PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK IMPLEMENTS. 



The 



"Velvetlawn" Seeder 



Puts the Seed //V Old Sod or New Ground 



The " Velvetlawn " Seeder. 



A VALUABLE NEW MACHINE 

 FOR SEEDING NEW LAWNS 



Also for renovating worn out lawns and bad spots in 

 Putting Greens, Tennis Courts, etc., without redigging 

 or plowing and without marring the surface. 



Puts the Seed IN Old Sod 

 Or IN Newly Prepared Ground, 

 Covers and Rolls It. 



The seed is distributed evenly— wind or no wind- 

 not too thick in some places and too thin in others. 



The " Velvetlawn " Seeder. 



The " Velvetlawn " Seeder is a valuable new machine for seeding new lawns and double valuable for renovating worn out 

 lawns and bad snots in Greens. Tennis Courts, etc., without redigging or plowing, and without marring the surface. It puts the 

 seed IN newly prepared ground or IN old sod — the seed is distributed very evenly in any desired quantity — wind or no wind, not 

 too thick in some places and two thin in others. In new ground or soft turf it is easily operated by one man but in old hard 

 sod it may require another person to pull. The illustration in the lower corner shows how the seeder puts the seed in the ground 

 -the revolving disc cuts a narrow trench the seed being sown in it and immediately behind the disc. There are eight of these 

 discs with their accompanying seed spouts. These sow 2 inches apart — putting the seed in at any desired depth thus the ma- 

 chine sows a strip 16 inches wide as fast as a man can walk. It will sow and cross sow an area 50 x 150 feet in thirty minutes, 

 a little roller follows each seed spout thus pressing the soil back and covering the seed. As each disc, seed spout and roller work 

 individually they therefore adapt themselves to the inequalities of the ground — insuring a perfectly even stand of grass. 



There are as many force feeds in the seeder as there are discs — every feed sows an equal amount of seed — and a guage regu- 

 lates the quantity sown which is always the same whether the machine is being pushed fast or slow. 



Every seed trench contains an equal amount of seed. No seed is wasted. The seed must grow, because it is in the soil 

 and not on top of it. The wind cannot blow it away. Birds and fowl do not get it. Neither can heavy rains wash it away 

 The discs do not tear the sod; they cut it, cultivate the grass roots and make a finely-prepared seed bed. For work in gardens 

 and new grading, the discs pulverize the soil. 



The " VELVETLAWN " Seeder, in addition to sowing grass and clover seed, is also admirably adapted for drilling all small 

 seeds such as Onions, Radish, Lettuce, Carrot, Etc. 



By placing covers over the feed openings in the hopper bottom the seed can be drilled in rows, two, four, six, eight, ten, 

 twelve, fourteen or sixteen inches between the rows. For instance, if it was desired to sow any of these small seeds lour inches 

 between rows, place covers over every other feed and the " VELVETLAWN " Seeder will plant four rows of seed at a time. Should 

 the gardener wish to have sixteen inches between rows, place covers over all the openings except the first and last, or the two 

 end feeds, and two rows of seed sixteen inches apart can be planted at once. 



" VELVETLAWN " Seeders will also sow alone Dry Ground Sheep Manure, Dry Bone Meal, Dry Screened Wood Ashes and 

 Dry Ground Lime Puts them in the ground where they will do the most good. 



Price, net, $20.00. 



" The ' Velvetlawn ' Seeder does all you claim jo 

 stand of grass thai has ever been on my lawn. 



1 used the machine for reseedini 



in sod and HOW have the most satisfactory 



J, B. CART M ELL, Springfield, Ohio. 



