YOUR LAWN— SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE 



The best two times to start a lawn or pasture are early spring and early autumn — the seasons of abundant moisture, warm days, 

 and cool nights. Spring sowings should be made as soon as the ground can be prepared to receive the seed, while fail sowings should 

 be made during September. 



Good Soil and Proper Drainage are absolutely necessary to produce a fine lawn. For best results, there should be no less than 

 a foot of good surface soil — preferably a heavy loam. Where it is necessary to grade the surface, all subsoil should be removed and 

 replaced with good earth. Unless the soil is sufficiently rich, the use of fertilizer is important. Apply sheep manure, or some 

 other concentrated, weedless soil-builder, and rake it well into the surface soil. (See page 73) A heavy application of manure is 

 particularly advisable on light or sandy soils where, otherwise, the grass is liable to burn out in hot, dry weather. 



Prepare the Seed-Bed Thoroughly. Rake or harrow the surface fine and even. After sowing the seed, rake again lightly and 

 firm the soil with a lawn roller. Do not attempt to dig, rake, or roll a lawn when the ground is wet. On Banks and Terraces, 

 where the seed is liable to be washed off by rains before it has sprouted, a quick catch can be secured by mixing the seed with moist 

 earth about one week before sowing; then, at the expiration of that time, when the seed (with the earth) is sown, much of it is ready 

 to sprout. 



The First Cutting should not be made until the young grass is 3 to 4 inches high and even then it should not be cut too short 

 as close cropping is injurious to a new lawn. Mow the lawn, thereafter, at intervals of about ten days and rake off the clippings. 

 Grass sown during September will, under favorable conditions, grow sufficiently to necessitate one cutting before frost, in which case 

 the clippings should be left on the lawn to serve as a mulch. 



Frequent Rollings are beneficial after a lawn is once well established, especially in early spring after the winter frosts have 

 drawn up the roots of the grass. 



Sow Good Seed. There are many grades of lawn seed sold. Needless to say, it pays to use nothing but the best obtainable. 

 No one kind of grass will make a good lawn. The changeable moods of our climate, the widely varying conditions of soil and moisture- 

 supply require a combination of many different grasses adapted to many different conditions. The subject of lawns has been a 

 long and thorough study with us. Beckert's Lawn Grass Mixtures are carefully composed of the finest domestic and imported turf 

 grasses, free from chaff and weed seeds, and strong in vitality. You can depend on them to produce lasting lawns of the finest texture 

 and most attractive appearance. 



BECKERT'S EVERGREEN LAWN SEED 



We offer in our Evergreen Mixture a well-balanced blend of the finest and most enduring grasses we know — the result of yeais of 

 study and trial. It is our masterpiece. Tested and proved, we can recommend it with the highest confidence for permanent and 

 satisfactory results under even the most trying conditions. Its ingredients are the highest grade of reclcaned seeds only. This lawn 

 seed is now sold only by weight. Use one pound to 350 square feet, 125 pounds to the acre. Package 30 cts., lb. 60 cts., 

 2 lbs. $1.10, 5 lbs. $2.50, 10 lbs. $4.85, 25 lbs. $11.50, 50 lbs. $22.00, 100 lbs. $42.00. 



(Parcel post or express prepaid in the United States within a radius of 1,500 miles from Pittsburgh.) 



SHADY- NOOK LAWN MIXTURE 



A mixture of grasses particularly adapted for sowing in shady places where llie ordinary lawn grasses do not thrive. It will produce 

 a bright, green lawn under trees and in the shade of buildings and shrubbery w lu re bare, unsightly spots so often appear.. 

 Package 35 cts., lb. 65 cts., 2 lbs. $1.20, 5 lbs. $2.75, 10 lbs. $5.25, 25 lbs. $12.50, 50 lbs. $23.50, 100 lbs. $45.00. 



PUTTING-GREEN MIXTURE 



The finest, hardy, low-growing grasses are contained in this mixture, whicii will produce a close and lasting putting-green turf. 

 Lb. 90 cts., 5 lbs. $4.25, 10 lbs. $8.00, 25 lbs. $19.25, 50 lbs. $36.75, 100 lbs. $70.00, postage extra. (Prices subject to change.) 



FAIR-GREEN MIXTURE 



The best selection of grasses for an even, tough, permanent turf. Gives general satisfaction but, where a lot of seeding is to 

 be done, we prefer to supplv a special formula, according to the particular requirements of the soil. Lb. 50 cts., 5 lbs. $2.25, 

 10 lbs. $4.25, 25 lbs. $10.00, 50 lbs. $19.00, 100 lbs. $36.00, postage extra. 



NOTE: ALL LAWN SEED PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANCE. FOR OTHER GRASSES, SEE PACE 38 



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