WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1892. 51 
FINEST LAWN AND OTHER GRASSES. 
A good lawn is one of the most pleasing features of a rural home, and success in its formation depends much 
on the preparation of the ground. This should be done by draining if necessary and digging or plowing to the 
depth of 6 or 12 inches according to the nature of the soil, applying at the same time a fiberal quantity of well 
decomposed manure, bone dust or pulverized sheep manure. We recommend the latter as being more lasting in its 
effects, not liable to burn the grass and free from weeds. Before sowing the seed the ground should be thoroughly 
cleaned and made perfectly level, and as the subsequent appearance of the lawn depends in a great measure on this 
part of the preparation, it is of the utmost importance it should be well done. The ground should be evenly raked, 
and the seed sown. April and September are the best months for sowing. The seed should be sown on a calm day, 
at the rate of four bushels to the acre. One quart is sufficient to sow an area of 2U feet by 15 feet. 
After the sowing has been accomplished, the ground should be again rolled, and as soon as the young plants 
have attained the height of 2 or 3 inches, the whole plot should be carefully gone over with a sharp scythe, 
and from the months of April to October it should be mown every ten days. Mowing machines are excellent after a 
comparatively close turf is established ; but for the first six months after sowing the scythe should be used in 
preference tothe machine. /yrequent mowing and rolling are indispensable to maintain the turf in good order. By adopting 
these means a close green sward will be obtained in a short time. 
FINEST CENTRAL PARK LAWN MIXTURE. 
Composed of dwarf and close growing grasses, which, properly managed, produce a fine velvety lawn and perma= 
nent sod. Per qt., 20 cts.; peck, $1.25 ; bushel, $4.50. 
French or Emerald Lawn Mixture. (Second quality.) This mixture is composed of less expensive grasses than we 
put in our Central Park Mixture. Per bushel, $3.00. 
PULYERIZED SHEEP MANURE. 
THE BEST LAWN TOP DRESSING. 
This valuable manure has given unqualified satisfaction to all who have used it. As a lawn top dressing it is 
uneqalled. The objection to most natural manures is the danger of fouling the Lawn with weeds. Our Pulverized 
Sheep Manure is positively free from seeds of noxious weeds, and it is therefore the best lawn top dressing that can 
be used. It should be used at the rate of five bags (500 lbs.) to the acre. 
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