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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 





Sown with JOHNSON <t stokes' evergreen velvet lawn seed mixtttbh, -which, owing to its beautiful and enduring 

 effecl, is now annually used by many of the tiuest parks ia the couutry, especially in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. 



The judiciong selection of Grass Seed, for the creation of a beautiful lawn or grassplot, or a durable pasture 

 or hay croi>, requires a knowledge obtained only by an intimate study of the habits of varieties as respects 

 quality of herbage and vigor of constitution. It is not sntlicient to select the one Grass indigenous to the soil 

 or climate, for it may nor. possess the many qualities desirable for the purpose desired, for hardiness and 

 permanence, ^vhich combination of qualities and character is best found in a mixture of sorts. 



A quart of Lawn Grass Seed will sow about 300 square feet. Three to four bushels are required to 

 BOW an acre. Instructions how to prepare and sow a lawn accompany each package or bag of seed. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' EVERGREEN VELVET LAWN SEED HIXTURE 

 is the Best Lawn Grass Seed for the American Climate. With it you can renovate old and make 

 new lawns, grass plots, tennis courts, golf links, etc., as soft as velvet and as green as emerald, which 

 flourish during different months of the year, and insure a beautiful, dwarf, green, compact sward, 

 remaining green and fresh throughout the season. It has become widely known, and is exclusively 

 used on the finest public and private grounds around Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, and 

 other cities. Quart, 20c.; 2 quarts, 35c. (qt., postpaid, 25c.) ; peck, §1.00 ; bushel, 20 lbs., $4.00. 



FAIRHOUNT PARK LAWN GRASS SEED MIXTURE 



This is composed of fine grasses, but less expensive than those used in our Evergreen Velvet 

 Mixture, and will give excellent results. Quart, 15c. (qt., postpaid, 20c.); peck, 75c.; bushel, 14 lbs., $2.50. 



SPECIAL GRASS SEED MIXTURES FOR GOLF LINKS 

 Fair Green Mixture. (For outlying grounds.) Specially prepared of the most enduring and ser- 

 viceable grasses, without clovers. Per bushel, $2.50; 10 bushels and over, $2 25 per bushel. 



Putting Green Mixture. A carefully prepared combination of grasses for sowing on putting greens, 

 which will produce a dense, close sward. Per bushel, $4.00; 10 bushels and over, $3.75 per bushel. 



A famous golf ground near Philadelphia, sown with JOHNSON &. ETOEBS' golf line mixtubes. 



