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W. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



BECKERT'S EVERGREEN LAWN MIXTURE. 



A good lawn is one of the most pleasing features connected with a country 

 or suburban home. Proper drainage and careful preparation of the ground are 

 the first steps necessary to secure it. If any beds for flowers are to be arranged 

 in the plot, or any trees planted therein, the work should be done before the 

 seed is sown. Grade or level the ground to the desired form of surface, and if 

 in any place the earth must be removed to the surface of the subsoil, enough 

 of the latter should be taken away to replace with 6 or 8 inches of top soil. 

 Plow or dig up the surface thoroughly to a depth of 12 or 14 inches, and incor- 

 porate with it a liberal supply of well-rotted manure, bone-dust, or Odorless 

 Lawn Fertilizer. The latter is at all times preferable, being quick yet durable 

 in its effects, and free from weed-seeds, which are always contained in greater 

 or less quantities in stable-manure. 



When the very best results are desired, this mixture should be used, it 

 being the finest lawn preparation that can be made. We have made many 

 experiments to determine the grasses best adapted for lawn purposes, and this 

 mixture is composed of such grasses and in such proportion as we have found 

 will make a first-class lawn. The essential points in a lawn are permanence, 

 with a fine appearance, which can only be produced by a combination of grasses 

 that grow and flourish during the different months of the year, from an early 

 spring growth, continued through the summer, until late in the fall. The 

 ingredients of this lawn seed are the highest grades of recleaned grasses. 

 Practically free from weed seeds, and tested as to vitality before sold. Use 

 one quart to 300 square feet, 4 to 5 bushel to the acre. Price per measured 

 bushel $4.50, per peck, $1.15, per quart 20 cts., by mail 30 cts. 



A BEAUTIFUL LAWN IS A NATURAL RESULT FROM SOWING OUR 

 EVERGREEN LAWN GRASS SEED. 



