STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN 



NEW JERSEY 



Lawn Grass Seed 



The Windermoor Standard 



Long experience has proven to us the foil}' of prepar- 

 ing several different grass seed mixtures for ordinary 

 lawn purposes. There is, of course, a place for certain of 

 the finer grasses for golf courses and tennis courts ; also a 

 place for some of the coarser for athletic fields. On either 

 of these tj^pes we are prepared to make special quotations. 

 However, for ordinary pm-poses we offer but one mixture, 



The Windermoor Standard. This mixture is made up 



on the following formula per hundred poimds: 



Fortj^-five per cent. Kentucky Blue Grass, 

 Forty per cent. Red Top or Herd's Grass, 

 Ten per cent. Perennial Rye Grass, 

 Five per cent. T^Tiite Dutch Clover. 

 This we sell by the pound and not by the bushel. The 



purchaser thus knows very definitely what he is buying. 



There is no chaff in the mixtiire, which is often foimd in 



lawn grasses when it is sold by the bushel. 



Price, lb. 50^5, 5 lbs. $2.25, 10 lbs. $4.50, postpaid. 



100 lbs. iDy express, at purchaser's expense, $40.00. 



THE MAKING OF A LAWN 



In the first place, very careful grading is necessary, 

 followed by a rich covering of top soil (if it is not already 

 there), and then by an application of commercial fertilizer. 

 We never recommend animal manure of any kind because 



of its weed content. After a very careful preparation by 

 harrowing, followed by continuous hand-raking, a good 

 seed-bed can be provided. 



The seed should be sown broadcast, after which the 

 ground should be rolled, if possible. Never plant grass 

 seed when the soil is absolutelj^ dry and there is no pros- 

 pect of rain, for under such conditions there is great 

 danger of losing the entire so^ang if a windstorm shoiild 

 happen to strike it. Under favorable conditions the lawn 

 will be ready to cut with a mower inside of six weeks. 

 Spring and fall are the two seasons for making la^vns. 

 The hot summer months are not desirable, for good results 

 are hard to obtain during warm weather. 



Grass seed should be sown on the following basis. 

 For a newly made la-mi, sow one pound every 500 square 

 feet, or 100 pounds per acre, and for spring or fall resow- 

 ing of an old lawn, sow one pound every 1000 square feet. 

 When lawns are in rather bad condition, it is best to rake 

 them thoroughlj^ getting out all the dead grass, and mak- 

 ing a new application of grass seed followed by rolling. 



ACCESSORIES FOR THE LAWN 



We are in position to make quotations, F. O. B. Phila- 

 delphia, on the best makes of lawn mowers, lawn rollers^ 

 lawn sprinklers, garden hose, etc., and we shall be very 

 pleased to receive inquiries thereon. 



A PUTTING GREEN ON THE MOORESTOWN GOLF COURSE 



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Lawns should be re-sown every Spring 



