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"A Perfect Lawn" 



By Charles J. Bolgiano 



It is impossible to conceive of a suburban 

 home without a lawn as one of the most con- 

 spicuous features. It is tiie 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 th<" house. 

 The grading should be done so as to distribute 

 evenly all surface water, avoiding the formation 

 of little runs which might produce washouts. 



In preparing the soil there should be 

 wnrked in at least eight inches deep a very 

 lihirul mixture of Sterilized Sheep Manure. 

 Tills 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 

 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 

 sec how much seed you can buy for the given amount of money, but if necessary buy less seed and know that it is good. The buying of seed is entirely a 

 matter of contidence; 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 chatT, 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 lUO 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 (.\rgrostis Vulgaris) While Dutch Clover (Trifolium rcpens), Rhode Island Bent Grass, Creeping Bent Grass and 

 Perennial Sweet Vernal Grass (to 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 GO 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, being very particular thatitis sown evenly and not a large quantity of seed ilropped 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 aft«r the seed is sown. 



REWARD FOR YOUR PAINS 

 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 out-of-door life — a Perfect Lawn. 



^ro^ffir Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed ^^^ 



Absolutely the Best 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 Pags 3 



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 grass, 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 to late Autumn. Second, a given area 

 can support only so many grass plants of one kind, 

 for they all absorb the same food, hut if several 

 varieties are sown, the same area will support many 

 more plants, as different sorts live on various 

 elements in the soil. 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 

 sturrliest 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 (Irass 

 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 i)repared, 

 larefully pulverized and enriched with Sheep 

 Mamire or Bone Fertilizer before sowing the seed. 

 f)ne pound will sow 20 x 20feet, 10 pounds w ill sow 

 50 x 1.50 feet, fiO pounds will sow an acre. 30 

 pounds measures one bushel. '^ Lb. 10c. I9 Lb. 

 15c. Lb. 2.-)c. 5 Lbs. SI. 0(1. Hu. of .Wlbs. Sli.riO. 



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A Beautiful, Smooth, Deep Velvety Green Lawn is Certain Only Through Sowing 

 Druid Hill Park Velvet Green Lawn Grass Seed. There is No Seed Like it 

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