
Bushnell Park at Hartford, Connecticut, with State Capitol in the background 
Lawn grass furnished by Chas. 
C. Hart Seed Co., Fall of 1945 
Hart’s Lawn Grass Seeds 
LAWN SEED is the greatest mystery in the world to most home owners who cannot make head or tail out of 
the complex formulas printed on Lawn Seed labels. 
They are not meant to be confusing but most people do not 
know which grasses are desirable or: undesirable in a lawn. One pound of Lawn Seed is required for 150 square 
feet but heavier seeding is desirable. 
In general, the finest grasses for permanent, velvety lawns are Kentucky Blue Grass, Chewings Fescue or any 
of the Bent family. WHITE CLOVER may be added if desired but the most attractive lawns are made without it. 
The higher the percentage of these grasses the better your lawn will be. 
However, these are slow to establish themselves and other quick-growing grasses must be added to act as nurse 
grasses. These grow rapidly and furnish shade and cover until the more permanent seeds have established them- 
selves. 
not more than 30% of these. 
The two best are RED TOP and RYE GRASS but the finest lawns are made with mixtures containing 
For special purposes Poa Trivialis and Chewings Fescue are essential for shady locations or for poor and sandy 
soils while Canada Blue Grass is useful for terraces and steep banks. 
After you have made certain that the desirable 
seeds are in your mixture check the percentage of 
inert matter. This is dead seed or seed hulls or chaff 
and it is material you pay for but do not use. It is 
completely waste and the smaller the percentage of 
waste the better your mixture. The weed content 
should be small, of course, but more weed seeds are 
present in your per soil square foot than are ever 
found in fifty pounds of decent Lawn Seed. 
The State of Connecticut has set up standards 
for Lawn Seed and when these blends are used a 
fine lawn is assured. We are licensed to offer these 
blends which are: Gold Seal, certified to be of the 
highest quality; Blue Seal of high quality; and Red 
Seal, of good quality. We also offera GOLD SEAL 
ALL-BENT FORMULA for putting or bowling 
greens, SHADY PLACE for deeply shaded areas, 
TERRACE SOD for steep embankments and a 
special formula for Poor or Sandy Soils. 
We also present two blends where price is a larcer 
consideration; ELM TREE and EVERGREEN. 
These are both excellent blends for competitive pur- 
poses and will prove satisfactory for the a erage 
lawn. They simply do not contain as large a per- 
centage of the finer bladed, more desirable grasses 
nor is their purity quite as high as in the State Seal 
mixtures. We also list a complete variety of all 
separate turf grasses should you desire to grow these 
alone. We invite your questions and probleins. 
We solicit inquiries from builders and contractors 
who require special blends for unus‘1a! conditions or 
whose problem is the necessity for a quic< green cover 
on rather poor soil. If vou are buil inz a new hone, 
ask your contractor to sveci/v HART'S SE=DS 
for your lawn—hevause a fine lawn a ways adds to 
the value of vour proyerty. 
Lawn Seed Blends {3 {2 71;°° 
; Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. 
Greendale (Gold Seal).. eo 99 $0.94 $0.89 
Standish Park (Gold Seal).. .99 94 : 
Splendor (Gold Seal) 
Special Bent (Gold Seal).. 
Evergreen 
Deep Shade (Gold Seal) 
Shady Place (Gold Seal) 
Terrace Sod 
Special Purpose and Separate 
Grasses 1105 14-100 
| 
-. libs. 
Per lb. Per Ib. 
Kentucky Blue Grass, 98% Purity..$0.55 $0.64 
Kentucky Blue Grass, 94% Purity... 56 
Kentucky Blue Grass, 85% Purity... .52 .50 
Canada Blue Grass 
Colonial Bant 
Astoria Bant 
Srasid2 Bs 
Chis wings Pescter cyst. be css nte 
D:mostic Ry2 Gre 
Fanzy Radi Top, 937 
Fancy Red Ton, 95% 
Fancy Rad Too, 92% 
Waite Datzh Clover 

