H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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FOR HAY AND PASTURES 
Kentucky Blue Grass (No. 533) 
An excellent lawn and pasturage grass, succeeding best 
_ on limestone land, but does well on stiff, clay and me- 
dium soils. Blue Grass in pastures doesn’t show up materially the first year after seeding, but if the soil is 
suitable it continues to improve until you have a beautiful stand. Hardly anyone needs to be told tbe mer- 
its of Blue Grass. It has been a standby for years and years, although many do not plant it who should. 
Our “Elmwood Fancy” is the very best to be had. It’s pure and clean; free from weeds and chaff. We 
make a specialty of Blue Grass for extensive lawn work here in Atlanta, where everything depends on 
having pure, vital seed, free from weeds. Here it remains almost dormant during the hot weather, and 
j S! chief value in pasture seeding is for mixing with Bermuda, Lespedeza, and other summer growing va- 
rieties. For spring planting sow in February and March. Seed crop this year is fine. Sow about forty 
pounds per acre. Fancy recleaned seed : Pound, 40 cents. In quantity, not prepaid, about 30 cents per 
pound. Write for prices, 
RAfmiirlsi Rraee /II a While looked upon by many as a pest, it is really one of our most 
^nUi UvUJ valuable grass plants for the South and in the Lower South espe- 
cially. It is the only sure pasture grass for sandy soils ; grows on all kinds, from heaviest clay to thr light- 
est sand and furnishes abundant pasturage. No other grass will give you so great returns with as li" ie fer- 
tilizer and care, and Bermuda withstands drought and scorching summer sun better than any other variety. 
Seed should be sown at the rate of f 6 pounds per acre between March 1st and June 1st. Seed will not 
germinate when ground is cold. Un' r favorable conditions it requires from 20 to 30 days to germinate. 
Packet, 10c; % pound, 25c; pound, 73\ postpaid. Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, 60c per pound. 
Tall miAarlntAi Asif Rnsiee 'II a KA | \ Valuable hay and pasture grass. Starts early in spring 
I dll medUUW Vdl. Vird^a nui O*! I J and lasts until late fall. Stands mid-summer heat and 
drought and for hay crop gives two gocd cuttings per season; hay being more nutritive than Timothy and 
the yield twice as great. It matures at the same time as Orchard Grass and gives good results sown with 
it and Red Clover. Sow three bushels per acre in either fall or spring. Pound, postpaid, 40 cents. In quan- 
tity, about 30 cents per pound, not prepaid. Write for prices when ready to buy. 
miAarlAiA# /Na This grass succeeds in almost all parts of the South. Furnishes 
IwlVdUUYw ^llUi vwOy ^reen pasture through the fall and winter and is mighty good 
when used in mixtures for hay crops or permanent pastures. Sow in spring from February 15th to April 
1st, or in fall from August through October. Lb., postpaid, 40c. In quantity, about 30c per lb., not prepaid. 
DacI Tam UArrl’e Rraee /IIa pasture grass. Succeeds on most kinds of 
nea lopornera swradd sons, but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff 
soils. By repeated mowing, this grass holds well during the summer, but its chief value is for winter pas- 
tures. It is perennial, not doing so well the first year, but gets better the longer it grows; will stand wet 
weather admirably, growing well after being covered with overflow water for two or three weeks at a time. 
It will not become a pest but can be destroyed any time if desired. Notice illustration. Pound, postpaid, 
40 cents (fancy recleaned seed). In quantity, about 18 cents per pound, not prepaid. Write for prices. 
Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn Grass (No. 550) 
have been successfully used on the lawns here in Atlanta for the last ten years. Lawn-making has been a 
serious problem in this part of the South. The trouble with varieties like Kentucky Blue Grass being that 
they will not stand more than one full year, going to pieces under the heat and drought the second sum- 
mer. After careful experimenting we made up this mixture and it has stood the test of ten years’ planting 
and wherever ground has been properly prepared this has been the most successfuFin permanency of any 
of the lawn mixtures in this climate. It makes a very quick show and soon becomes a beautiful velvety 
lawn, on well prepared soil. Stands summer heat and drought without serious injury, coming out again 
in good shape as soon as the rains begin again. Pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.10; postpaid. In quantity, 
not prepaid, 25 cents per pound. This mixture is generally sown at the rate of 40 to 50 pounds per acre. 
Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture (No. 55 1 ) ITe® 
quest to make him up a mixture of grasses that would be permanent, something he would not have to 
plant over again every two or three years, something that would give all the year round grazing. The re- 
sult of that request was a well proportioned mixture of nine different grasses. It was planted on rather 
rolling red clay land. A year ago that pasture was in better shape, had a stronger growth of grass than 
it had when it was two years old. It had furnished continuous pasturage in wet weather and dry, in hot 
weather and cold. It has in addition to the pasturage furnished one heavy cutting of hay each year. At 
the end of eleven years it showed no signs of failing ; in fact, it was in better condition than it had ever been. 
The above is a record of our Permanent Pasture Mixture. The land it was sown on was barely medium 
in quality. It would not have made over a half bale of cotton per acre. Yet that ten-acre pasture furnished 
pasturage for numerous cows and horsjs the year round for eleven years. Wasn’t it worth while taking 
the trouble to break up the land thoroughly, then harrow it down fine, put on 400 pounds of standard grade 
"guano, and then spend $6.00 per acre for a heavy seeding? Not a stroke of work nor a pound of fertilizer 
has been put on that ten-acre pasture since, and it’s yielding it& grass crop better now than ever before. 
There is no Bermuda or Johnson grass in this mixture. Sow 35 pounds of Permanent Mixture per acre, 
and it is most advisable to plant about one pound of Red Clover with every five pounds of this mixture of 
nine pasture grasses. Clover seed cannot well be mixed in the grass seeds evenly, so buy it separately. 
Pound, postpaid, 45 cents. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. All seeds are of the highest 
grade and you can depend on them. 
Red Top or Herd’s Grass 
