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P. W. BOLGIANO & CO., l^NC. 



F. W. BOLGIANO & COMPANY^S 



It Never Fail* to Give Satisfaction. Pkt., 10c. ; 1 Lb., 25c. ; 25 Lbs. $4.50 



Capital Park Lawn Grass 

 Shady Nook Lawn Grass 



THE ONLY GRASS SEED THAT WILL GROW IN SHADY .PLACES. 



More than 20 years of unremitting toil has been rewarded with a success in the SHADY NOOK LAWN GRASS 

 ;EED. Not until the Spring of 1905 did we succeed in accomplishing that for which we set out. Time and again we 

 thought we had, but only to realize that failure was our portion. The SHADY SIDE of the STREET and under the 

 OLD OAK TREE; in fact, everywhere that the sun does not strike more than a few minutes each day — those are the 

 places that wo want to make pretty for you. 



DIRECTIONS FOR SEEDING A LAWN. 



Grass is Nature's Carpet, and when a lawn is composed of suitable grasses, compactly covering the entire surface, it 

 becomes a surpassing pleasure and ornamentation. The eye never tires of the delicate evergreen so restful to the sight. 

 Lawns should be sown with blended grasses, which will hold their green through the hot, dry summer, and not lose color 

 during the "freezes" of winter. A first-class lawn will continue indefinitely its beautiful, velvet surface, and can be kept 

 in perennial freshness by an annual top-dressing of pure raw bone. A level surface is preferred for lawns to avoid washes 

 at the time of severe freshets, but a gentle incline may be desirable and is certainly beautiful. Springtime and autumn 

 are the favorite seasons for making lawns, but any time from early spring to fall will do, unless a severe, protracted 

 drought prevails. Spade deeply, make the ground fine, smooth, and mellow; then rake the soil and sow the seed. If a rain 

 occurs, simultaneously with the seed sowing, it will cover the seed enough; but if dry, the soil should be pressed with the 

 back of a spade or rolled with a light roller. A suitable fertilizer should be incorporated with the soil when the lawn is 

 being prepared, and bone is preferred because its fertilizing quality is gradually imparted to the soil, and its effect is last- 

 ing. A top-dresser at any time imparts new thrift to the sod. Be careful to sow the seed regularly and evenly over 

 the entire surface, otherwise bare spaces will disfigure the lawn; but when this happens rake over the bare places and 

 sow seed there. Be liberal in the use of seed when making a lawn, for if done rightly, a young, healthy, beautiful,, velvet 

 green sod will soon delight the eye and reward all labor and expense. 



One pound of Bolgiano & Co.'s Recleaned Lawn Grass Seed will go as far as 4 quarts of grass seed sold by the measure. 

 .\dd 7 cents per pound on lawn grass seed if to go by mail. 



( APITAL PARK LAWN GRASS SEED. 



This grass seed has helped make Washington the beautiful city that it is. Planted in front of the New District 

 Building in the Pall of 1908, our seeds produced a lawn in twenty-eight days from day of planting the seed. 



