NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS AND PLANTS. 
LiawD Seed. 
OTJB LAWN GRASS SEED IS OF THE BEST MIXTURE. 
In the formation of a lawn the first and most important matter is that 
f having BOod drainage. If the suh-soil be sandy or gravelly tne 
vaier will pass oH quickly, Init should the sub-soil be heavy and wet 
tains should be made from eight to ten feet apart. All levels must be 
arefubv determined in the beginning of this work, so that alterations 
ftei ward mav be avoided. After grading and getting the lot in good 
hape remove about four or six inches of the old soil; replace this by a 
good 'op dressing of rich loam ; the w hole should then be well harrowed 
Hiul rolled, all sticks roots and stones be removed, so that a smooth sur- 
1 ice may be obtained. For small plots, digging, trenching, and raking 
,mv he done instead of plowing, sub-soiling and harrowing. 1 he seed 
uiiiv be sown in April, and will form a good lawn by the last ot June. 
St cil can also be sown in September with good results. The principal 
i.i inagement after this consists in rolling, mowing, weeding, etc.; the 
iicwiv-made lawn must be kept clear of weeds, thistles, docks, etc., until 
\hc sod thickens; these should be removed with a kn fe; cut the root just 
lulow the surface; the crown being once cut out they will not appear 
a -ain. Mowing should be done everv week or two during the summer ; 
[this will greatly add to the quick formation of a fine, soft, thick sward 
of grass and constant verdure throughout the season. 
aUANTITY REatriRED. 
lonc quart will sow 300 square feet. 
lOne peck will sow 2,400 square feet. 
lOne bushel will sow 10,000 square feet. 
|Four bushels will sow one acre. 
Fine Mixed Lawn Grass (Central Park Mixture). — For lawns of 
lany extent we recommend this as our best mixture, to be sown three to 
Ifour bushels to the acre. (15 lbs. to bushel.) Price, qt. 25c., pk. $1.25., 
Ibu. .$4.00. If sent by mail, add 8c. per lb. and 15c. per qt. to prepay 
I postage. 
Terrace Sod Mixture. — This is a mixture of different grasses espe- 
.■ially adapted for sowing on side hills. They are of rapid growth, and 
I take root very quickly. The roots spread, and in this way prevent wash- 
outs, so common with the regular Lawn mixtures. This combination of 
grasses will produce a rich, green, velvety sward in about six weeks from 
sowing© seed. Price, 35c. per qt.. postpaid ; by express or freight, $1.75 
per peck, $6.50 per bushel. 
GRASSES AND CLOVER FOR ALTER- 
NATE HUSBANDRY. 
The following mixtures of grasses and clovers for alternate crops have 
been selected, after careful observations and experiments with the differ- 
ent varieties, and proportioned for the purposes required. The kinds 
recommended for one year will yield the heaviest product in that time, 
and, for two or three years' lay, care has been taken to reduce the quan- 
tities, or exclude altogether some kinds, which, though usually recom- 
mended and sown for these crops, do not endui'e in the land for so long 
a period. A three or four years* lay sown with siich grasses and clovers 
that arc only of annual or biennial duration, must be either very thin or 
foul at the end of the period for which it was laid ; whereas, if a proper 
selection of these varieties capable of lasting the whole of the desired 
period were sown, the lay would remain in full xilant, free from weeds or 
obj ctionable grasses, and be more profitable during the whole time the 
land is in grass. 
There is an increasing demand for grass seeds for remaining down for 
two or more vcars. and, in the present depressed condition of agriculture 
the system of extending the period during which rotation grasses remain 
down has many advantages, while the cost of suitable seeds is much less 
than those for permanent pasture. 
All the >ceds used in the following mixtures are of the Finest duality, 
pure and true. Each variety will be sent separately when ordered in 
quantity to seed five acres or over, if so desired ; otherwise they will be 
mixed ready for use. the light and heavy seeds being kept separate, for 
the purpose of sowing at two easts. 
Quotations are given for the quantitv of seed foran acre (as specified); 
for less quantity than to seed an acre the pound prices are charged. No 
charge for bags or sacks when seed for five or more acres are ordered, 
unless ordered to be sent in separate kinds or in small quantities, then 
bags are charged extra 
No. 1. 
Grasses and Clovers for One Year's Hay. 
Italian Rye Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Timothy, 
Orchard Gra»s. Red Clover. Scarlet Clover, 
Alsike Clover and Lucerne Clover. 
Allowing 22 pounds per acre. 
a. — On light soils, per acre, $2.50; per pound, 15 cents. 
b. — On medium soils, '* 2.25; '* 15 " 
c. — On heavy soils, " 2.25; " 15 " 
No. 2. 
For Two Years' Mowing or Grazing. 
Italian Rvc Grass. Perennial Rye Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, 
Orchard Grass, .Meadow Fescue Grass, Timothy, 
Red Clover, Scarlet Clover, ALsike Clover, 
and White Clover. 
Allowing 25 pounds per acre. 
a. — On light soils, per acre, $2.90; per pound, 17 cents. 
b. — On medium soils," 2.75; *' 17 " 
c. — On heavy soils, " 2.75; '* 17 " 
No. 3. 
For One Year's Hay and Two Years' Pasture. 
Italian Rvc Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, 
Orchard Grass. Me.idow Fescue Grass, Hard Fescue, 
Crested I logstail Grass. Timothy. Red Clover, 
Scarlet Clover, Alsike Clover, Lucerne Clover, 
and White Clover. 
Allowing 2"i pounds per acre. 
a. — On light soils, per acre, $3.00; per pound, 17 cents. 
b. — On medium soils, " 3.00; " 17 " 
t.— On heavy soils, " 3. .50; " 20 " 
No. 4. 
For Three Years' Mowing and Grazing in Orchards 
and Sliaded Situations. 
Hard Fescue Grass, 
Perennial Rye Grass, 
Timotliy, 
Meadow Foxtail Grass, Italian Rye Grass, 
Orchard Grass, Tall Meadow Oat Grass, 
Wood Meadow Grass, Mammoth Clover, 
and White Clover. 
Allowing 26 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $3.50 ; per pound, 20 cents. 
GRASSES AND CLOVERS FOR PER- 
MANENT PASTURE. 
These select mixtures of i»eeds are calculated to produce, on the various- 
soils for which they are adapted, a constant successionof all the best and 
most nutritious grasses and clovers, in suitable proportions, during the 
entire season. They may seem expensive when compared with the price- 
usually paid for permanent pasture mixtures, largely composed of Rye 
Grass; but it should be borne in mmd that such permanent mixtures- 
have not been by any means satisfactory, as Rye Grass will not endure 
our seasons for more than the second season after sowing ; whereas se- 
lections of theseeds given below will produce profitat>lc pastures the first 
year after they have been laid down, and will increase in profitablenesa 
year by year, if ordinary care be given them. 
Quotations are for the price of seed for an acre, for less than will seed 
one acre, the pound prices are charged. No charge for bags or sacks 
when seed for five acres or more is ordered, unless requested to be sent in 
separate varieties, or when ordered in small quantities; in such case* 
bags are charged extra. 
Light and heavy seeds will be sent separate. 
No. 6. 
For Pastures on Light Soils. 
Crested Dogstail Grass, Hard Fescue Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, 
Meadow Foxtail Grass, Meadow Fescue Grass, Orchard Grass, 
Perennial Rye Grass, Mammoth Clover, Timothy, 
Alsike Clover, Red Top Grass, Lucerne Clover, 
Red Clover and White Clover. 
Allowing 30 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $3.75 ; per pound, 17 cents. 
No. 6. 
For Pastures on Medium Soils. 
Kentucky Blue Grass, 
Orchard Grass, 
Alsike Clover, 
Red Clover, 
Crested Dogstail Grass, Meadow Fescue Grass, 
Hard Fescue Grass, Meadow Foxtail Grass 
Perennial Rye Grass, Red Top Grass, 
Timothy, Lucerne Clover. 
and White Clover. 
Allowing 30 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $4.00 ; per pound, 20 cents. 
No. 7. 
For Moist Lands, and those Occasionally Overflowed^ 
Creeping Bent Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, Meadow Foxtail Grass, 
OrchardT Grass, Timothy. White Clover. 
Allowing 30 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $3.00 ; per pound, 15 cents. 
No. 8. 
For Pastures on Well Drained Soils. 
Becommended by Prof. Brown. 
Meadow Fescue Grass, Meadow Foxtail Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass 
Orchard Grass, Perennial Rvc Grass, Red Top Grass, 
Timothy. Yellow Oat Grass, Lucerne Clover, 
Alsike Clover, Red Clover. White Clover, 
and Yellow Clover. ' 
Allowing 35 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $5.50 ; per pound, 22 cents. 
No. 9. 
For Pastures on Well Drained Soils, Composed of 
the Same Varieties as No, 8. 
Allowing 28 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $4..00; per pound, 20 cents. 
[This and No. 7 have been our standard mixtures for the past eight 
years. Ourmanycustomers who have sown them speak most favorably 
of the results, and strongly recommend their more general use.] 
No. lO. 
For Sandy and Gravelly Soils. 
Crested Dogstail Grass, Hard Fescue Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass 
Perennial Rye Grass. Red Top Grass, Sheep's Fescue 
Lucerne Clover and Tall Oat Grass. ' 
Allowing 38 pounds per acre. 
Price per acre, $4.25 ; per pound, 20 cents. 
No. 11. 
For Pastures in Orchards and Shady Places. 
Evergreen MeadowGrass, Kentucky Blue Grass, 
Italian Rye Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, 
Sweet Vernal, Timothy, 
Wood Meadow Grass, Trefoil, 
Allowing 30 pounds per acre 
Price, per acre, $3.75; per pound, 18 cents. 
Hard Fescue Grass,. 
<-)rcliard Grass, 
Red Clover, 
and White Clover 
