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“How can I get a smooth, velvet-like lawn?” This question is asked of every seedsman thousands 
of times a year. There is no simple answer to it—no royal road to a lawn surface that will be satis- 
factory and stay satisfactory. Even the beginner can, however, be fairly sure of good results if he will 
follow carefully the three steps that are required to make a good lawn. 
The first step is the preparation of the soil. The area to be planted should be thoroughly cleared of 
roots, stumps and stones, if any exist, and then plowed or dug to as great a depth as is possible without 
throwing any of the subsoil (which is usually hard, “raw’ looking, and of a different color from the dark- 
er topsoil) up.to the surface. If the soil where the garden.is to be made is very sandy, or poor—as often 
is the case where the earth removed from the excavation for the house has been spread around—it will 
help materially if at least four inches of good topsoil can be procured and spread over the surface 
after the rough grading of the lawn area has been done. 
Most soils to be used for lawn purposes will be improved by the addition of raw ground limestone, 
2 to 5 pounds per 100 square feet. Before applying lime, however, the soil should be tested for acidity. 
This is readily done with one of the inexpensive kits made for the purpose; or your local county agent 
or State Agricultural Experiment Station will do it for you. If the soil is already only slightly acid, or 
neutral, no lime will be needed. 
The second step is to provide an adequate supply of plant food. Grass—no matter how good the 
seed—is like other plants in that it will not grow unless the soil is well provided with suitable food for 
the grass roots to feed on. An application of three to five pounds .per 100 square feet of any good, 
complete fertilizer, such as the 4-12-4 analysis, will provide this. 
After the fertilizer has been evenly spread over the ground and cultivated or raked in, a final raking 
is given to remove small stones and trash, and leave the surface as even and smooth as possible. 
The third step is to procure really good seed, and to sow it properly. Cheap, light weight grass 
mixtures contain undesirable varieties and many weed seeds. A good mixture, for general purposes, 
should weigh at least 20 lbs. per bushel. 
Sow the seed evenly, allowing 125 to 150 pounds per acre for best results, or about one pound for 
200 square feet. In renovating lawns as much seed need not be used. When watering during the Sum- 
mer months be sure to soak the ground and do not sprinkle as this tends to bring the roots to the 
surface, Do not cut new grass (with the exception of Creeping Bent) until it is 2 inches in length and 
established lawns do best when not cut under 114 inches. Landreths’ Grass Seeds are tested by govern- 
ment agencies or approved laboratories for purity and germination. 
On page 59 may be found the correct mixtures for use under certain conditions. To plant an ordi- 
nary lawn mixture in the shade is like running your automobile on kerosene. The car may run for a short 
time or perhaps not at all. Landreth Shady Place is really different from the other mixtures and actually 
contains the grasses which you see growing under the trees in a wild state in almost every pasture. The 
New Jersey Department of Agriculture has issued special formulas for shade and other unusual con- 
ditions, as have many other institutions in various sections of the country. Ask your seed dealer to write 
the D. Landreth Seed Company for special mixtures for your particular conditions if you do not see 
what you want listed in this catalog. We have hundreds of excellent formulas and can enable you to 
grow grass where many fail. 
There is no greater asset to any building than a well-kept lawn. Cheap mixtures are composed 
of annual grasses which are hard to cut and must be planted so often that they become expensive. Most 
produce weeds, and no end of work, money and time are required for their elimination. Landreth Lawn 
Grass Seed contains only the best fancy, recleaned grasses. 
In most localities grass seed is planted from March until hot weather (the earlier the better); and 
from the 15th of August until the first killing frost. A bushel of Landreth Lawn Grass Seed officially 
weighs 20 pounds, but in reality will be heavier. All of Landreth Lawn Seed is sold under seal. It is 
sold in 1 pound boxes, and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 pound bags. Every container has a complete record 
of the analysis and contents of the mixture. 

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