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W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
LAWN GRASS, CLOVER AND OTHER FIELD SEEDS. 
These we keep in very large stock, and of unsurpassed quality. We import heavily of Eastern and 
European varieties, and make a specialty of Alfalfa and other California grown Seed. 
A Beautiful Lawn 
Is the first thing that attracts one’s attention on approaching a residence, consequently this is the first 
thing to look after, either in arranging a new place or an old established home. A beautiful grass plot is 
within the reach of every one, and the arrangement of the trees and flowers should be an after considera- 
tion, according to the tastes and means of the owner, but when possible, combine both, 
How to Secure a Beautiful Lawn. 
In establishing a new lawn great care should be taken in preparing the ground before sowing the 
seed. If at all inclined to be wet, the plot designed for the lawn should be most thoroughly underdrained 
and carefully graded, and the entire surface made rich and as fine as possible. Bone dust and super- 
phosphate are the most suitable for enriching a lawn, as they are free from the seed of the obnoxious 
weeds, which cannot be said of stable manure, unless it has been thoroughly composted with the utmost 
possible care. The ground being ready, sow the seed as early in the Spring as convenient, the earlier the 
better, if the soil is in good condition. No one kind of grass will make a lawn that will keep beautifully 
green all through the season, but a mixture of several is essential, as some varieties are most luxuriant in 
Spring, others in Summer, and again others in the Autumn, and a proper combination of these various 
sorts is required to create and maintain a perfect carpet -like lawn. Our Fancy Mixture is most admira- 
bly adapted to this purpose, and as near perfection as possible to attain. 
All lawns will be greatly benefited, if as early in Spring as the weather will permit, they are carefully 
raked so as to remove the dead grass and leaves that may be on them; then sprinkle it with our Fancy 
Mixture, which will renew the thin places and spots that have been killed by the Winter or other causes 
then give it a thorough rolling with a heavy roller. 
LAWN GRASS Fancy Mixture Is composed of a va- 
riety of fine dwarf, close growing grasses, which on 
properly prepared, linely pulverized ground, will produce 
a neat, velvety lawn and perniauent cod. 80 lbs. to the 
acre. 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS Fancy 
Lawn Is the finest and best of all grass- 
es when used separately or in mixtures 
for general lawn purposes: for this pur- 
pose 80 to 100 pounds are necessary. 
Crop short. 
SWEET-SCENTED VERNAL. One 
of the earliest Grasses in Spring and 
latest in Autumn and more fragrant 
than any other grass. Valuable to mix 
in pastures willi other grasses on ac- 
count of its earliness, and it exhales a 
delightful fragrance when in bloom. 
About 80 pounds to the acre. 50 cts. lb. 
Eentucky Blue Qrasa. 
ITALIAN RYE GRASS Is more of an annual, and is 
also good in mixtures for the lawn or for hay crop. It is 
of quick growth and valuable for sheep pasturage. 15 cts. 
per lb. 
ORCHARD GRASS or COCK’S FOOT. 
One of the most valuable grasses on ac- 
count of its quick growth and valuable 
aftermath. It is ready for grazing two 
weeks sooner than most grasses, and 
when fed off is again ready for grazing in 
a week, and will continue green when 
other grasses are withered by dry weath- 
er. It is palatable and nutritious, and 
stock eat it greedily when green. It has 
a tendency to grow in tufts, and so does 
belter if sown with clovers, and as it 
ripens at the same time, the mixed hay 
is of the best quality. For grazing, it has 
no equal, and shouhl be used more than 
it is. When sown alone, 25 lbs. per acre; if sown with 
clover, half that amount. It is perennial, and will last fcr 
years. 20 cts. per lb. 
WATER MEADOW GRASS (Tba aquallea). This is an 
excellent pasture grass for very wet situations. Sow 
twenty pounds to the acre. 40 cts. per lb. 
ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS (J\>a trivialUt). 
This is one of the moat valuable of grasses for moist, rich 
soils and sheltered situations. Sow twenty pounds to the 
acre. Per lb. 80 eta. 
