H. G. Hustings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Italian Kye Grass 
HASTINGS’ PERMANENT PASTURE MIXTURE 
/ij_ CC| \ Years ago a gentleman came to Mr. Hastings with a request to make him 
\l*Oi 33 I ) U p 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 result of that request was a well proportioned mixture of nine 
different grasses and two clovers. 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 has 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 ten years it showed no signs of failing, in fact, 
it was in better condition that it ever had 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 horses 
the year round for ten years. Wasn't it worth while taking the trouble to break up 
the land thoroughly, then harrow it down tine, put on 400 pounds of standard grade of 
guano, and then spend $0.00 per acre for a heavy seeding'/ Not a stroke of work or a 
pound of fertilizer has been put on that ten-acre pasture since, and it’s yielding its 
grass crop better now than ever before, and no sign of any let up. 
We have detailed this to show you that a thorough preparation and seeding is well 
worth while, and there should be just such a permanent pasture to furnish all year- 
round grazing on every Southern farm. 
There is no Bermuda or Johnson Grass in this mixture. It contains nine different 
grasses blended just right together with red and white clover. It’s a mixture that will 
make a pasture quickly and stay by you through many years. 
Sow 35 pounds of Permanent Mixture per acre in October or November. Price, 35 
pounds, $5.50, f. o. b. Atlanta. All grasses and clover seed used in this mixture of the 
highest grade. 
Sunny Italy Lawn Grass (Mo. 552) &,) 1 '3 0 f s r, e ,,VfflWl 
only one really permanent grass for lawns and that is the much praised as well as the 
much “cussed out” Bermuda Grass. While Bermuda is a splendid summer lawn grass 
it is sere and brown in winter. As soon as Jack Frost gets in his work, good-by to its 
greenness and freshness until late spring. 
There is a remedy for this winter deadness trouble and its name is our Sunny Italy 
Lawn Grass, a winter growing mixture of grasses which if sown broadcast on Bermuda 
grass lawns in October and November will quickly spring up and make an all winter 
lawn. It simply tills in the all-winter gap when Bermuda is so dead looking, yet it does 
not interfere in the least, for as soon as conditions are right for growth of Bermuda 
this grass mixture soon disappears. On Bermuda lawns it insures an all-winter green¬ 
ness that you can secure in no other way. 
Further, if you have no Bermuda lawn, but only a bare spot that you want to cover in 
winter, “Sunny Italy” Lawn Grass will answer your purpose just as well, if not better, 
than higher priced lawn grass seed. All you have to do is to get your ground well bro¬ 
ken, good and smooth, then sow “Sunny Italy” Lawn Grass and Nature will do the rest 
so far as winter and early spring is concerned. 
Don’t misunderstand us on this. “Sunny Italy” is not a permanent grass mixture, 
but a mixture of quick growing grasses for winter show only, either for planting on Bermuda lawns or by itself to grow and stay green 
during winter and early spring only. This should be sown on Bermuda lawns at the rate of 70 pounds of seed per acre (42,000 square 
feet) and scratched in lightly with rake. On bare ground at least 100 pounds per acre should be sown, October and November being pre¬ 
ferable. Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. Bushel (14 pounds), not prepaid, $3.50. 
rinoct I au/n In Cniith ftanraia All U/intor “Last fall I ordered of you some of your “Bunny Italy” Lawn Grass 
III vUUlll UCUiglel Villlier Seed and had the most beautiful lawn in South Georgia all winter.” 
Italian Pl/P Rracc (Un COC \ An annual grass, very valuable for MRS. .T. It. SIMPSON, Fort Gaines, Ga. 
Italian vtye urass ^no. ooo; f .,u pi ;mt ing only, in the south it 
comes quickly, completes its growth during spring and early summer. So rapid 
is its growth that several cuttings of hay can be made in one season. 
It is also very valuable for use in Bermuda and other lawns during winter. Af¬ 
ter frost has killed the top of the Bermuda, burn it off, sow Italian Rye Grass on 
it liberally and scratch it in lightly with a rake. It will spring up quickly and 
make a green lawn during the winter, while the Bermuda is dormant. Sow at 
rate of three bushels per acre. Price, 30 cents per pound, postpaid. Bushel (14 
pounds), not prepaid, about $1.75. 
English or Perennial Rye Grass 
f No 535^ t0 Lallan Rye, grows off a little slower, but has the advantage of 
\ ,,Wl vw) lasting for years. Makes very heavy leafy growth, very fine for 
either pasture or hay. Sow two to three bushels per acre, September to Decem¬ 
ber. Price, pound, postpaid, 30 cents. Bushel (14 lbs), not prepaid, about $1.75. 
Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn Grass [ h ? s ^ STpS 
MlYtliro tfin nent lawn that will be satisfactory. For Florida 
“ yH"* and ti le light sandy lands of the Gulf Coast section 
it will not last, neither will any other grass mixture. In that section it will last 
for one season, but will largely die out the first summer. On the clay and loamy 
lands farther up this is an unexcelled lawn mixture. After thorough preparation, 
sow about three bushels of seed per acre in October or November. We have a 
booklet on preparation of lawns which we shall be glad to mail you on request. 
Pound, postpaid, 35c; 3 lbs., postpaid, $1.00. Bushel (14 lbs.), not prepaid, $3.00. 
Red Top or Herd’s Grass (No. 545) ggyg jrKffiX 
of soil, but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff soils. Extra fancy clean seed 
of best grade. Pound, postpaid, 45 cents. Write for market price on quantities. 
Genuine Rescue Grass (No. 544) S p s M a 8 - m t £ t = e R a 3 
winter and spring grass for the Lower South, making splendid growth even be¬ 
low- Tampa, Florida. The reader must not confuse this with the so-called Rescue 
or Arctic grass so freely sold by North Georgia parties. Arctic- grass is cheat or 
chess, one of the w-orst pests of the small grain fields. 
Sowed in August or September the genuine Rescue Grass will frequently fur¬ 
nish a cutting of hay by February in the Lower South, and another in April, If 
used for grazing (and it makes fine winter pasture), stock should be taken off by 
April 1st, to allow it to reseed itself for another season’s growth. 
Rescue Grass is well adapted to all the South as far West as Texas. It is not 
in any sense a pest, and can be killed out any time by close grazing, so that it 
does not make seed. Sow seed in late summer or fall, at rate of about 30 pounds 
per acre. Price, pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. In quantity, not 
prepaid, 20 cents per pound. Genuine Rescue Grass, or Bromus Pniloides 
