Are You Proud of Your Lawn 7 
Nothing adds more to the attractiveness of your 
home than a well kept lawn, beautiful, fragrant 
flowers and a few ornamental shrubs. You, too, 
can have a velvety, green carpet of grass that 
will be the envy of the neighborhood. 
The first step in making a lawn is the prepa¬ 
ration of the soil; if the ground is packed and 
bare, it will be necessary to spade it to a depth 
of about six inches. Should then be raked thor¬ 
oughly, pulverizing the soil, and VIGORO (the 
complete plant food) should be mixed in the soil 
at the rate of 4 pounds per 100 square feet. Then 
the ground should be rolled to eliminate all air 
spaces and to make a smooth, firm seed bed. 
Rerake the ground before seeding and sow at 
least one pound of AK-SAR-BEN LAWN GRASS 
seed for each 200 square feet, then rake the 
ground again, covering the seed lightly, and then 
reroll the ground, making it firm and compact 
around the seed. 
The ground should then be sprinkled and kept 
moist until the seed has a chance to germinate. 
Be careful not to allow washing and that a fine 
spray is used in keeping the soil moist. 
If your lawn is patchy and thin, but there is 
some ' grass, spading is not necessary but a good 
thorough raking is absolutely essential to loosen 
the soil, and all the old dead crab grass (com¬ 
monly called water grass) should be removed. This 
should be done as soon as the frost is out of the 
ground. Then VIGORO should be applied, and 
the ground then soaked to allow the VIGORO to 
soak into the soil. A few days later AK-SAR-BEN 
LAWN GRASS seed should be sown at the rate 
of 1 i)Ound on 200 to 300 square feet of ground. 
depending on the condition of your lawn. A thin 
layer of good, rich, black soil scattered over the 
lawn will be very beneficial, and should be done 
before seeding. 
Then rerake the ground, covering the seed, and 
soak the ground and keep damp until seed sprouts. 
If your lawn is shaded, our special mixture of 
SHADY NOOK LAWN GRASS should be sown 
as above, and if you have a terrace, sow a mixture 
of TERRACE grass seed. 
All of these mixtures are prepared for their 
special uses, and it is acknowledged by lawn 
experts that high grade mixtures of grass seed 
give better results than blue grass seed sown 
alone. 
In order to keep your lawn looking fresh and 
green VIGORO must be applied, generally three 
times during the growing season. VIGORO makes 
vour grass healthy, so it will withstand adverse 
conditions much better than if no plant food was 
applied. 
If you do your seeding in the spring, start just 
as soon as the frost is out of the ground and work 
the ground as explained; if seeding in the fall, 
which is the best time, plan on doing it about the 
first week in September. Fall seeding has several 
advantages, and even though you fix up your laAvn 
in the spring, it should be gone over again in 
the fall, which will assure a better lawn the fol¬ 
lowing summer. 
In the following pages of this booklet will be 
found many varieties of flower seeds, plants and 
flowering spring bulbs, which will beautify your 
home surroundings. 
PEAT MOSS FOR LAWNS 
Granulated peat moss is highly recommended for top dressing your old lawn or 
for new seeding. It guarantees a soil that will not crust nor bake, after watering. 
A bale will cover 500 square feet. 
