

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
ANNUAL & PERENNIAL GRASSES 
Like flowers, grains and other plants, some 
grasses are annuals, some are perennials. 
The annual types complete their life cycle in 
a single season; sprouting from seed in the spring; 
blossoming and dropping seed in the summer and 
fall. Then the plants (roots) die. If we permitted 
our lawns to make and drop seed, annual grasses 
would re-seed themselves. When we mow our 
lawns, however, we prevent the blossoming and 
seeding process. So annual grasses in the lawn 
will die with the coming of cold weather. 
No farmer would expect to harvest two crops of 
wheat from a single sowing of seed. He reaps and 
harvests the seed and the plants die. The same is 
true of the annual flowers you plant in your garden. 
Zinnias, marigolds and nasturtiums must be newly 
seeded each year because they are annuals. 
But many plants and some grasses are peren- 
nials. Cold weather does not kill the roots; the 
plants live on through the winter and some grasses 
even retain a surprising amount of color during 
this dormant season. 
In the spring the late snows and first warm days 
“wake up” these plants and, long before new grass 
seed could be planted or germinate, the perennial 
grasses show early growth and bright color. Just 
like your perennial flowers—chrysanthemums, gar- 
den pinks and many others. 
Annual grasses make a fine showing soon after 
planting in the spring and the home-owner who has 
purchased seed mixtures that are largely annual 
seed is delighted with the early results. Too often, 
when his lawn dies in the fall, he fails to realize that 
annual grass is the cause of his disappointment. 
DRUMCLIFF lawn grass seed is based on peren- 
nial varieties with just enough high-grade annual 
seed to act as a “nurse” crop to the slower grow- 
ing perennial types. As the permanent grasses fill 
out and develop into sturdy, deep-rooted plants, 
the annual grasses recede. 
Plant DRUMCLIFF LAWN 
GRASS SEED and be proud 
of Your Lawn! 
NOT SOLD IN STORES 
Send all orders to 
THE DRUMCLIFF CO. 
TOWSON 4, MARYLAND 
WITH YOUR 
FREE ORDER 
gives complete, simple instructions for 
making a new lawn or improving 
established turf. Answers dozens of 
lawn questions. Discusses terraces 
and other difficult lawn conditions. 
Tells how to water, feed and mow 
the lawn for best results. 

BETTER LAWNS from 
CLEANER SEEDS! 

Here is a graphic picture of what you save when 
you use DRUMCLIFF PERENNIAL Lawn Grass 
Seed — thoroughly cleaned. From each 100 
pounds of commercial grass seed as harvested, 
: 70 pounds of worthless inert matter is 
removed and discarded. Only 30 
pounds meets the high standard set 
for DRUMCLIFF PERENNIAL Seed. 

When you buy low grade grass seed mixtures containing worthless chaff, you 
pay for the useless material exactly the same price per pound that you pay for 
the small grass seed content. You can’t grow a lawn from chaff, and planting it 
is a waste of time, labor and fertilizer. 
CHECK THESE EIGHT POINTS OF 
DRUMCLIFF LAWN SEED QUALITY 

. Contains perennial types carefully selected for weight and 
quality. 
Is thoroughly cleaned. 
Is tested for purity and germination and each package 
shows the date and result of the test. 
Contains a liberal quantity of ILLAHEE—the new certified 
strain of creeping fescue. 
Is packed in two balanced mixtures—one for sunny areas; 
one for shaded areas. 
Is packed in only one superior grade. The DRUMCLIFF 
label does not appear on any mixtures of second grade 
seed, 
Is not sold in stores. It is supplied direct to discriminating 
users from fresh stock. 
Each shipment of DRUMCLIFF lawn grass seed contains a 
copy of our booklet LAWN SUCCESS which tells you how 
to make a lawn for best results; how to improve an old 
lawn; answers dozens of lawn questions. 

