54 JZ.ft.SAu^riWtiy^The Pioneer'Rmericart Seedsman-Established 1870 
Shumway’s Superior Lawn Grass Seed for Yard and Golf Courses 
SEEDING OF LAWNS—ALL POSTPAID 
1601 Shumway’s Rockford Park Refined Mixture 
In preparing ground for a new lawn all that is necessary is to sec 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 lumpy, it 
should first receive a good dressing of Commercial Fertilizer, which should 
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 lb. for 300 sq. ft.; 5 lbs. 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. 
1601 Shumway’s Rockford Park Refined 
Mixture 
This is by far the best mixture of grasses for a fine textured lawn; 
it is made up of the choicest and hardiest varieties that will winter well 
and thrive under varying climatic conditions. It has been recleaned, com¬ 
pounded and blended as perfectly as modern machinery 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 better lawn mixture we would do so, but 
through tests we fail to find it’s superior. y 2 lb., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 45 cts.; 
3 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. 
1521 Kentucky Blue Grass—Excel Brand 
(Poa Pratensis.) Also called June Grass. This is known as 
one of the best 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 reeleaned solid seed sun dried. Va lb-, 25 cts.; 
1 lb., 45 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.20; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. 
1609 R e d 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 pastures. Seed at the rate of 1 lb. to 300 square feet. y 2 lb., 
20 cts.; 1 lb., 35 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. 
1600 Rye Grass, English or Perennial 
(Lolium Perenne.) A grass with an abundance of foliage. 
Fine for pastures, thrives well on most any soil. Especially 
adapted for winter lawns in the South, also a good grass for 
lawns in the North where a quick show of green is desired. 
i/ 2 lb., 17 cts.; 1 lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. 
161 i Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 
(Poa. Trivialis.) An ideal shade grass in the Northern half 
of the United States, 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. y 2 lb., 40c; lb., 75 cts.; 3 lbs., $2.10'; 
5 lbs., $3.25, 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. 
y 2 lb., 32 cts.; 1 lb., 60 cts.; 3 
lbs., $1.75; 5 lbs., $2.70. 
1586 Chewing’s 
Fescue 
(New Zealand grown.) This 
is a perennial grass with creep¬ 
ing roots that makes an excep¬ 
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 shade. 
Sow either in the spring or fall. 
5 lbs. to 1,000 square feet. Vz 
lb., 45 cts.; lb., 85 cts.; 3 lbs., 
$2.40; 5 lbs., $3.75, postpaid. 
1621 Wood 
Meadow Grass 
(Poa Nemoralis.) 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. % 1I>., 70 cts.; lb., 
$1.2o! 3 lbs., $3.65; 5 lbs., $5.75, 
postpaid. 
1605 Shumway’s Forest City Shady Place 
Mixture 
This mixture of grasses adapted to growth 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. 
y 2 lb., 28 cts.; 1 lb., 50 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.40; 5 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
1603 Shumway’s Rolling Green Mixture 
A compounded mixture of quick growing grasses with White Clover 
that will make a quick show of green over the lawn. This mixture, how¬ 
ever, is not one that will give the very fine texture of Shumway’s Befincd, 
but it will make a very creditable lawn and stand heavy usage when 
established. y 2 lb., 22 cts.; 1 lb., 40 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.14; 5 lbs., $1.75, post¬ 
paid. 
1597 Creeping Bent or European Mixed Bent 
A mixture of Creeping Bent, Velvet Bent and Rhode Island 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 than the 
Creeping Bent Stolons, because the lawn will not grow so rapidly and 
the average home owner can keep up with the mowing, Seed at the rate 
of 3 to 4 lbs. per 1,000 square feet. y 2 lb., 75 cts.; 1 lb., $1.40; 3 lbs., $4.05; 
5 lbs., $6.50, postpaid. 
Special Grasses for Orchards, Meadows — And Hay Crop 
1606 Orchard Grass—Excel Brand 
1588 Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass— 
Excel Brand 
Sow in spring 15 lbs. per acre 
One of the most* valuable hardy grasses grown— 
suited to almost every climate; dry or w^et—hot or 
cold this is one dependable cropper, producing im¬ 
mense pasturage very early in the spring and up 
late in the fall. Also makes wonderful hay crop 
growing 2 % to 3 feet high. % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 
3 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs.. $1.60, postpaid. 
1525 Bromus Inermis—Excel Brand 
The Grass for Dry Climates 
Sow in Spring: 20 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 climate to which 
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 with timothy. 'Vz lb., 30 cts.; lb., 55 cts.; 3 lbs., $l.oO, 
5 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
1608 Permanent 
- • • • ' ■ . .. :v ’ 1 
Pasture 
Mixture 
Big Value for 
Little Money 
For many years 
hundreds of my satis¬ 
fied customers from all 
sections of the country 
come back to me annu¬ 
ally for a supply of 
my especially pre¬ 
pared permanent pas¬ 
ture and meadow mix- . . . . 
ture which I have been blending and selling with satisfaction for many many years llusi mix¬ 
ture contains proper porportions of the very finest “EXCEL” Brands of Medium and Mammoth Red Clover 
Sweet Clover P AKike P Alfalfa, Kentucky Blue Grass, Red Top, Orchard Grass, Timothy, Rye Grass and 
Bromus. By proper blending, this combination of grasses has given perfect satisfaction under every and 
all conditions. It is adapted to dry or moist lands. Sow m spring 15 pounds pei acie. y 2 lb., 27 cts., 1 ID., 
47 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid 
Admirable for Pasture or Mowing 
Sow in Spring 20 lbs. 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, furnishing excellent pasture or hay. 
When grown for hay, two good crops can be obtained in one 
season. ^ lb., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 48 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.35; 5 lbs., $2*00, 
postpaid 
1618 Timothy and Alsike Mixture—Excel Brand 
The Greatest of All Pasture and Hay Crops 
Sow' in Spring 10 to 12 lbs. 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 
iaise. ex p eriment j n g. W as found that Alsike and Timothy 
made a" combination that was excellent and ahead of anything 
yet discovered for hay and pasture. They blossom and the 
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 where common grasses and 
" 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 other two. 
When you once get them established they 
stay right with you, until you wish to 
break up the sod. They do no(N winter kill 
and are very hardy indeed. lb., 27 cts.; 
1 lb., 47 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.00, post¬ 
paid. 
1615 Timothy—Excel Brand 
Sow In Spring or Pall 12 lbs. per acre 
As a crop to cut for hay, Timothy is. 
probably surpassed by no other g'rass now 
cultivated. It is usually sown with other 
grasses about one-half to one-third of the 
above amount. Timothy Seed is one of my 
specialties. % lb., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 40 cts.} 3 
lbs., $1.20; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid, 
