Catalogue 



High-Class Seeds. 



45 



Fine Mixed Lawn Grass Seed 



FORMATION OF LAWNS FROM SEED. 



Perhaps the best soil for 



In the first place, see that your ground is thoroughly drained and well prepared, 

 a lawn is a stiff loam or clayey soil. This 

 ought not to be by any means too rich, as ; 

 a rapid growth is not wanted in the grasses 

 of a lawn, but in preparing it for laying 

 down, let the surface be as much alike in 

 quality as possible. 



If your ground is in condition to raise 

 a good crop of potatoes, it will make a 

 good lawn ; add about half a ton of bone 

 dust to the acre, harrowed in before sow- 

 ing the seed. A very slight raking-in will 

 protect the seeds much, or a sowing of 

 wood ashes will render them distasteful to 

 birds. Rolling, however, is at all times 

 indispensable. 



The best time to sow lawn grass seed 

 is early in the spring, or about the latter 

 part of August. We prefer the early spring. 



Let the ground all have a surface of 

 about six inches alike, for nothing looks 

 worse than to see a lawn grow all in 

 patches. One exception, however, may 

 be mentioned, and that is, if there be any 

 steep slopes facing the south, or other ex- 

 posed places, let the earth on them be bet- 

 ter and deeper than on the ground level, 

 as they are more liable to burn out. When 

 the grass becomes well established, it 

 should be frequently cut. The oftener you 

 mow, the finer and softer your grass 

 will be . 



It is proper here to observe that no 

 lawn can be maintained long in good order 

 without successive rollings. Mowing alone 

 will not secure a good bottom without that 

 compression which the roller tends to give. 

 The rolling should be done in the spring, 

 before the ground becomes dry. 



To Grass a Bank or Terrace — 

 For each square rod, take a pound of lawn grass seed and mix it thoroughly with six cubic feet of good, dry 

 garden loam. Place in a tub, and add liquid manure, diluted with about two-thirds of water, so as to bring 

 the whole to the consistency of mortar. The slope must be made perfectly smooth, and then well watered, 

 after which the paste should be applied, and made as even and as thin as possible. 



LAWN VIEW IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



PARK MIXTURE. 



our best mixture, to be sown from three to four bushels to 

 % peck, 65 cents ; peck, $1 ; bushel, £3.50. (We can also 



CENTRAL 



For lawns of any extent, we recommend this, 

 the acre. (15 lbs. to bus.) Per quart, 25 cents; 

 make special good mixtures at lower prices.) 



FRENCH MIXED LAWN GRASS. 



For croquet grounds, grass plats, etc., this mixture is recommended to be sown from three to four bushels 

 to the acre. (15 lbs. to bus.) Per quart, 25 cents ; per bushel, S4.50. 



THORBURN'S LAWN-RESTORING GRASS SEED. 



A mixture of grasses peculiarly suited to take firm hold and grow quickly on hard, worn-out or burned 

 spots. To restore a lawn that is partially worn out or burned, the best time is very early in spring, as soon as 

 the frost is entirely out of the ground. The bare spots should be well scratched, or raked up, and this seed 

 sown liberally. Cover the seed very thinly with earth, and then roll or press down firmly with the back of the 

 spade. Some Lawn-Restoring" Grass Seed should be kept always on hand, and before every rain during 

 the summer some of it should be sown on any parts that may appear thinner than the rest. Seed may be sown 

 in fall, as late as from 1st of September to 1st of October, according to the weather. Price per quart-box, 

 30 cents ; per bushel of 24 lbs., 65. 



GRASS MIXTURE FOR GOLF LINKS. 



We shall be pleased to recommend special mixtures for golf links, on application, provided the nature of 

 the soil and situation is described. 



