A SOFT, VELVETY LAWN CAN BE OBTAINED BY SOWING 



PARKER & WOOD'S 



^•BOSTO N +LMtfN + SEED. <fr 



One of the most pleasing features connected with a rural or suburban home is a good: 

 lawn. In order to obtain this object, it is necessary, in the first place to shape the ground to the 

 proper grade. Before seeding, .the ground should be manured with well-rotted compost and 

 well worked with spade and rake, or plow and harrow, as the extent of land to be cultivated may 

 require ; to prevent unequal settlements, it must be well rolled until a firm surface is obtained. 



Spring is the usual time of seeding, and it should be done in April and May, before the 

 hot weather sets in; but if left until June or July, a sprinkling of oats should be sown with the 

 grass ; the shade given by them will protect it from the direct rays of the sun. September has 

 been found a very good time for seeding, as the young grass gets a good start before winter, and 

 in the spring is able to keep ahead of the weeds, as it is often the case that spring sowings are 

 either partially or entirely spoiled by severe hot weather, or the young grass is injured by a 

 large crop of weeds which get the first start, choking out all other growth. Undoubtedly these 

 are the causes which bring about so many complaints that Lawn Grass Seed fails to germinate, 

 or that the seed produced a crop of weeds in place of grass ; the fact being that the fine roots 

 of the latter are choked out by the coarse and quick- growing weeds. 



A carefully prepared mixture of natural clean extra grasses, such as we offer, is the best to 

 seed with. It should be borne in mind that seed for lawns should be sown at least twice as thick 

 as if sown for hay. When the young grass is about six inches high, it should be cut, but not 

 very closely. In very dry weather a thorough watering should be frequently given. 



In the fall or early spring some good fertilizer should be applied as a top-dressing. Old 

 lawns maybe renovated by sowing,, in , either spring -or fall, our mixture at the rate of two 

 bushels to the acre. For new lawns, sow one quart to 300 square feet ; and four bushels to 

 4-1,6 90 square feet, or one acre. 



Parker & Wood's Boston Lawn Seed. Price, 25 cts. per quart; four quarts, 75 cents;, 

 peck, $1.00 ; per bushel of 16 lbs., $4.00. 



Parker & Wood's Lawn Dressing. See page 124. 



Lawn Mowers. See description and prices of the " New Easy, shown above. 



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