HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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P R I L , 
1912 
Rogst Your Garden 
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ARTISTIC EFFECTS FOR COUNTRY ESTATES 
^'T^HE ornamental fix- 
tures best adapted 
to your grounds may be 
selected with ease from 
our catalogues. There 
are shown designs for 
all conditions -some 
very simple,others more 
elaborate; all being 
original and of true 
artistic merit. 
ADDRESS: ORNAMENTAL DEPT. 
We issue separate catalogues of Display Fountains, 
Drinking Fountains, Electroliers, Vases, Grills and 
Gateways, Settees and Chairs, Statuary, Aquariums, 
Tree Guards, Sanitary Fittings for Stable and Cow 
Barn. 
The J. L. Moll Iron Works, Fiflh Ave. & 17lh Si., New York 
stimulating effect on the new grass and 
not only produces an early growth but 
seems to cause the grass to thicken and 
endure much better than that which is 
treated in the usual way. There is abso¬ 
lutely no danger of the manure hurting 
the young grass, but as has been said it 
will be directly beneficial; not only that, 
but the liability of a crop of weeds is over¬ 
come. 
When this fertilizer method is applied 
in conjunction with a soil that has been 
properly prepared as to subsoiling, plough¬ 
ing, manuring and draining, the results 
will be all the more satisfactory. 
In buying grass seed remember that 
there is one great grass suitable for north¬ 
ern lawns — that is, north of Washington 
— and that is Blue Grass. Used alone on 
a heavy, retentive soil it will make a 
beautiful lawn. Combined with Red Top 
and the bent grasses it will be suitable for 
lighter soils. 
Regardless of the seed sown it should 
all be tested so as to determine its exact 
quality. 
Clean seed is absolutely necessary to 
get good results. Much of the seed on 
the market is positively dirty, with a large 
percentage of chaff and weeds. If care 
in selection is not taken this is what you 
are very apt to get. In the first place, 
seed should be bought by weight specify¬ 
ing the number of pounds per bushel in¬ 
stead of taking the bushel regardless of 
what the contents weigh. For instance, 
selected Blue Grass seed will weigh about 
twenty-five pounds per bushel and will be 
almost wholly clean seed, while the ordi¬ 
nary seed sold by the measure will aver¬ 
age about eleven to thirteen pounds to the 
bushel. Surely there is something sug¬ 
gestive of wrong here. It means simply 
that the seed weighing twenty-five pounds 
to the bushel has been recleaned and all 
deleterious matter removed, reducing the 
bulk to available seed. The other seed has 
not been cleaned and may contain a little 
of everything objectionable with a bulk of 
chaff' and a lurid assortment of weeds. 
You have got to pay a good price for this 
pure seed, but it certainly is worth it, for 
by its use you get results. 
When about to order seed send to a 
number of dealers and have them send you 
a sample of Blue Grass (Kentucky and 
Canadian), Red Top, R. I. and Creeping 
bent and Sheep fescue. Have them mark 
on each envelope the name, weight per 
bushel and price. After receiving them 
make a comparison. Examine some in the 
palm of your hand, spread them out on 
paper and even use a magnifying glass. 
Under such a procedure it will be quickly 
demonstrated that all grass seeds are not 
alike and that even in the supposedly best 
there are things that are not supposed to 
be there. Go a little further and test for 
germinating possibilities. Sow the seed 
in pots or shallow boxes and put a label 
in each pot or box stating the name of the 
grass seed, the time of sowing, and the 
name of the firm from which it was re¬ 
ceived. Note the time of appearance of 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
