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1S21 Kentucky Blue Grass—Excel Brand 
(Poa Pratensis.) Also called Jinie Grass. This is known as 
one of the be.st grasses for the making of fine lawns, also desir¬ 
able for pastures and meadows. Seed at the rate of 1 lb. to 300 
square feet. Fancy recleaned solid seed sun dried. 1/2 lb., 20 cts.; 
1 lb., 35 cts.; 3 lbs., 95 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. 
1609 Red Top—Solid Seed Fancy— 
Excel Brand 
(Agrostis Alba.) This is one of our better native grasses. 
Well adapted to moist soils; a good variety for lawns as well 
as pasture.s. Seed at the rate of 1 lb. to 300 square feet. V 2 lb., 
17 cts.; 1 lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. 
1600 Rye Grass, English or Perennial 
Perenne.) A grass with an abundance of foliage. 
Fine for pastures, thrives well on most any soiC Especially 
adapted for winter lawns in the South, also a good gra.ss for 
lawns in the North where a quick show of green is desired. 
1/2 lb., 17 cts.; 1 lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. 
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 
(Poa Trivialis.) An ideal shade grass in the Northern half 
of the United State.s, providing there is sufficient moisture. 
Perennial in nature, closely related to Kentucky Blue Grass, 
but somewhat finer and softer. Sow in spring or fall at the rate 
of 1 lb. to 300 square feet. Va lb., 27 cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 3 lbs., 
$1.41; 5 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
1551 Clover 
White Dutch for Lawns— 
Excel Brand 
The clover in general use for 
lawns. Being of a creeping 
habit it prevents the soil from 
being washed away by rains. 
1/2 lb., 32 cts.; 1 lb., 60 cts.; 3 
lbs., $1.73; 5 lbs., $2.70. 
1586 Chewing’s 
Fescue 
(New Zealand grown.) This 
is a perennial grass with creep¬ 
ing roots that makes an e.xcep- 
tionally fine turf. This grass is 
in great demand for Putting 
Greens. Very fine mixed with 
Blue Grass for lawns. Thrives 
well in sandy soils and in 
.shade. Sow either in the spring 
or fall. 5 lbs. to 1,000 square 
feet. 1/2 lb., 27 cts.; 1 lb., 50 
cts.; 3 lbs., $1.41; 5 lbs., $2.25, 
1621 Wood 
Meadow Grass 
(Poa Ne'nioralls.) Used as a 
shade grass; prefers rather 
dry soil. Sow in the spring or 
fall at the rate of 1 lb. to 300 
square feet. % lb-, 47 cts.; 1 
lb.. !»0 ots.; 3 lbs., .113.(10; 5 lbs., 
.i;4.2.'>, postpaid. 
1605 Shumway’s Forest City Shady Place 
Mixture 
This mixture of grasses adapted to grotvth in the shade is carefully 
and particularly compounded to make a beautiful lawn under trees. It 
is impractical to think that a good lawn can be made in shady places by 
using any regular lawn grass. It may start out well in the .spring before 
the foliage becomes dense; however it will die out very rapidly after 
the full growth of foliage is on. 
Use this mixture for shade in the same proportion that you use the 
regular lawn grass and before the season is over you will be well repaid 
for the extra effort and time it has taken to give this special attention. 
1/2 lb., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 45 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.29; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. 
1603 Shum way’s Rolling Green Mixture 
A compounded mixture of quick growing grasses with White Clover 
that will make a quifk show of green over the lawn. This mixture, how¬ 
ever, is not one that will give the very fine texture of Shumway’s Refined, 
but it will make a very creditable lawn and stand heavy usage when 
established. 1/2 lb., lOjCts.; 1 lb., 35 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $1.53’„ post¬ 
paid. 
1597 Creeping Bent or European Mixed Bent 
A mixture of Creeping Bent, Velvet Bent and Rhode Lsland Bent. This 
is used extensively for Putting Greens and Golf Courses. Bent grasses pre¬ 
fer an acid soil, therefore if fed with acid reacting fertilizers such as 
Ammonium Sulphate, about every three weeks, it tends toward the dis¬ 
couragement of weeds. For lawns it is better to use the seed {han the 
Creeping Bent Stolons, because the lawn will not grow so rapidly and 
the average homo owner can keep up with the mowing. Seed at the rate 
of 3 to 4 lbs. per 1,000 square feet. 1/2 lb., 55 cts.; 1 lb., $1.05; 3 lbs., $3.10; 
5 lbs., $5.00, postpaid. ' 
Special Grasses for Orchards, Meadows — And Hay Crop 
1588 Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass— 
Excel Brand 
Sow in .spring 1.5 lbs. per acre 
One of the most valuable hardy grasses grown — 
suited to almost every climate; dry or wet— hot or 
cold, this is one dependabie cropper, producing im- 
men.se pasturage very early in the spring and up 
late in the fall. Also makes wonderful hay crop 
growing 2% to 3 feet high. V-. lb., 17 vts.; 1 Ib., 3(> 
els.; 3 Ib.s., 8.5 cts.; .5 Ib.s., .i;i.3.5, pUNtpniil. 
1525 Bromus Inermis—Excel Brand 
The Grass for Ury Climates 
.Sow in Spring 30 lbs. per acre 
Drought-defying, frost-resisting; yields enormous crops of 
splendid hay and affords early and abundant pasturage. Adapts 
itself to almost every condition of soil and clinjate to whicli 
grasses may be put. equaling in quality and rivaling in yield al¬ 
most any other grass. It is an abundant producer of leaves and 
is much relished as pasture and hay. It is about equally nu¬ 
tritious tvith timothy. '/■•, lb., 17 cts.; 1 lb., 30 ct.s.; 3 lbs., 8.5 
cts.; 5 lbs., $1.3.5, jmstpaid. 
1608 Permanent 
Pasture 
Mixture 
Big Value for 
Little Money 
For many e a r s 
luuRlreds ol; my satis¬ 
fied customers from all 
seetions of llie country 
come back to me annu¬ 
ally for a sui)i)ly of 
my especially p r e - 
|)ared permanent ]ias- 
ture and meadow mi.\- 
ture which 1 have been hlending and soiling with satisfaction for many many years. This mix 
ture contains proper porportions of the very finest “EXCEL” Brands of Medium .-uid Mammotli Rml tJlover, 
Sweet Clover, Alsike, Alfalfa, Ki-nttieky Blue Grass, Red Top, Or(diard Grass, Timotliy , Ryo Grass and 
Bromus. By proper blending, this combination of grasses has given perfect satisfaction under every am 
all conditions. It is adajited to dry or moist lands. Sow in spring 15 imunJs iier acre. V 2 lb., 17 cts.; 1 lb. 
30 cts.; 3 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs.. $1.25, postpaid. 
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1606 Orchard Grass—Excel Brsind 
Adiiiirnble for Pasture or IMIowIiig 
Sow in Spring 30 lbK< per acre 
A valuable grass for pasture or hay land, and on account of 
its earliness especially valuable for a permanent pasture. It 
furnishes green grass very early in the spring and until late 
in the fall. When closely cropped it grows up very quickly 
and is ready for grazing again in ten to twelve days. It is 
succulent and nutritious, furni.shing excellent pasture or hay. 
When grown for hay, two good crops can be obtained in one 
sea.son. % lb., 30 ct.s.; 1 Ib., 35 cts.; 3 lbs., 0.5 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.40, 
postp;iitl. _ 
1618 Timothy and Alsike Mixture—Excel Brand 
The Greatest of All Pasture and Hay Crops 
Sow in Spring 10 to 13 Ibsl per acre 
By far the best and cheapest seeding. On low bottom moist 
soils, where other grasses fail, this will give perfect satisfac¬ 
tion, and on upland it’s amazing what wonderful crops you can 
raise. 
By experimenting it was found that Alsike and Timothy 
made a combination that was excellent and ahead of anything 
yet discovered for hay and pasture. Tliey blossom and tlie 
seed ripens together and are suited to the same soils. On low, 
moist lands, where other grasses would fail, they do especially 
well. They do well on any land wliere common grasses anil 
clover grow. 
One great advantage that is realized by 
a mixture of these grasses is the fact that 
they are both perennials and make a bet¬ 
ter combination than most any otlier two. 
Wlien you once get them establislu'd they 
stay right with you, until you wish to 
break up the sod. Tliey do not winter kill 
and are very liardy inde<jd. Vi lb., 17 cts.; 
1 Ib., 30 c«.s.; 3 lbs., 8.5 cts.; 5 lbs., $13!.5, 
pusti»;iifl. 
1615 Timothy—Excel Brand 
Sow In Spring or Fall 12 lbs. per acre 
As a crop to cut for hay, Timothy ia 
probably surpassed by no other grass now 
cultivated. It is usually sown with otiier 
grasses about one-half to one-third of the 
above amount. Timothy Seed is one of mv 
specialties. Vi Ib., 15 ct.s.; 1 lb., 35 cIs.; 3 
lbs., 0.5 cts.; .5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
1((15 Sliiiiii>vn>*s 
Timothy Seetl 
Shum way’s Superior Lawn Grass Seed for Yard and Golf Coursfes 
SEEDING OF LAWNS—ALL POSTPAID 
In preparing ground for a new lawn all that is necc'ssary is to see that 
it is well spaded, making it as fine and mellow as possible. If it consists 
of earth from the excavation for the house, or is hard and lumj)y, it 
should first receive a good dressing of Commercial Fertilizer, which shmdd 
be spaded in and mixed with the soil, making it fine and smooth. Before 
sowing the seed, the surface of the soil should be freshly raked, then sow 
the seed as evenly as possible and rake it in, following with a roller. 
The following quantities of the mixture we offer are the usual amounts 
sown for a new lawn: 1 Ih. for 300 sq. ft.; 5 Ihs. for 1500 sq. ft.; 10 lbs. 
for 3000 sq. ft.; 25 lbs. for one-fourth acre. If intended for renewing an 
old lawn use one-half the quantity. 
^601 Shum way’s Rockford Park Refined 
Mixture 
This is by far the best mixture of gras.ses for a fine textured lawn; 
it is made up of the choicest and hardiest varieties that will 5vinter well 
and thrive under varying climatic conditions. It has been rceleaned, com¬ 
pounded and blended as perfectly as modern machinei’y can do it. All 
of our grasses are analyzed by the laboratories and the degree of purity 
shows practically the elimination of chaff and foreign seeds. 
If we could compound a bc'tter lawn mixture we would do so, but 
through tests wc fail to find its superior. Va lb., 22 cts.; 1 lb., 40 cts.; 
3 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. 
1601 Shumway’s Rockford Park Refined Mixture 
