PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



The Most Beautiful Lawns in America 



AKE MADE WITH 



THE "HENDERSON" LAWN GRASS SEED 



This celebrated lawn grass seed mixture has been thoroughly 

 tested by country-wide use for more than half a century. It 

 is the fruit of years of experience and close study of 

 American conditions and is undoubtedly the best for 

 the American climate. By its use a deep green, velvety 

 sward, free from clumps, can be produced in from four to six 

 weeks time. 



THE "HENDERSON" LAWN GRASS SEED is an intel- 

 ligently arranged combination of fine-leaved, dwarf Grasses 

 which are at their best during different months of the year, 

 thus keeping a lawn constantly covered with enduring green. 

 It is impossible to make an enduring lawn by sowing seed of 

 a single variety, which will only grow vigorously for a portion 

 of the year. Kentucky Blue Grass for instance, which is 

 sometimes recommended for lawns, grows but sparsely during 

 midsummer, is slow to form a close sward, requiring two years 

 to do that, and loses color in hot weather. Besides its 

 country-wide use on the home grounds of the people, the 

 "Henderson" Lawn Grass Seed has invariably been chosen to 

 produce lawns at many famous institutions in the country. It has 



HENDERSON'S 

 SHADY NOOK LAWN GRASS SEED 



On nearly all lawns there are unsightly bare spots under the shade of 

 trees, which have baffled all efforts to get into grass, but with this mixture 

 there need be no further difficulty. It is a combination of fine, dwarf 

 growing, evergreen varieties, which in their wild or natural state are to 

 be found growing in the woods or other sheltered and shaded spots. 

 Ground that has been densely shaded by trees is frequently "sour," and 

 if the drainage is defective it is apt to be covered with moss and coarse 

 grasses. In such cases an application of slaked lime, at the rate of one 

 bushel to each thousand square feet, or forty bushels to the acre, is an 

 excellent corrective and sweetener, but the moss should be first removed 

 by the use of a sharp rake. 

 45c quart. $1.65 for 4 quarts. $3.00 peck. $11 .00 Bushel of 20 lbs. 



HENDERSON'S 

 SUNNY SOUTH LAWN GRASS SEED 



It is especially prepared for the South, and contains all the best grasses 

 that are by nature adapted for hot, dry situations. In the South, Bermuda 

 Grass is frequently used, but it remains green only in the s umm er months, 

 turning brown in winter; but by using this mixture, and with some care 

 and attention to watering, an all-the-year-round lawn can be maintained in 

 Southern States where grasses do not usually thrive. 

 45c quart. $1.65 for 4 quarts. $3.00 peck. $11.00 Bushel of 20 lbs. 



been used for a number of years with excellent results, on the 

 Parade Grounds at the United States Military Academy at 

 West Point, N. Y. The refreshing green and the close turf 

 which attract the attention of the hundreds of thousands who 

 annually visit the baseball grounds in this country, particularly 

 the Polo Grounds in New York and Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, 

 were produced with the "Hendeison" Lawn Grass Seed. 

 At the various International Expositions held in the United 

 States — notably the Centennial at Philadelphia, the Columbian 

 at Chicago, the Pan-American at Buffalo, the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase at St. Louis, the Lewis & Clark at Portland, and the 

 Jamestown at Norfolk, — gold medals were awarded to lawns 

 made with the "Henderson" Lawn Grass Seed. 



The "Henderson" Lawn Grass Seed is sold 20 lbs. per 

 bushel, being practically free from chaff and other foreign matter. 

 The quantity required for new lawns is 5 bushels per acre. For 

 a plot 15 x 20, or 300 square feet, use 1 quart. For renovating 

 old lawns, use one-half of above quantities. Full instructions 

 for sowing in every bag and package. 



Prices 35c. quart. $1.25 for 4 quarts. $2.00 peck. $7.00 bushel 

 of 20 lbs. 



HENDERSON'S 

 TEKKACE SOD LAWN GRASS SEED 



A special mixture of grasses, best suited for sowing on terraces, embank- 

 ments and hillsides. These grasses produce long, strong, spreading roots, 

 thus preventing heavy rains from washing out the soil. These grasses 

 will withstand drought and exposure, thrive on shallow soils, and at the 

 same time produce a rich, velvety green turf throughout the season. There 

 need be no fear of introducing coarse grasses into your lawn by sowing this 

 mixture, for, though strong-rooted, the grasses are fine-leaved, like those, 

 used in the "Henderson Lawn Grass" mixture. 

 40c quart. $1.35 for 4 quarts. $2.50 peck. $9.00 Bushel of 30 lbs. 



Henderson's SEASIDE LAWN GRASS SEED 



Along our seacoast there are many beautiful summer homes and resorts 

 with such sandy saline surroundings that a turf of the favorite lawn grasses 

 cannot be produced. We have so often made up a mixture of special 

 grasses to thrive under these trying conditions that we have concluded to 

 offer it for the benefit of others who may be having the same trouble in 

 getting grass to grow. Our Seaside mixture will make a good turf of 

 green on sand where the finer grasses are not so likely to thrive, though of 

 course, the sand must be top-dressed with not less than 2 inches of soil 

 before even our Seaside Grass Seed is sown, to enable the young grass 

 to get a start. Use at the rate of one quart for 300 square feet: 5 bushels 

 per acre. 

 30c quart. 1.00 for 4 quarts. $1.75 peck. $6.00 bushel of 20 lbs. 



Henderson's Special Grass Seed Mixture 



FOR HAY AND 

 PEKMANENT PASTURE 



IT PRODUCES WONDERFUL HAY CROPS AND LUXURIANT PASTURE MAINTAINING, ITS CROPPING 



QUALITIES TWENTY YEARS OR MORE. 



This famous mixture has seeded thousands of acres of meadow and 

 pasture land for progressive farmers and stock raisers in various parts 

 of the United States, with most gratifying results. It is a well-balanced 

 combination of a number of native and acclimated foreign Grasses and 

 Clovers, blended and improved upon during exhaustive trials under 

 widely different conditions, and in various soils and localities, until practic- 

 ally perfect, our aim being to produce, under the extremes of the American 

 climate of heat, drought and cold, a PERMANENT, dense and deep- 

 rooting turf that would yield year after year the maximum quantity of 

 forage. These Grasses are of superior quality, inviting, sweet and nourish- 

 ing, whether used as hay or pasture. That we have been successful is 

 attested by the numerous letters of praise for these special Grass mixtures 

 we have received from the users, and the tributes to their merits 

 published in many of the agricultural journals. 



In preparing these mixtures the greatest care is exercised in selecting 

 such varieties as are suited to the soil to be sown, and to attain the object 

 in view. Therefore a description of the soil and climate, and the 

 purpose for which sown, and if with or without a grain crop, should 

 accompany each order. Sow 40 lbs. per aero. Full directions for sowing 

 enclosed in every bag. 



Price (purchaser paying carriage), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs. $4.25; 100 lbs., 

 $49.00. (State whether wanted for light, medium or heavy soils). 



WE ALSO OFFER 

 HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE FOR PERMANENT 

 PASTURE; HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE FOR 

 PERMANENT HAY; HENDERSON'S RENOVATING 



MIXTURE FOR IMPROVING OLD PASTURES; 

 HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE FOR 

 WOODLAND PASTURES; SOW 40 LBS. PER ACRE. 

 Price (purchaser paying carriage), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.35; 

 lbs., $40.00. 



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REGARDING CLOVERS. 



Do not omit to sow Clovers with the Grasses, as they add to the yield 

 of hay and pasture, and by their ability to collect atmospheric nitrogen 

 and store it in the root nodules, assist the growth of the Grasses and are 

 of considerable benefit to subsequent crops. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers, on account of their greater weight, should 

 be sown separately, but at the same time as the Grasses. This Mixed 

 Clover comprises White, Mammoth Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, etc. 

 Sow 10 pounds per acre. Price 50c. per lb.: 10 lbs., $4.75: 100 lbs., 

 $45.00. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK 



