PETEE HENDERSON & CO., NEW TORK— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE— LAWN GRASS SEED. 31 



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LAWN GRASS SEED 



HENDERSON 



THIS SPRING AND HAVE A PERFECT LAWN IN SIX WEEKS' TIME. 



THE " HENDERSON " LAWN GRASS SEED will form a close, thick turf in a few weeks' time, with 

 no tendency to stool or grow in clumps. It roots deeply and withstands severe droughts without turning 

 brown maintaining its beautiful deep green color throughout the season. We have made the formation of 

 permanent lawns a study for years, and the Finest Lawns in this country to-day were obtained by using 

 the " Henderson " Lawn Grass Seed," which is composed of various grasses that grow and nourish during 

 different months of the year, so that a rich, deep green, velvety lawn is constantly maintained, rivaling the 

 famous lawns of | 01dEngland. LAwN QRASg geED .^ relatively spe aking. the cheapest seed offered, 

 because, while the lawn grass mixtures of other seedsmen will not average over 14 lbs. to the bushel, this 

 weighs from 20 to 21 lbs. per measured bushel. 



Full instructions of "HOW-TO MAKE A LAWN" are given with every package. 



THE QUANTITY REQUIRED. 



(We furnish it in large or small quantities;to suit the pretentious lawn or the modest dooryard plot.) 



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



a plot 15x20, or 300 square feet, 1 quart is required for new, or I pint for renovating old lawns. 



Prices, 20c. per quart, $1.25 per peck, $4.50 per bushel of 20 lbs. 



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



The Superiority of 



The "Henderson" Lawn Grass Seed 



has drawn forth favorable comment from 

 the nanagers of the Pan-American Ex- 

 position Grounds, as follows: 



"It affords me great pleasure to inform 

 you that your Lawn Grass Seed has come up 

 'splendidly. It is the best seed that I have 

 ever seen and by far superior to any other 

 that has been sown here.' R. ULRICH, 



Sept. 1st, icjoo. Sup't Landscape Dep't. 



And later Mr. Ulrich informs us : 



"The lawns from your seed are the finest 

 on our grounds; they are of that BEAUTI- 

 FUL RICH GREEN color, so much darker 

 and different from any of the others, some 

 ofwhicli are of such a pale yellow green that 

 1 jear we shall have to plow them up and re- 

 sow with your seed.'' 



Henderson's -- 



"TERRACE SOD" LAWN CRASS 



A special mixture of grasses best suited for 

 sowing on terraces, railroad embankments and 

 iide hills— grasses that produce strong, spreading 

 roots, thus preventing heavy rains from washing 

 them out, that will withstand drought and ex- 

 posure, thrive on shallow soils, and at the same 

 time produce a rich velvety green turf through- 

 out the season. 



Price, 30c. per qt.; $1.75 per pk.; $6 00 per bush. 



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SUNNY SOUTH" LAWN CRASS 



Specially prepared for the South or for very dry 

 •ections, and contains the best grasses adapted for hot 

 I dry situations. 



Price, 30c. per qt.; $1.75 per pk.; $6.00 per bushel. 



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. 



Price, 30c. per qt.; $1.75 per pk.; $6.00 per bush. 



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"GOLF LINK" CRASS SEED. 



A mixture of grasses that will produce a sward 

 equal to those of the "Golf Links" of Scotland. 

 While the outlaying portions of the. ''Links" 

 £37/ can be seeded with less expensive grasses, the 

 Wf "putting greens" for about twenty yards around 

 '/ the " holes " must be sown with the very finest 

 - grasses 



For Putting Greens, we can supply a special 

 mixture of grasses. Price, 30c. per qt.; $1.75 per pk. 

 6.00 per bushel of 25 lbs. 



For the Outlying Grounds or Fair Greens 

 we can supply a suitable mixture of grasses. Hrice, 20c. per 

 lb.; $18 00 per 100 lbs. 



LAWN GRASS SEEDS we do not deliver free, but will do so in the U. S.. if 5c per quart is added, to above prices. 



