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HENDERSON'S LAWN GRASS MIXTURES : SS 



Terraces and Embankments, Shady Situations, Golf Links, Hot, Dry Sections. 



THE SPECIAL MIXTURES here offered have been preparerl with a view to overcoming difficulties that have hitherto existed in getting grass to grow on steep 

 slopes, in the shade, etc., where the grasses ordinarily used would not succeed. Besides the Lawn Mixtures offered on this page, we shall at all times be 

 pleased to make up mixtures for special requirements and situations. We have made grasses a special study, and invite correspondence on the subject, and 

 are always glad to advise, so far as lies in our power, how to secure the desired results and the best methods of overcoming weeds and coarse grasses inlawns. 

 The grasses we use in these mixtures are peculiarly adapted for the purpose, and will thrive in the situations and under the conditions for which they have 

 been prepared, but the more effectually to overcome the difficulties, the ground should be thoroughly prepared and a rapid growth of the grasses encouraged by a 

 liberal use of fertilizer or well-rotted stable manure. Note the emphasis we give to the fact that the manure must be well-rotted. If it is not well-rotted, you are 

 more likely to have a crop of weeds and coarse grasses than a fine lawn. Every year we hear of hundreds of good lawns ruined by top-dressing with green manure. 

 If you cannot get it at least a year old and thoroughly well-rotted, you are safer to use our Lawn Enricher, Bone or other commercial fertilizer. 



HENDERSON'S "SHADY NOOK" LAWN GRASS. 



On nearly all lawns there are unsightly bare spots under the 

 shade of trees, which have baffled all efforts to get into grass, but 

 with this mixture there need be no further difficulty. 



It is a combination of fine, dwarf-growing, evergreen varieties, 

 which in their wild or natural state are to be found growing in the 

 woods or other sheltered and shaded spots. Ground that has been 

 densely shaded by trees is frequently "sour," and if the drainage 

 is defective it is apt to be covered with moss and coarse bog grasses. 

 In such cases an application of slaked lime, at the rate of one 

 bushel to each thousand square feet or forty bushels to the acre, 

 is an excellent corrective and sweetener, but the moss should be 

 first removed by the use of a sharp rake. 



Price, 35c. qt., $2.00 pk., $7.00 bush, of 20 lbs. 

 (If by mail, add at the rate of 5c. per qt. for postage.) 



HENDERSON'S "TERRACE SOD" LAWN GRASS. 



A special mixture of grasses best suited for sowing on terraces, 

 railroad embankments and side hills— grasses that produce strong, 

 spreading roots, thus preventing heavy rains from washing them out ; 

 that will withstand drought and exposure, thrive on shallow soils, 

 and at the same time produce a rich, velvety green turf throughout 

 the season. There need be no fear of introducing coarse grasses 

 into your lawn by sowing this mixture, for, though strong-rooted, 

 the grasses are equally as fine as those used in the " Henderson " 

 mixture. Price, 35c. qt., $2.00 pk., $7.00 bush, of 20 lbs. 

 (If by mail, add at the rate of 5c. per qt. for postage.) 



HENDERSON'S "GOLF LINK" GRASS SEED. 



We have given much attention to grasses for Golf Links, and the 

 best Links in the United States and Canada to-day show our success. 



When Golf first became popular, one of our representatives 

 visited several of the famous Scotch Links and found that most of 

 the grasses which formed these Links can be grown here. The 

 Mixtures we offer below are largely composed of such varieties as 

 will thrive here, with the addition of several equally fine American 

 varieties, and are the result of experiments conducted on our 

 grounds, as well as careful watching for several years of the prac- 

 tical results obtained on Golf Links sown with our grass seeds, as 

 at the St. Andrews, Yonkers, N. Y. (as illustrated above), and other 

 well-known Links in the United States. By the use of these Mix- 

 tures, and with proper care and attention, the finest Golf Links 

 and Putting Greens in the world can be successfullv rivaled. 



GRASS MIXTURE FOR "PUTTING GREENS."— Price, 

 30c. qt., $1.75 pk., $6.00 bush, of 25 lbs. 



GRASS MIXTURE FOR OUTLYING GROUNDS OR 

 "FAIR GREENS."— Price, $2.50 bush, of 18 lbs. 



HENDERSON'S "SUNNY SOUTH" LAWN GRASS. 



Is especially prepared for the South, and contains all the best 

 grasses that are by nature adapted for hot, dry situations. In the 

 South Bermuda grass is frequently used, but it remains green only 

 in the summer months, turning brown in winter. 



By using this mixture, and with some care and attention, an all- 

 the-year- round lawn can be maintained in the Southern States. 

 Price, 35c. qt., $2.00 pk., $7.00 bush, of 20 lbs. 

 (If by mail, add at the rate of 5c. per qt. for postage.) 



