WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Lawn Grasses — 107 



LAWN AT BRIAR CREST SOWN WITH MAULE'S EXTRA LAWN GRASS MIXTURE. 



Note. — The following mixtures, based upon experience, will be found highly satisfactory. The purpose of each Is suggested by its name. 

 They are made of the best components to be had on the market. None but the tiner grasses are employed, and only seeds that have been thor- 

 oughly cleaned. I will cheerfully compound grass mixtures to order. 



Maule's Extra Lawn Grass Seed 



This mixture will insure a beautiful, compact, evergreen sod on any 

 lawn where the essential requirements of grass culture have been com- 

 plied with. Its component parts are the grasses peculiarly adapted to 

 lawns and door yards, including choice selected strains of Kentucky 

 Blue, etc., along with the best known creeping or sod forming 

 sorts. 1 have Included a little white clover in the mixture, regarding It 

 as essential, but will omit it on special request. Timothy and orchard 

 grass are wholly excluded, on account of their coarse leaves, and only 

 fine sorts are employed. Full provision is made for a succession of 

 growth, so that there shall be no break in the richness of the verdure 

 from spring until autumn, and experience proves that Maule's Extra 

 Lawn Grass Mixture is now perfect. Nothing better can be purchased 

 on the American market, no matter what claims may be advanced by 

 other seedsmen. My friends will please note that this seed is sold by 

 the bushel of 20 pounds, while some seedsmen sell a bushel weighing 



only 14 pounds. This is because I employ the choicest and heaviest 

 strains of grass seed in making the mixture. As to preparation of the 

 soil, I recommend a thorough working and manuring to a depth of 8 or 

 9 inches, and a regular semi-annual application of top dressing after- 

 ward. It is a good practice to use well-rotted stable manure in the 

 autumn and a complete fertilizer carrying potash, like Maule's Pan- 

 mure Plant Food, in the spring; also, to renovate the lawn every spring 

 with a little fresh seed, using a quarter or a third the quantity employed 

 in the original seeding. Grass seed should be sown in April or Sep- 

 tember. Use 1 quart to 800 square feet of ground, or I bushel will sow 

 a plot 100 feet wide and 108 feet long or 4 bushels per acre. Maule's 

 Extra Ijawn Grass Mixture cannot be excelled for quality and vitality. 

 Q,uart, 30 cents; H quarts, 55 cents; 5 qnarts, $l.i25, postpaid. 

 By express or frelglit, not prepaid, peck, $1.75; bushel (520 lbs.), 

 $6.00; 4 bushels, $23.50. 



Maule's Quick Results Lawn 

 Mixture 



This mixture is for producing an immediate greensward that will be 

 followed by a good, permanent sod. It is especially to be recommended 

 for late spring seeding, without a nurse crop. For early seeding I 

 would rather use Maule's Extra Lawn Grass Mixture, but after May 1st 

 (In the latitude of Philadelphia) I would much prefer this one. It will 

 make rapid growth, and will be ready to cut two weeks or more in 

 advance of any other mixture which I offer; nor is it lacking in per- 

 manence. Q,t., 25 cts.; 2 qts., 45 cts.; 5 qts., $1.00, postpaid. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, pk., $1.50; bn. (20 lbs.), $5.00. 



'Maule's Shady Lawn Mixture 



This mixture is intended for all situations that are in partial or com- 

 plete shade, and will be found Invaluable on grounds lying under the 

 shadows of trees or buildings. In preparing such places for the recep- 

 tion of grass seeds it is well to use air slaked lime quite liberally (50 

 bushels to the acre). The lime sweetens tlie land and wonderfully aids 

 the growth of the grass. Lime will be found particularly effective in 

 open woodlands where grass is desired. This mixture is adapted to its 

 purpose. Q,t., 35 cts.; 2 qts., 65 cts.; 5 qts., $1.50, postpaid. By ex- 

 press or fi-elght, not prepaid, peck, $2.00; bushel (15 lbs.), $7.00. 



Maule's Steep Slope Mixture 



This is for banks, terraces, steep or exposed slopes and bare spots in 

 general; in fact, for any i^lace, however dry, stony or barren. It will 

 produce a sod that is absolutely proof against heat or drought, and that 

 cannot be injured by cold. The grasses produce strong, spreading 

 roots, thus preventing heavy rains from washing them out; will 

 withstand exposure, thrives on shallow soils, and at the same time 

 produces a rich, velvety green turf throughout the season. I recom- 

 mend, however, the same fair treatment elsewhere asked for; that Is, 

 semi-annual top dressings of fertilizers or manures, in order to main- 

 tain the vigor of the grasses. Quart 30 cents; 2 qnarts, 55 cents, 

 5 quarts, $1.25, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 peck, $1.75; bushel (15 pounds), $6.00. 



Quantity of Seed to Sow 



1 quart will sow a plot 15 x 20 feet 300 square feet. 



1 peck " " " 40 X 50 " 2000 



1 bushel " " I acre 100 x 108 " 10800 " 



4 " " " 1 " 209 X 209 " 43681 " 



If intended for renovating an old lawn, about half the 

 above quantities are sufficient for the given spaces. 



