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per acre, as is only natural, than do the coarser growing varieties; consequently, 
the cheaper the mixture the coarser the turf. This can readily be understood, 
as grass seed costs from 6d. to 3s. per pound to produce, according to variety. 
We also prepare and supply prescriptions consisting of fine and coarser growing 
grasses in proportion, at the rate of 17s. 6d. to 25s. per bushel. These are 
really serviceable mixtures, and are suitable for recreation grounds, football 
grounds, race-courses, &c., and small places where a very fine turf is not so 
necessary. But we maintain that the finest dwarf growing grasses are the most 
economical in the end, especially when used for sowing down large areas, as 
the turf formed by the dwarf compact habit of the finest grasses requires to 
be mown only about half as many times as a turf formed by coarser growing 
grasses. It would be interesting to compare the mowing bill of a good seaside 
golf links, or Walton Heath, with that of an ordinary inland links. This is a 
most important point, especially when one takes into account the large sums 
of money annually spent on mowing, and an independent investigation would 
undoubtedly prove that our method of sowing down land with the finest grasses 
gives the best results and is the most economical. 
Ordinary Lawn Grass. Carters’ Finest Lawn Grass. 
Comparative examples of grasses that have not been cut. 
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