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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
FOR HAY AND PASTURES 
RIiia Arsicc/Nn excellent lawn ami iiasturage grass, succeeding best 
■ Dims ClAS^nUi wwwy dq limestone land, but does well on stiff clay and inediuni 
soils. Blue Grass in pastures doesn't show up materially tlie first year after seeding, liut if tlie soil is 
suitable it continues to improve until you have a beautiful stand. Hardly anyone needs to lie told tlie mer¬ 
its of Blue Grass. It has lieeu a standby for years and years, although many do not plant it wlio should. 
Our “Elmwood Fancy” is the very best to lie had. It's pure and clean; free from weeils and cliaff. We 
make a specialty of Blue Grass for extensive lawn work liere in Atlanta, wiiere evcrytliing depends on 
having pure, vital seed, free from weeds. Here it remains almost dormant during the liot weatlicr, and 
its chief value in pasture seeding is for mixing with licrmuda, Eespedeza, and other summer-growing va¬ 
rieties. For spring planting sow in February and March. Seed crop tliis year is especially fine. Sow 
about forty pounds per acre. Fancy recleaued seed. Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. In quantity, not prepaid, 
about 35 cents per pound. AVrite for prices. 
! Mn While looked upon by many as a post, it is really one of our most 
D6l IflUUa wwUy valualile 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 the light¬ 
est sand and furnishes abundant pasturage. No other grass will give you so great returns with as little fer¬ 
tilizer and care, and Bermuda withstands drought and scorching summer sun better tliau any other variety. 
Seed should be sown at the rate of 5 or ti pounds per acre l)etweeu March 1st and .June 1st. Seeil will not 
germinate when ground is cold. Under favoralile conditions it requires from 20 to 30 days to germinate. 
% pound packet, 40c; pound, $1.35; postpaid. Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, about $1.00 per pound. 
Tall MasHaui Oat Ol*aec;/Nn RA i ^ Valuable hay and pasture grass. Starts early in spring 
I all IwIcadOW Val uras>s» ^ llUi U*? I ) ^nd lasts until late fall. Stands mid-summer heat and 
drought and for hay crop gives two good cuttings per season; hay being more nutritive than Timotliy and 
the yield twice as great. It matures at the same time as Orchard Grass and gives good results sown with 
it and Bed Clover. Sow 30 pounds per acre in either fall or spring. Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. In quan¬ 
tity, about 40 cents per pound, not prepaid. AA'rite for prices when ready' to buy. 
RflAarlAu# FACAiiA/Mn This grass succeeds in almost all parts of the South. Furnishes 
ITICaUwYV r ^ nUi wwO ^ green pasture through the fall and winter and is mighty good 
when used in mixtures for hay crops or permanent pastures. Sow in spring from Fel)ruary' loth to April 
1st, or in fall from August through October. Lb., postpaid, 60c. In quantity-, about 45c per lb., not prepaid. 
DaH Tan nr HAvrl’c Rraee/'NA pasture grass. Succeeds on most kinds of 
■fea loporneru S uraSS^IlOi sons, but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff 
soils. By repeated mowing, this grass liolds 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 witli overflow w-ater 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, 
45 cents (fancy reclcaned seed). In quantity, about 30 cents per pound, not i)repaid. Write for prices. 
Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn Grass (No. SSOj^mTa'^tnd^cSnroni^Vrars^s"^ 
have been successfully used on the lawns here in Atlanta for the last ten years. Lawn-making has t)een 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 [deces 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 successful in 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, 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.40; postpaid. In quantity, 
not prepaid, 35 cents per pound. This mixture is generally sown at the rate of 40 to 00 pounds per acre. 
Hastings’ Permanent Pasture IVIixture(No. 551) '^Til^Hastinls^ 
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 th;it 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 twelve years it showed no signs of failing ; in fact, it w-as 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 horses the year round for twelve years. Isn't it wortli 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 $12.25 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 its 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 Bed Clover with every five pounds of this mixture of 
nine pasture grasses. (Mover seed cannot well be mixed in the grass seeds evenly, so buy it separately. 
Pound, 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.40; postpaid. 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 
