R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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LAWN GRASS 



Oi'R Special Mixtures of Grasses for Lawns are celebrated throughout New England for producing a 

 perfect, rich deep-green sward from early spring till late in fall. The varieties are specially selected, tested, and 

 blended by us, and the lawns made from our formulas are unsurpassed anywhere for beauty and color. As a result 

 of our care in invariably furnishing clean, pure, fresh Lawn Seed, our trade in this specialty is enormous. We 

 annually furnish seed for the parks and gardens of Boston, and ship large quantities to Newport, Bar Harbor, and 

 other leading summer resorts. 



FARQUHAR'S EVERGREEN LAWN GRASS. 



Specially reliable mixture of dwarf, hardy, fine-leaved grasses; the growth of which has been thoroughly tested. 

 Per Bushel of 18 pounds, $4.00; peck, $i.co; quart, 20 cents; by mail, 25 cents. 



Messrs. R. 6* J. Farquhar & Co.: North Easton, Mass., Nov. 6. 



Gentlemen: We purchased from you last spring several bushels of your Farquhar 's Evergreen Lawn 

 Grass Seed, -which has been very satisfactory. It has produced a beautiful sward, with a rich deep-green 

 color, entirely free from weeds ; and has been admired by all who have seen it. 



Yours very truly, • 



FK. LOEFFLER, Supt. to Mrs. Oakes Ames. 



NEW BOSTON PARKS LAWN-SEED. 



We have received from Messrs. Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot their formula used in seeding the beautiful lawns and 

 terraces of Boston's new parks. Franklin Park and the Metropolitan parks have been planned by this firm of eminent 

 landscape architects, and their formula for the Lawn-Grass Seed mixture used may be accepted as the best which 

 experience and extended knowledge can suggest. 

 62 lbs., sufficient for one acre (43,560 square ft.), $15.00 

 31 lbs., sufficient for one-half acre (21,780 sq. ft.), 7.50 



16 lbs., sufficient for one-quarter acre (10,890 sq.ft.), 

 1 lb., sufficient for 700 sq. ft., $.30; by mail . . 



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