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Astoria Creeping Bent. This is the most popu¬ 
lar of all the Bents for lawn purposes. Does well on 
practically all types of soil and will withstand 
severe cold much better than other Bents. It has a 
beautiful pleasing green and a fine velvety texture, 
forming a matted turf that improves with age and 
will stand much hard wear. One pound to 250 square 
feet. 
Pacific Creeping Bent. This is a grade of Bent 
that usually consists of two or more other bents the 
larger percentage being Astoria Bent. Is adapted to 
practically all types of soil and produces an excep¬ 
tionally fine turf. 
Certified Seaside Bent. Discovered and devel¬ 
oped in the vicinity of Coquille, Oregon. This is a 
surface creeping bent. Adapted to putting greens 
and golf courses, and makes a desirable addition to 
lawn grass mixtures. 
Chewings Fescue. A hardy fine leaved grass 
adapted to all types of soil. Produces a permanent 
close turf and one that will withstand hard usage. 
Sow one pound to 200 square feet. 
Poa Trivialis or Shady Blue Grass. This par¬ 
ticular variety of grass is adapted to shady places. 
Its habits of growth are very similar to Kentucky 
Blue Grass. 
Diamond Fancy Lawn With Creeping Bent. 
This mixture contains sufficient Astoria Creeping 
Bent to eventually predominate the lawn. In addi¬ 
tion to the Creeping Bent the proper amounts of 
Buie Grass, Poa Trivialis and Chewings Fescue have 
been added so as to give you a mixture that will 
produce a fine velvety turf, and at the same time 
allowing the Bent grass to eventually predominate. 
Soiv one pound to 200 square feet. 
Diamond Fancy Lawn Grass Mixture. Pre¬ 
pared from the choicest recleaned grass seeds care¬ 
fully selected for their fineness, their deep rooting, 
close growing habits and seasonal qualities, pro¬ 
ducing an ideal dense velvety turf of lasting quality 
that remains green throughout the year. This mix¬ 
ture is composed of the correct proportions of Ken¬ 
tucky Blue Grass, Chewings Fescue, Poa Trivialis 
and Red top which are required in making a true 
Diamond Fancy Lawn grass mixture. Sow one 
pound to 200 square feet. 
Diamond Shady Lawn Mixture. This mixture 
is especially selected for lawns that are more or 
less shady. Poa Trivialis grows in most shady spots 
where other grasses fail, therefore, we have in¬ 
creased the amount of Poa Trivialis in this mixture 
and at the same time give you the correct amounts 
of Blue Grass, Red Top and Chewings Fescue to pro¬ 
duce fine velvety turf. Sow one pound to 200 square 
feet. 
Rough Stalk Meadow Grass (Poa Trivialis). 
Very similar to Kentucky Blue Grass, in habits of 
growth. Adapted to moist soils and thrives in shady 
places, for this reason it is used for lawn purposes. 
Owing to its ability to thrive in the shade it is 
often called Shady Blue Grass. 
Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa Pratensis). 20 
pounds per acre. A Perennial with a widely creep¬ 
ing root stock. Producing runners and leafy shoots. 
The runners creep under the surface, rooting from 
the joints and finally producing upright leafy stems 
growing from 1 to 3 feet high. Bluegrass prefers 
well drained loams and does especially well on 
limestone soils. It prefers medium moist conditions 
although it is quite resistant to drouth. Is extremely 
hardy, will withstand severe frost and long covering 
of snow without injury. It is the most important of 
all pasture grasses and is extensively used as a lawn 
grass and in lawn grass mixtures. 
Red Top (Agrostis Vulgaris). 12 pounds per 
acre. A hardy Perennial having a wide range of 
soil and climatic adaptation. Thrives best on moist 
or wet soils and will withstand considerable drouth 
on poor uplands. Grows about 30 inches high, stems 
and leaves are fine, root stalks shallow, 2 to 6 inches 
long. These enable it to form a dense turf. Is gen¬ 
erally used as a pasture plant and in pasture mix¬ 
tures and is also used in lawn grass mixtures. Con¬ 
tinual mowing causes the leaves to become much 
finer, giving very satisfactory lawn results. 
English Ryegrass (Lolium Perennial). 25 
pounds per acre. A Perennial Rye Grass quite simi¬ 
lar in general appearance to Italian Rye Grass, 
growing from 2 to 4 feet in height. Differs, however, 
in quality, the plants are in general quite tough 
which makes it an unpopular grass for lawns. Makes 
an excellent plant for permanent pastures. Starts 
quickly and furnishes early grazing while other 
long-lived grasses are becoming established. Re¬ 
quires the same soil and climatic conditions as other 
Rye grasses. 
Oregon Rye Grass. 25 pounds per acre. This 
distinctive type of Ryegrass is common to the Pacific 
Northwest, west of the Cascade Mountains. It re¬ 
sembles Italian quite closely in habits of growth and 
is generally considered to be an annual although 
under pasture conditions in moist sections the plants 
may live two or three years. It makes a rapid 
growth, is winter hardy, stools heavily, producing 
an abundance of large dark green leaves and nu¬ 
merous fine stems. When used for hay has rapid 
comeback when moisture conditions are favorable. 
On account of its rapid growth fits well into pasture 
mixtures while longer lived plants are becoming 
established. Rye grasses have a wide range of 
soil adaptability making better growth than most 
grasses on lands of low fertility. 
For complete information 
about planting or renovat¬ 
ing a lawn, please turn back 
to page 7 “Growing Better 
Lawns.” 
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