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Turf and Lawn Grass Seed 
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 hard wear. One pound to 
250 sguare 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 pro¬ 
duces an exceptionally fine turf. 
Certified Seaside Bent. Discovered and devel¬ 
oped in the vicinity of Coguille, 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 per¬ 
manent close turf and one that will withstand 
hard usage. Sow one pound to 200 sguare 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. 
Dicunond Fancy Lawn with Creeping Bent. 
This mixture contains sufficient Astoria Creep¬ 
ing Bent to eventually predominate the lawn. 
In addition to the Creeping Bent the proper 
amounts of Blue Grass, Poa Trivialis and Chew¬ 
ings 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. Sow one pound to 200 
square feet. 
Diamond Fancy Lawn Grass Mixture. Pre¬ 
pared from the choicest recleaned grass seeds 
carefully selected for their fineness, their deep 
rooting, close growing habits and seasonal qual¬ 
ities, producing an ideal dense velvety turf of 
lasting quality that remains green throughout 
the year. This mixture is composed of the cor¬ 
rect proportions of Kentucky Blue Grass, Chew¬ 
ings 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 increased 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 produce 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 
creeping root stock. Producing runners and 
leafy shoots. The runners creep under the sur¬ 
face, rooting from the joints and finally produc¬ 
ing upright leafy stems growing from 1 to 3 feet 
high. Blue grass prefers well drained loams and 
does especially well on limestone soils. It prefers 
medium moist conditions although it is quite re¬ 
sistant to drouth. Is extremely hardy, will with¬ 
stand 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 consider¬ 
able 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 generally used as a 
pasture plant and in pasture mixtures and is also 
used in lawn grass mixtures. Continual mowing 
causes the leaves to become much finer, giving 
very satisfactory lawn results. 
English Rye Grass (Lolium Perennial). 25 
pounds per acre. A Perennial Rye Grass quite 
similar in general appearance to Italian Rye 
Grass, growing from 2 to 4 feet in height. Dif¬ 
fers, however, in quality, the plants are in gen¬ 
eral quite tough which makes it an unpopular 
grass for lawns. Makes an excellent plant for 
permanent pastures. Starts quickly and fur¬ 
nishes early grazing while other long-lived 
grasses are becoming established. Requires the 
same soil and climatic conditions as other Rye 
grasses. 
Oregon Rye Grass. 25 pounds per acre. This 
distinctive type of Rye grass is common to the 
Pacific Northwest, west of the Cascade Moun¬ 
tains. It resembles 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 numerous 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 estab¬ 
lished. Rye grasses have a wide range of soil 
adaptability making better growth than most 
grasses on lands of low fertility. 
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