HUNT’S J£awn Grass Mixtures! 
HOW TO MAKE A LAWN 
To produce a good lawn requires considerable 
work; do not make the mistake of trying to cheapen 
the preparation, for nowhere in the garden is the 
old axiom of “w r hat is worth doing, is worth doing 
well,” better illustrated than in lawn-making. 
The soil must be deep; a good lawn cannot exist 
on poor soil. Plow the ground deep—a foot is none 
too much. Apply to the soil, before plowing, a 
heavy coating of w r eII-rotted stable manure. Fresh 
manure carries too many weed seeds; its use should 
be avoided. If rotted manure is not available, use 
sheep manure or chemical fertilizer. 
Ground bone meal, P/i tons to the acre, is a good 
lawn fertilizer, furnishing plant-food over a long 
period; 100 pounds of nitrate of soda and 100 pounds 
of dried blood to the acre should be applied at the 
same time; these furnish nitrogen for immediate use. 
Sheep manure at the rate of 1000 pounds to the acre 
may be used instead of nitrate of soda and dried 
blood. When only a small lawn is being made, use 
20 pounds of bone meal to 250 square feet, ^ pound 
each of nitrate of soda and dried blood, or 6 pounds 
of sheep manure. Harrow and cross-harrow until 
the ground is thoroughly pulverized; the better 
harrowed the ground is, the better the grass will 
grow and the more permanent the Iawm will be. 
An acre requires 17 5 pounds of seed, or 1 pound to each ISO square 
f eet. For renovating use half this quantity. Harrow or rake the 
ground lightly, and roll with a heavy roller. 
HUNT’S perfection LAWN SEED MIXTURE 
Contains Fancy Red Top, Kentucky Blue, Astoria Bent, Perennial Rye Grasses, 
Unhulled Red Top 
An ideal selection of many kinds of grass is offered in this seed mixture. 
In fact, representative types have been selected to provide a rich green lawn 
of even texture throughout the year. The early-maturing type insures a 
solid mass of green for the spring and early summer months. As the season 
progresses the late kinds maintain the vigor of the turf, giving a permanent 
foundation to the lawn. To overcome the dry conditions of midsummer, 
only varieties with deep moisture-holding roots have been included. Con¬ 
sideration of this factor alone in turf-culture makes Hunt’s Perfection Lawn 
Seed Mixture outstanding. Deep-rooting grasses need only a minimum of 
water to maintain their even green richness throughout the growing season. 
Lb. 75 cts.; 5 lbs. $3.50; 20 lbs. $13.50; 100 lbs. $65. 
Hunt’s Perfection Lawn Seed contains 10 per cent Astoria Bent (Creeping Bent) 
LAWN GRASS SEED 
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WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
