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HINTS WHEN ORDERING GRASS SEEDS. 
We would respectfully ask our customers, when ordering grass seeds, to give as much 
information as possible on the following questions ; this will assist us in supplying the most 
suitable mixture for the particular j)urpose for which the seed is 
What is the nature of the soil: heavy, medium, or light? 
required : 
Pleasure lawn. ' 
Croquet. Tennis. i 
Putting greens. 
Golf courses ‘‘thro’ the green, t 
Bowling greens. 
Cricket pitches or outfield. 
Polo ground. 
Recreation grounds. 
required. 
Purpose for wliich the lawn is 
Football fields. 
Shaded lawns or under trees. 
Town lawns. 
Archery grounds. 
Race courses, etc. 
Is the seed required for a new lawn ? If so, send a sample of soil. 
Is the seed required for renovating an old lawn? If so, send a sample of existing turf. 
Is the ground in good heart ? 
Do you intend to manure the ground? If so, can you procure any well rotted farm 
or stable manure ? 
Is the ground well drained ? Is water laid on ? Quality of seed required. 
Notes.— d'he finest mixture (at 35s. per bushel) is a tenn used to describe the texture of 
the turf when grown, and is the very best for pleasure lawns, and lawns devoted to games of 
skill where the ball is required to run accurately, and for every purpose when best results are 
required. 
The fine mixture (at 30s. per bushel) will also produce a first class turf of coarser texture 
than the finest ; it is most reliable but is intended for ground which may not be worth the 
heavier expenditure. 
To ascertain the nature of the soil, take a handful of damp soil and compress it in the 
hand, if it binds tightly it can be called a heavy soil, if it binds but not tightly it is a medium 
soil, if it does not bind at all it is a light soil. 
A StMPLE CROUND PLAN. 
— — — 20 yards 
1 
4 yards. 
4 yards. 
4 yards. 
4 yards. 
25 
20 yards 
SOWING GRASS SEEDS. 
A PLOT 20 YARDS EACH WAY, OR 4OO SQUARE 
YARDS, READY POR SOWING, MARKED OUT 
WITH STRING INTO 25 SQUARES OF 4 YARDS 
EACH WAY, OR 16 SQUARE YARDS. 
QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED. 
One bushel of seeds weighs 25 pounds. The 
ground should be divided into sejuares of 4 yards 
each way. or 16 square yards (see Dia^am)^ and the 
seed required for that area should not be less than 
I pound, which is at the rate of 1 bushel of 25 pounds 
to an area of 20 yards each way, or 400 square yards. 
For renovating purposes, from 4 to 12 lbs. would 
be required, according to the state of the existing turf for 
the above area 20 j ards square or 400 square yards. 
DO YOU KNOW THE CARTER SYSTEM? 
Of making Golf Courses, Lawns, &c. Write for Carters Practical Green Keeper, 
which deals with the making and renov.ition of grassy lands, post free. 
^ . Atuiress /or all 
Correspondence^ S. — 19II* 
