PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— LAWN GRASS AND SCARLET CLOVER. 



Crimson or Scarlet Clover. 



{Trifohum mcarnatujti.) ' 



The Most Valuable Plant for Restoring the Fertility 

 of Worn-out Soils. 



THE value of Scarlet Clover is now so thoroughly established that we 

 have no hesitation in recommending that all suitable lands from which 

 crops have been harvested during the Summer and Fall should be sown with 

 Scarlet Clover for plowing under the following Spring. Authorities who 

 have made a careful estimate, state that plowing under a good crop of Scar- 

 let Clover is equivalent to 20 tons of stable manure per acre, and even if the 

 Clover be harvested or pastured, the benefits derived from the wonderful 

 nitrogenous root formation will alone many times repay the cost of seed and 

 labor. The quality of the hay and fodder is 

 superior to that of Red Clover, being more digest- 

 ible and much richer in protein. 



If intended for feedmg, it should always be cut 

 while in the young stage and never fed to stock 

 after the crop has ceased flowering, as serious re- 

 sults are apt to follow the feeding of overripe 

 Crimson Clover. 



It is the cheapest source of nitrogen, and has 

 i-evolutionized the methods of farmmg in New 

 Jersey, Maryland and Delaware, has restored to 

 profitable cultivation thousands of acres of pom 

 land, and should be extensively used throughout 

 the greater part of the United States. 



It may be sown among corn, tomatoes, turnip■^, 

 etc., at time of last hoeing, or after potatoc--. 

 melons, cucumbers, etc., have been harvested, ur 

 on grain stubble and harrowed in. When sown 

 m July and August, Dwarf Essex Rape may also 

 be sown along with it at the rate of 4 to 5 lbs. per 

 acre for pasturing sheep in the Fall. The clover 

 will be but little damaged by pasturing the Rape 

 and will grow rapidly the following Spring. 



When sown in July and early in August, it has 

 proved hardy in some seasons as far north as 

 Michigan and Canada, but in the north a good 

 plan is to top-dress after sowing with some long 

 manure or sow a sprinkling of Rye as protection. 

 In the latitude of New York time of sowing may 

 extend from July 15th to September 30th, and 

 further South even later. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. 

 Choice American grown ncTw crop seed thoroughly 

 recleaned and free from weed seeds, 10 cts. lb., 

 $4.20 bush., $7 00 100 lbs. 



The "HENDERSON" Lawn Grass 5eed. 



The Purest, Cleanest and Heaviest Lawn Grass Seed Ever Offered ! 



Our Lawn Grass Seeds, sown in the Autumn, will produce a fine luxuriant Lawn 



EARLY tlie following season. 



The quantity required for making new lawns is 5 bushels per acre, or for renovating old lawns, i to 2 bushels. 

 For a plot 15 x 20, or 300 square feet, i quart is required for new, or i pint for renovating old lawns. Price 

 $1.50 peck, $5.00 bushel. If by mail, add at the rate ofjc. per quart for postage. 



