Carter’s Wheel of Grasses — Testing Various Varieties of Grass for Lawns, Putting Greens, etc. 
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 moist suitable mixture for the 
particular purpose for which the seed is required. For prices, see page 118. 
What is the nature of the soil: heavy, medium, or light? Purpose for which the lawn is required: 
Pleasure lawn. Golf courses “through the green.’’ Recreation grounds. Archery grounds. 
Croquet. Bowling greens. Football fields. Race courses, etc. 
Tennis. Cricket pitches or outfield. Shaded lawns or under trees. 
Putting greens. Polo ground. Town lawns. 
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. The finest mixture (at .18.75 per bushel) is a term 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 arc required. 
1 he fine mixture (at .1/ .75 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, 
lo 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. 
SOWING GRASS SEEDS 
A plot 20 yards each way, or 400 square yards, ready for 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 squares of 4 yards each way, or 16 square yards ( see 
Diagram), and the seed required for that area should not be less 
than 1 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 pounds would be required 
according to the state of the existing turf for the above area 20 
yards square or 400 square yards. 
In sowing large areas use from 6 to 12 bushels per acre, according 
20 y ar d;* * to purpose for which ground is required. 
A SIMPLE GROUND PLAN 
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DO YOU KNOW THE CARTER SYSTEM 
of making Golf Courses, Lawns, etc. ? Write for Carter’s Practical Green Keeper, which deals with the 
making and renovation of grassy lands, post free. 
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