefully both from east to west and from north to 
south, beingvery particular that it is sown evenly and not a iarge quantity of seed dropped at one spot and other places receiving little or no seed at all. 
After sowing the seed firm it in the soil by running a heavy roller over it. Never rake the soil after the seed is sown. 
REWARD FOR YOUR PAINS ats : ; 
If you observe these simple suggestions your labor will be repaid with a charming, deep, velvety green lawn, keeping its verdure during the entire 
Spring, Summer and Fall, giving both yourselves and everyone who sees your place one of the greatest pleasures of our-of-door life—a Perfect Lawn. 
ais Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed éonivie, 
Absolutely the Rest Lawn Seed Experience Can Suggest, or that Money Can Buy. Will Produce a Beautiful and Permanent Lawn 
in Four to Six Weeks. Parcel Post Rates, see Page 4 
A lawn may be made in two ways, by sodding or by sowing seed. Sodding is not only very expensive but unsatisfactory as well. Sods are ordi- 
narily taken from the pasture or along the roadside and almost invariably contain weed seeds and coarse tufty grasses, which make their appearance 
after the lawn is made. Seeding is not only cheaper, but is attended with better results. The most important thing to consider in selecting 
seed for lawn gr is to obtain a proper mixture of several varieties, for two reasons: First, each variety is at its best during a certain part of the season. 
By properly choosing early, medium and late grasses, a smooth, even, green lawn is assured from early Spring tolate Autumn. Second, a given area 
can support only somany grass plants of one kind, 
for they all absorb the same food, but if several 
varieties are sown, the same area willsupport many 
more plants, as different sorts live on various 
elements in the soi]. This will give a much thicker 
and more luxuriant turf all over the lawn. 
With these facts in mind our Druid Hill Park 
Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed is scientifically 
combined. Our experience of many years has 
given us an intimate knowledge of grasses, their 
habits and requirements. In our Druid Hill 
Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed are included 
only the very best varieties—pure, clean and free 
from foul seeds. 
Our Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass 
is very quick in growth, is ready for mowing in 
from four to six weeks from time the seed is sown. 
From early Spring until late in the Fall, lawn 
sown with our Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn 
Grass remain green and fresh, for the reason that 
this mixture includes quick growing varieties which 
are at their best soon after the frost is out of the 
ground, others that mature and flourish in Mid- 
summer, and still others that are greenest and 
sturdiest in Autumn. For each of these seasons 
there are several different varieties living on differ- 
ent elements in the soil, so that one is certain 
always to have a satisfactory carpet of green 
wherever our Druid Hill Velvet Green Lawn Grass 
is sown. 
Not only is our Druid Hill Park Velvet Green 
Lawn Grass suitable for the making of new lawns, 
but it will be found equally valuable for quickly 
renewing imperfect, old and worn-out areas. 
Always see that the soil is thoroughly prepared, 
carefully pulverized and enriched with Sheep 
Manure or Bone Fertilizer hefore sowing the seed. 
One pound will sow 20 x 20 feet, 10 pounds will sow es ay ai <a 
50 Su feet, 60 Bound tia sow an acre. 30 a - = - . 
pounds measures one bushel. 14 Lb. 10c. 14 Lb. Beautiful, Smooth, Deep Velvety Green Lawn is Certain Only Through Sowing 
lic. Lb. 25c. 5 Lbs. $1.00. Bu. of 30 Ibs. $6.00. Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed. There is No Seed Like it 
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