LAWN GRASS. 
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LANDRETH L AWN GRASS HlXTURE 
60 POUNDS SEED TO THE ACRE- 
FOR PARKS, CROQUET AND TENNIS GROUNDS, CRICKET AND ATHLETIC FIELDS. 
,J':'i:::u'-':^'^^^^^ ^TT^ rroparatlons adverUsod. Our prescripUon i. of the best 
;Bi;,.n r. ,ll/...',hai i. a ,>....r investmon.' !us tllo .'rror Wills.a.ul .'u! for yoars h./dari^l! u^llu-ss P^^-chases cheap, badly mixed Lawn Grass 
HINTS ON LAWN MAKING. Miic'iolj-lie success or Lawn making depends upon tlic preparation ol the qroiind- The Innd 
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trJIi-r ' --' '1 a ironil li'rtili/.ur, uiiU'ss thi' l:uid had riTi-uH"! an ni>i>Iii"Mi • . • '1 i.icr'hl Ion- ..f v.tv .|...ri v ' ■ 
!»«'=• •• .'. h.-re rt-m.-irk thai slabl,. inaiinn-. is ih..- !.<«( ..f ail r.Tiiii/.-rs. Imi iln • ■..•.uMliin.-iili v in ..lirriiMr.-i " '' "'1 
♦fit— ■ •• ranee an.l sni.-ll. we ri-ronnn.-nd in handn-th Lawn I 'eniliz-r a na.i, .,r .•..neeniril.-d i.tI ili/er" «iv iV,'. .'..■..„ i.'-u'li .,>'," ■ ''.1.0 
KW.rt'.-irU 'nivinrc should be a-M-lied. The lernli/.er should lie li-litlv harrow.-l iiV„.,.,i, tiir «.v<l!.e.l as ,1 will . losli , I lie a , , '.. i ■ r ",'m i 1' 
beiientl. snrfaee. After ll>e luirmwins the ^ronud should l,esev<.relv rnll.,1. that ll„. ,..r,l. and s ei „ av be e d, , e ^.n a n • w „ ' ^ 
JllSlnrc should be sown at tlie rate of sixty p.M.nds b, (1,<. aere and rolled \U,v:u S,u. „, - in S. nlember 'u 1 ) lio er v 1 V u aH, 
tedcSSOuUlof IMula.lelphia,; in more uurlherl. U,r.v, >,,s Sprin, i. ea. , ^ • . • a : , I i ^ ,,ra.' I ' 1 1 , v , k h i, ■ 'e u m '^'^ '''^ 
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SS^i?:i.'^i'h:^:;,;r;i^^^^^ n,,>,,;,i.advanta.eea;..'produein,a%,od 1.1^;^ 
iiit^rJlhi 'sm.rv""'''''^ and I ho volume on ih- ■'(ira-e^ of N,,rth Anieriea.'' by Professor W. .1 Bcale, of much value in assisting them in lliL? 
il,P Th'^^'^nn i, a,v.,-t.a- nrle..,eeni. r- ;„b:: nf i ut erl- m ,ers. sneh as bnllereups, Plantains, Dandelions, all from seeds natlirnl to 
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.n.o^^lfM^'"'" '","V""^"'' J," - 'V " > I : i a - A-i: .1 ; . i : m-::,, m ; aM e t U ■, a , , , 1 , i red . safimay be Used , Fairs„d eau ueuerallv be had 
onroartSKles, and if enr.aal'y taken up and wlirn laid down a. • ••t'l.-d a:i.: .sulidilK-d and e.ivered with half an inch of rich compost it will at once 
start oft and . . i •• ei be asmueh a fixture as the adjoining in . .. 
Lawn e ; - a e . . l eiuality should proiluee a. fair nmf i it :,. . : , :r au seveutv to ninelv days, 
eradict'te^'" ' ' ' ' '■-a'*^'" Smss at a low price are u-iaa .: , .. >e;,ii,.d Cana.l.-i Hhic Grass, V.-liich is not only worthier but a pest and difficult to 
Some people, after seeding a piece of land with lanvn Gra-s. expee! to see a green- mat in two or three w< aks. lait in this thev are unreasonable, as the 
Mttcr Varieties of grass are slow to produce cffeet. and wlien an ellbet is (|uieklv developed it is at the expense of a.dafitabilitv and perraaneney. I''or instance, 
ft fine mat of green color can be hart in two weeks from a heavy sowin- of White Clo\-er, somethiiur verv elfia'tive aial pleasing to the ey<a l>ut eluvor is not a 
priiss and is not suitable for Lawns, failing to produce that velvet-like elieea. the resnU of the growth of the ereet leasaw produeed bv tiie best gra.sses. -which 
bttbit fits them to quiekly recover after mowing. 
Manures or leriilizers lor Lawns may be oi many eominnai ions. A\ e reeomniend lo ihose who preicr u> Uo iJieir own mixing a enin pound of 
300 pounds of superphosphate, costing say $4 00 
300 pound.4 dried int-at, blood or fish, at O OO 
400 pounds refuse common salt, at 1 00 
Or say i>er acre !$I I 00 
The quantity of superpliosphate and nitrogenons matter mav be doubled to advantage, or oven made stronger, as crra.ss will stand almost anv amount of 
fertilizer. ' 
The common salt used as an alterative and solvent will be found to have a decided influence in keeping up the emerald green condition so desirable on 
a perfect Lawn. 
On growing grass not more than three bushels to the acre should be applied in a season, and then best during a rain — never tinder a hot sun. 
^|PA^<^ POl? ^ITDPAr'P PPPPr'X Tins prescription consists of 100 parts, divided iu sueli proportion between those 
^■V'^*-''-' » iJ*~Jf^i rxy^i^ 1-rl I tt-rV/ 1 . grasses which our observation has indicatai as best for general Park efl'ect, as respects 
color, density of herbage, vigor, quick recuperation after mowing and iiermaneney. The seeds used are all well cleaned and we believe them to be pure and 
of full vitality, and all persons using them are certain to .secure a stand, provided the land be properly prepared and the .seed sown at the proper time and at 
the right depth, and provided there be sufTicient rainfall to germinate the seed. "We cannot be responsible for the errors of the inexperienced. A pound of 
seed will sow a space 20 x 20 feet, or say 400 square feet. Sixty pounds will sow an acre, but we recommend seventy or eightv pounds. Price per pound, 
So cents. 
GRASS TO RESIST TRAMPING ON ATHLETIC GROUNDS. 
Grass in the list of varieties, a proportion of such sorts being here added as to better stand the wear and tear of tramping consequent upon games of Tennis, 
Cricket, Lacrosse and Base Ball. 
A pound will sow a space 20 x 20 feet, or sav 400 square feet. Sixty pounds will sow an acre, but we recommend seventy or eightv pounds. Price per 
pound, !45 cents. " - r 
Old Lawns much in decay had best be ploughed up, leveled up and resown, but often this course is not convenient, certainlv not if the Lawn can be 
renovated by a system taking less time. In that ca-se, when prompt results are desirable, the old sod should be well combed by a harrow to tear out the 
dried gra.s,s and easily extracted dead roots. This operation also breaks the earth, putting it in a pidverized condition to receive seed, which m^v be sown 
broadcast, and felling between the living grass, roots into the friable and fresh soil, and is at once in position to germinate and occupy the space. On 
many Lawns cut -with the lawn mower there appear many pests — the Creeping Veronica and the Mouse-Eared Chickweed being prominent — which 
crowd out desirable gra-sses and mar the appearance of the sward. Under such circumstances it is advised to break up the parts affected and sow 
with seed of the Sheep Fescue, which will admit of such close cutting as to dcstrov all pestiferous plants. The seed of Sheep Fescue costs about 
15 ceuls per pound. 
GRASS FOR SHADY PLACES. 
Landreths' mixture of varieties produces a reliable stand under dense shade of either 
pine and hard wood trees in positions where all other grasses may have failed. Sixty pounds 
should be sown to the acre — or, say one pound on a space 20 x 20 feet, or in proporli(*i for other dimensions. Price per pound, 2.5 cents. 
Market Gardening and Farm Notes, by Bnrnct Landreth, Chief of the Bureati of Agriculture, Centennial International Exliibi- 
tion, and Offioier du Merite Agricole de France, is a neat little volume of over two hundred pages, bound in board. Mr. Landreth has 
Vieen identified -with the growing of seeds for commercial purpo.ses all of Ins active life, and he is fully qualified to discuss the subjects 
treated in his little book. It is divided into twenty-six chapters, each one of which treats of a topic of vital interest to every tiller of 
tlic ground in either a small or a considerable way, although the author claims that he wrote for the novice in gardening. We recom- 
nn ad the book to our readers who use the earth for either profit or ple;isure. — TT-^ii'/m/jK/^o?!, Del., Morning News, March 7, J803. 
MARION, ALA Your seeds are exccUen-t. My father used them and so did my grandfather, over lifty years ago, when they lived in Virginia. 
